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Not good.  Initial reports were of injuries.  And there is discussion of flooded compartments.  Word from CBS was that Fitzgerald was dead in the water.  But USNI's Sam Legrone updated the story about half an hour ago and stated no injuries are reported on the US destroyer, and a 7th Fleet spokesman said Fitzgerald is making 3 knots en route to Yokosuka.  Let's hope those latest reports prove true.   

LOTS of damage on the starboard side, though.   Reuters reporting the collision was with a Philippine-flagged container ship.  If that is the case, which seems likely, the DDG was on the wrong end of a tonnage disparity.  I would not hazard a guess as to which vessel (or both, perhaps?) was in the wrong, but investigators will eventually piece it together.  Those are some busy waters out there.  

URR here.