US Navy Ships Collide in Caribbean Amid Venezuela Oil Focus

Two US Navy vessels collided during a refueling operation in the Caribbean, underscoring the operational risks of maintaining a massive military buildup in the region amid an ongoing oil quarantine around Venezuela.

The destroyer USS Truxtun and a supply-class fast combat support ship, the USNS Supply, hit each other Wednesday, according to US Southern Command spokesman Colonel Emanuel Ortiz. Two people were injured and are in stable condition, Ortiz said. Both ships have been able to continue operating.