Divers find remains of all missing from USS McCain collision
By Associated Press
Published: August 28, 2017, 9:48am
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SINGAPORE — Divers have recovered the remains of all 10 sailors who went missing after the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore last week, the U.S. Navy said Monday.
Navy and Marine Corps divers had been searching in flooded compartments of the destroyer for days after the damaged ship docked in Singapore.
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