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Bodies of 7 Sailors Recovered from Wrecked U.S. Naval Destroyer

HeadlineJun 19, 2017

In the Western Pacific, the U.S. Navy says it has recovered the bodies of seven missing sailors who died after their warship collided with a cargo ship off the coast of Japan. Saturday’s collision nearly sank the USS Fitzgerald, a naval destroyer, and came despite clear weather conditions.

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