File:USS Yorktown collision.jpg
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| current | 14:58, 5 January 2017 | | 3,000 × 2,357 (2.35 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | On 12 February 1988, the U.S. Navy cruiser <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Yorktown_(CG-48)" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Yorktown (CG-48)">USS Yorktown</a>, while exercising the "right of innocent passage" for a spy mission in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet" class="extiw" title="en:Soviet">Soviet</a> territorial waters, was rammed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Soviet_frigate_Bezzavetnyy" class="extiw" title="w:en:Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy">Soviet frigate Bezzavetniy</a> (collision pictured) with the intention of pushing the Yorktown into international waters. This action has been called "the last incident of the Cold War". Service Depicted: Multi-National The SOVIET Krivak I class guided MISSILE frigate BEZZAVETNY (FFG 811) impacts the guided MISSILE cruiser USS YORKTOWN (CG 48) as the American ship exercises the right of free passage through the SOVIET-claimed 12-mile territorial waters. |
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