NEWS UPDATE:

As reported Yesterday morning.....

NORFOLK BASED DESTROYER COLLIDES WITH 

TANKER JUST OUTSIDE STRAIT OF HORMUZ

USS PORTER STABLE BUT HOLED IN STARBOARD 

SIDE

SOURCE: AP & Pilot On LIne

Original Full Story: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/08/norfolkbased-destroyer-collides-oil-tanker-gulf

USS PORTER OFFICIAL U.S.NAVY PHOTO

NEW: Full details on the commercial ship  alledgedly involved in the collision believed to be the Panama flagged bulker OTOWASAN:

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=371687000

 The Strait of Hormuz Open:

SOURCE: Reuters:http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/12/us-gulf-oil-collision-idUSBRE87B05920120812