Damages on the Philippine-flagged container ship ACX Crystarl after it collided with the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald sails into Tokyo bay on Saturday. AFP PHOTO

The accident between the Fitzgerald and Philippine-flagged ACX Crystal happened around 2:30 am (1730 GMT Friday) off the coast off the Izu peninsula southwest of Tokyo, the US Navy and Japan's coastguard said.

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