Japan Warship Collides With Commercial Vessel

Oct. 27: Smoke billows from the bow of Japanese navy destroyer JS Kurama after it collided with a commercial vessel in Kanmon strait, off southern Japan. (AP2009)

Oct. 27: Smoke billows from Japanese navy destroyer JS Kurama, center, after it collided with a commercial vessel in Kanmon strait, off southern Japan. (AP2009)

Oct. 27: Smoke and fire are seen from Japanese navy destroyer JS Kurama after it collided with a commercial vessel off southern Japan in Kanmon strait, Japan. (AP)

Oct. 27: Smoke billows from Japanese navy destroyer JS Kurama after it collided with a commercial vessel off southern Japan in Kanmon strait, Japan.

Oct. 27: In this image made from television, the Japanese Navy destroyer JS Kurama is seen on fire after colliding with a South Korean container ship in the Kanmon Strait, near the southern Japanese island of Kyushu.

Map locates the Kanmon Straits, Japan where a war ship collided with a commercial vessel

Oct. 25: Japanese navy destroyer JS Kurama sails during a fleet review off Sagami, south of Tokyo, Japan. (AP2009)