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A US nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanese ship in the Arabian Sea, Japanese and US government officials have said. | A US nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanese ship in the Arabian Sea, Japanese and US government officials have said. |
The collision took place south of the Straits of Hormuz, located between Iran and Oman, but no details were available about the submarine's exact location. | The collision took place south of the Straits of Hormuz, located between Iran and Oman, but no details were available about the submarine's exact location. |
A Pentagon spokesman confirmed that a collision had taken place, AFP reports. | A Pentagon spokesman confirmed that a collision had taken place, AFP reports. |
A US Navy spokeswoman told the news agency that there were no reports of injuries following the collision. | A US Navy spokeswoman told the news agency that there were no reports of injuries following the collision. |
The Japanese ship was the tanker Mogamigawa operated by Kawasaki Kisen Ltd, the Kyodo news agency reported. according to Kyodo. | |
Japanese oil company Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. told the agency the ship was en route from the Persian Gulf to Singapore with a crew of eight Japanese and 16 Filipinos. | |
The Japanese tanker is now at a port in the United Arab Emirates, according to unnamed Japanese government sources quoted by the Jiji Press news agency. | |
A US Navy spokesman in Bahrain said that there had been a collision. | |
"I can confirm that an incident took place between one of our submarines and a merchant ship," said Commander Kevin Aandahl of the US Fifth Fleet. | |
Kyodo reported that the submarine involved was a nuclear-powered Los Angeles class vessel. |