The UNITED STATE Navy cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62), right, is compelled to navigate to prevent accident from the coming close to Russian destroyer Udaloy I (DD 572), near about 50-100 feet placing the security of her team as well as ship in jeopardy. (UNITED STATE Navy picture).
The UNITED STATE Navy’s Seventh Fleet has actually launched video clip of an occurrence in the Phillipine Sea the other day in which a Russian destroyer as well as an American guided-missile cruiser remained in a near-collision.
A Seventh Fleet declaration claimed:
At about 11:45 get on June7, 2019 while running in the Philippine Sea, a Russian Destroyer (UDALOY I DD572) made a harmful maneuver versus guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), near about 50-100 feet placing the security of her team as well as ship in jeopardy.
While USS Chancellorsville was recuperating its helicopter on a stable training course as well as rate when the Russian ship DD572 navigated from behind as well as to the right of Chancellorsville sped up as well as near to a harmful range of about 50-100 feet. This hazardous activity compelled USS Chancellorsville to perform all engines back complete as well as to navigate to prevent accident.
We think about Russia’s activities throughout this communication as hazardous as well as less than professional as well as not according to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS),”Rules of the Road,” as well as worldwide identified naval customizeds.
RUSSIAN REACTION
Russian state regulated information firm TASS claimed that Russia had “voiced a protest to the U.S. command after its guided-missile cruiser hindered the passage of the Admiral Vinogradov anti-submarine destroyer some 50meters in front of it, forcing the vessel to perform a dangerous maneuver.”
“The U.S. cruiser Chancellorsville suddenly changed its course and crossed the Admiral Vinogradov destroyer’s course some 50 meters away from the ship. In order to prevent a collision, the Admiral Vinogradov’s crew was forced to conduct an emergency maneuver,” TASS estimates the Russian Pacific Fleet press solution as stating.
