{"id":14214,"date":"2019-02-06T04:05:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T04:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/06\/two-ships-collide-off-the-eastern-seaboard\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:55:45","slug":"two-ships-collide-off-the-eastern-seaboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/06\/two-ships-collide-off-the-eastern-seaboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Two ships collide off the Eastern Seaboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Navy guided-missile cruiser and a dry cargo ship collided during an underway replenishment off the southeastern coast late Tuesday afternoon, according to U.S. Fleet Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No personnel were injured and both the cruiser Leyte Gulf and the Robert E. Peary<\/a> \u2014 a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition vessel operated by Military Sealift Command \u2014 were able to safely operate after their sterns touched around 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Navy press release issued about four hours later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement said that both U.S. Fleet Forces and Military Sealift Command would investigate the incident and damage will be assessed when both ships return to port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ships were operating with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t