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- ABC News
- June 7, 2019
Russian destroyer gets within 100 feet of US ship
The U.S. ship had to execute emergency maneuvers to avoid a collision.
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Reacting to the incident on Friday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters his initial reaction was a concern for the safety of the men and women on the ship.
\"The behavior is unsafe and unprofessional,\" Shanahan said. \"We'll have military to military conversations with the Russians. And of course we'll démarche them. But you know it's -- to me, safety at the end of the day is most important. It will not deter us from conducting our operations.\"
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The Chancellorsville had just finished a replenishment at sea with the USNS John Ericsson when the Russian destroyer crossed in front of the bows of both ships at a distance of 1,000 yards, according to a narrative provided to ABC News by a U.S. official. Then, the Russian vessel came in from a position behind and to the right of the U.S. ship, turning into the Chancellorsville and accelerating at a close distance.
The Chancellorsville was steering on a course to recover a helicopter, flying specific flags to indicate its intent, the official said. While that was occurring, the Russian ship steered a course into the Chancellorsville and closed within 50 and 100 feet.
The maneuver caused the Chancellorsville crew to wave off the helicopter and execute a \"back full\" so as to avoid a collision, as the Russian ship passed.
BREAKING: #USNavy has released video of #USSChancellorsville being forced to maneuver to avoid collision, after #Russian destroyer Udaloy I made an unsafe and unprofessional approach in the Phillippine Sea, June 7th. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/HpmAMtYraS
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) June 7, 2019
Aerial images taken from a U.S. Navy P-8 reconnaissance aircraft show the distance between the two ships. Near the end of video taken of Friday's incident, Russian sailors appear to be dressed in bathing suits sunning on ship's helicopter deck.
The incident follows another interaction -- this time between U.S. and Russian aircraft -- that the U.S. Navy deemed \"unsafe.\" Earlier this week, a U.S. P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft experienced an \"unsafe\" and \"irresponsible\" intercept by a Russian fighter over international waters above the Mediterranean Sea.
In late May, U.S. Air Force F-22 fighters intercepted Russian aircraft that had entered the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) for the second day in a row.
The last time a U.S. Navy ship experienced this close of an encounter with another nation's vessel was in October when a Chinese warship sailed 135 feet from the bow of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Decatur.
ABC News' Patrick Reevell contributed to this report from Moscow.
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