There were no reports of injuries or spilled oil, but the collision left a 3-by-5-foot hole in the oiler's hull more than 8 feet above the waterline, the Navy said.
The task force is led by a Udaloy-class guided-missile destroyer and includes at least two other vessels _ a Krivak-class guided-missile frigate and an Olekma-class replenishment oiler, a Pentagon statement said.