US Navy destroyer collides with merchant ship off Singapore, search and rescue under way

Guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain sailing in the waters off the Korean Peninsula on March 21, 2013. PHOTO: AFP.

SINGAPORE: Search and rescue efforts are under way for 10 missing sailors after a US warship collided with a merchant vessel east of Singapore on Monday morning.

The USS John S McCain, a guided-missile destroyer, collided with the Alnic MC, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement.