Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) is damaged in a collision with the Japanese owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz, Aug. 12. No personnel on either vessel were reported injured. Porter is on a scheduled deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

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Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) is damaged in a collision with the Japanese owned bulk oil tanker M/V Otowasan in the Strait of Hormuz, Aug. 12. No personnel on either vessel were reported injured. Porter is on a scheduled deployment to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

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