Injuries Reported After U.S. Navy Ships Collide At Sea

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This is an extremely rare occurrence.

The U.S. Southern Command has reported that a Navy warship and a supply ship collided at sea.

The collision occurred on Wednesday in the Caribbean Sea.

The Wall Street Journal broke the story and provided details on how many people were injured:

Two people reported minor injuries Wednesday when a U.S. warship and a Navy supply vessel assigned to the military buildup in the Caribbean collided during a ship-to-ship refueling, according to a military spokesman.

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Truxtun and the Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply collided during a replenishment-at-sea, according to U.S. Southern Command spokesman Col. Emmanuel Ortiz. Two people reported minor injuries and are in stable condition, and both ships have reported that they are able to continue sailing safely, Ortiz said.

The cause of the collision isn’t yet clear and the incident is under investigation, Ortiz said. The exact location of the collision wasn’t immediately available. The Truxtun left its home port of Norfolk, Va., on Feb. 6 to begin its scheduled deployment. The Supply has been operating in the Caribbean. A military official said the collision was in the Southern Command area of responsibility, which includes the Caribbean and parts of the South Atlantic and South Pacific.

President Trump ordered a massive naval buildup in the Caribbean in recent months to support his campaign against drug traffickers in the region. There are 12 warships in U.S. Southern Command, including the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group.
Underway replenishments involve transferring supplies and fuel between two ships sailing side-by-side. Ships like the Supply are owned by the Navy but primarily operated by civilian mariners.

Collisions involving Navy warships are relatively rare and can be deadly. Seventeen sailors died in two separate collisions between Navy destroyers and merchant ships in the Pacific in 2017. On June 17, 2017, the destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with MV ACX Crystal, a Philippine-flagged containership, about 90 miles from Japan, killing seven sailors.

Here’s a picture of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Truxtun before the crash:

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) departs after participating in exercise BRIGHT STAR 25 in Egypt.@US5thFleet
(U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Rafael Tapia) pic.twitter.com/X8Rr5qBnvV

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) September 19, 2025

In recent weeks, the Department of War has been building up a major naval presence in the Middle East.

The buildup has some speculating that the U.S. will launch an attack on Iran in the upcoming weeks or months.

The New York Post reported that President Trump is thinking about sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East:

President Trump’s latest threat that a second aircraft carrier group “might be going” to the Middle East shows he’s serious about a possible conflict with Iran, an expert told The Post.

And the additional firepower would be key to intercepting missiles and other counter-attacks on US bases and allies.

Brian Carter, of the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project, said Trump’s warning on Tuesday was significant given the lack of aircraft carriers in the region just a few weeks ago.

“To go from less than one, to jump to two now, that is very significant,” Carter said.

“A second aircraft carrier basically expands the range of tasks and military options the US can take in the region.”

A strong defense network would be necessary in the region after Iran warned that any strike on the nation would result in all-out war, with Tehran directly threatening American military bases and Israel as possible targets.

The threats led many of America’s Gulf partners — including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman — to lobby Washington against a military strike on Iran lest they find themselves as targets, the Wall Street Journal reported last month.

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