The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine <a about="#mwt60" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"George Washington"},"2":{"wt":"SSBN-598"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_Washington_(SSBN-598)" id="mwARg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS George Washington (SSBN-598)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>George Washington</i></a> accidentally collides with the <i id="mwARk">Nissho Maru</i>, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it and killing two Japanese sailors.<sup about="#mwt64" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_9#cite_note-9" id="mwARo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARs">[9]</span></a></sup>
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