[What is that sub doing next to Iran?-ed]
A US nuclear-powered submarine has collided with a Japanese tanker near the Straits of Hormuz, Japanese and US government officials have said.
The USS Newport News did not suffer substantial damage, and there were no injuries to crew, a US Navy spokeswoman told the AFP news agency.
There were no oil spills from Japanese tanker, the Mogamigawa, and no injuries, a company official said.
The tanker will dock in the United Arab Emirates to check the damage.
The bow of the submarine collided with the stern of the oil tanker at 1915GMT just outside the busy shipping lanes of the Straits of Hormuz.
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