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Destroyer collides with civilian vessel

SAN DIEGO — The destroyer Shoup collided with a civilian craft in the waters off Southern California late Sunday night, causing “minor” damage to both vessels, 3rd Fleet officials said Monday morning. No one was injured.

“The incident is under investigation,” 3rd Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Greg Hicks said in a written statement. “There were no injuries reported and both vessels remained at sea under their own power with minor damage.”

The civilian boat, a 21-foot passenger craft, was escorted to the harbor at Oceanside, Calif., said Lt. j.g. Sean Groark, a Coast Guard spokesman in San Diego. The collision happened about 56 miles northwest of Point Loma.

No other details were immediately available.

Shoup was participating in an at-sea training exercise with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group in the Southern California Operating Area, a large offshore training and weapons range.

Along with a rescue team from Shoup, the Coast Guard patrol cutter Petrel responded to the scene to assist.

Along with Shoup, Lincoln is conducting predeployment training with the destroyers Momsen, Halsey and Sterett and cruiser Cape. St. George.

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