According to the United States Navy Fifth Fleet, two vessels registered to the US Navy collided on Friday in the Strait of Hormuz , located near Iran. Fifteen sailors were reported to have been slightly injured. The two crafts involved in the incident were the USS New Orleans , a transporter and the USS Hartford, a nuclear-powered submarine . The New Orleans' fuel tank ruptured upon impact, leaking 90 to 95 thousand litres of diesel fuel. "New Orleans suffered a ruptured fuel tank, which resulted in an oil spill of approximately 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel marine," the navy said in a statement. "Both the submarine and the ship are currently on regularly scheduled deployments to the U.S. Navy Central Command area of responsibility conducting Maritime Security Operations." The Strait of Hormuz separates Oman from Iran, and is the entrance into the Gulf. An estimate by the International Energy Agency said that over 15 million barrels of crude oil passed through the strait every day in tankers. It is less than a hundred kilometres broad at its widest point.
According to the United States Fifth Fleet, two vessels registered to the US Navy collided on Friday in the , located near Iran. Fifteen sailors were reported to have been slightly injured. The two craft involved in the incident were the , a transporter and the , a . The New Orleans' ruptured upon impact, leaking 90 to 95 thousand litres of fuel. "New Orleans suffered a ruptured fuel tank, which resulted in an of approximately 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel marine," the navy said in a statement. "Both the submarine and the ship are currently on regularly scheduled deployments to the U.S. Navy Central Command area of responsibility conducting Maritime Security Operations." The Strait of Hormuz separates Oman from Iran, and is the entrance into the Gulf. An estimate by the said that over 15 million barrels of crude oil passed through the strait every day in tankers. It is less than a hundred kilometres broad at its widest point.
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