The US Navy is to charter a heavy lift vessel to transport the damaged destroyer USS John S McCain back to Japan for repairs.
The lift is notionally planned for late September and will see the ship moved from Changi Naval Base in Singapore to the US Navy’s ship repair facility in Yokosuka, Japan.
The USS John S. McCain was involved in a collision with Stealth Maritime’s 50,800-dwt tanker Alnic MC (built 2008) while underway east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on 21 August.
