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US Navy's Destroyer Collided with Japanese Tanker

Presently, experts are evaluating damage; the incident is being investigated by special board. Arleigh Burke-class destroyer DDG-78 Porter is operated by US Navy's Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain.
Dubbed in Iran as the "world's lock", the Strait of Hormuz is one of the key geopolitical regions. Over 40 per cent of world's oil shipped by sea passes through the strait.
Earlier on, members of Iranian parliament put forward an initiative to block the strait for shipping if global community continues with sanctions against Tehran.
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