US Navy confirms all 7 missing sailors dead in Japan collision

The U.S. Navy confirmed on Monday that all seven missing sailors on the USS Fitzgerald were found dead after the destroyer’s collision with a container ship off Japan over the weekend.

All seven were found in flooded berthing compartments after the collision with a Philippine-flagged container ship south of Tokyo Bay early on Saturday.

The U.S. Navy identified them as Dakota Kyle Rigsby, 19, from Palmyra, Virginia; Shingo Alexander Douglass, 25, from San Diego, California; Ngoc T Truong Huynh, 25, from Oakville, Connecticut; Noe Hernandez, 26, from Weslaco, Texas; Carlosvictor Ganzon Sibayan, 23, from Chula Vista, California; Xavier Alec Martin, 24, from Halethorpe, Maryland; and Gary Leo Rehm Jr., 37, from Elyria, Ohio.

A significant portion of the crew was asleep when the collision occurred, Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin, the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet commander, said on Sunday.