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7 injured in Navy training accident during collision with a tanker

The US-Navy says four sailors and three civilian instructors were injured when a rigid hull inflatable boat collided with fleet replenishment oiler 'USNS Big Horn'. U.S. Fleet Forces Command said the collision occurred Monday morning (July 22, 2013) near Thimble Shoals Channel. The sailors were assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. The instructors worked for the Center for Security Forces. The exercise was being conducted in support of a visit, board, search and seizure boat crew course involving USNS Big Horn. Two sailors and two civilians were released from a Virginia Beach hospital. One civilian and one sailor remained under observation late Monday. The fourth sailor was treated at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach. The Navy says it has launched an investigation into the collision.