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Headline Roundup June 18th, 2017

US Sailors Found Dead After Collision

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Several US sailors were found dead in flooded berthing compartments after the USS Fitzgerald's collision with a cargo ship off Japan.

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Missing sailors found dead in flooded compartments on US Navy destroyer
Missing sailors found dead in flooded compartments on US Navy destroyer

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Seven missing sailors from the USS Fitzgerald were found dead in flooded berthing compartments following the warship's collision with a merchant vessel, a US military official said.

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US Navy calls off search for 7 missing sailors; several bodies found inside the destroyer
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The search for seven missing U.S. Navy sailors was called off Sunday after several bodies were recovered from the flooded compartments of the destroyer.

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Sleeping Sailors on U.S.S. Fitzgerald Awoke to a Calamity at Sea
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Hundreds of sailors were asleep in their berths on board the United States Navy destroyer Fitzgerald early on Saturday when a cargo ship struck it broadside off Japan. After a frantic search through twisted wreckage and flooded cabins, the Navy said on Sunday that several sailors did not survive.

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