Destroyer, Container Ship Collide; 1 Sailor Injured
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<i> Associated Press</i>
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Navy destroyer and a larger merchant ship collided Friday in the Atlantic Ocean, leaving one sailor with a broken arm and damaging the bows of both ships.
The 563-foot Radford and the 657-foot container ship Saudi Riyadh bumped in the dark about 25 miles off Virginia Beach.