U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed his heartfelt thoughts and prayers with the seven deceased Navy sailors and their families.
"My heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the 7 @USNavy sailors of the #USSFitzgerald and their families. ??https://bsmedia.business-standard.comwww.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=101102 .," Trump tweeted.
The seven missing sailors from the USS Fitzgerald were found dead in flooded berthing compartments following the warship's collision with a merchant vessel, the CNN reported.
The Navy's 7th Fleet said searchers found the bodies on Sunday morning, Japan time, after the guided-missile destroyer returned to its base in Japan.