Danish Sail Training Ship Strikes a UNITED STATE Navy LCS at Baltimore Pier
On Sunday, a Danish sail training ship received small damages in an allision with the littoral battle ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul at a pier in Baltimore, Maryland.
According to regional media, the Danish training ship Danmark was under tow by 2 yanks when she struck some pilings together with the pier. The Danmark after that continued as well as reached the hull of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul
“No UNITED STATE Navy workers were hurt as well as no significant damages received onboard USSMinneapolis St Paul (LCS 21),” a Navy representative stated in a declaration.
The Navy stated that the casualty became part of an or else “fantastic” fleet week in Baltimore.
A video clip of the scene reveals that a boom on the strict of the cruising ship spoke to the lifelines on the Minneapolis-Saint Paul’s bow, damaging a number of. An airborne image supplied by an onlooker shows up to reveal that the cruising ship’s strict reached the LCS’ stem also.
NEW: Video reveals the Danish ship Danmark hitting the USS Minneapolis-St Paul, as the Danmark was being pulled out of theInner Harbor #fleetweekfail pic.twitter.com/fplUhYuhCk
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Baltimore’s fleet week has actually continued as intended in various other aspects. The occasion consists of ship trips, overpass, display screens, as well as Fleet Week celebrations at numerous places throughoutBaltimore The occasion proceeds withTuesday
Other vessels in port for fleet week consist of the amphib USS Carter Hall, quick transportation USNS Newport, Royal Canadian Navy patrol vessel HMCS Moncton, as well as the UNITED STATE Coast Guard cutter USCGCJames Rankin More than 2,300 servicemembers are anticipated to take part.
Danmark is a traditional 1933-built full-rigged sail training ship run by theDanish Maritime Authority She runs with a trainee team of 80 as well as acts as a training system and also as an abroad ambassador for Danish maritime.
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is one of the most recently-delivered vessel in the ill-starred Freedom– course collection of littoral battle ships. She is just one of 6 Freedom LCS hulls not noted for layoff.
