Thursday, January 5, 2023

Guided-Missile Destroyer Makes First U.S. Warship Taiwan Strait Transit of 2023

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) sails through the Taiwan Strait. US Navy Photo  

USNI News: Destroyer Makes First U.S. Warship Taiwan Strait Transit of 2023 

USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) made the first Taiwan Strait transit of 2023, the Navy announced Thursday. 

Chung-Hoon sailed through the strait Thursday, Lt. Kristina Wiedemann, a spokesperson for the U.S. Navy said in an email. 

Chinese state-run media did not acknowledge the passage, as of this posting. 

The transit was done in accordance with international law and outside of any country’s territorial sea, Wiedemann said in the statement. 

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WNU Editor: A lot of choppy waters in the Taiwan Strait. 

 Guided-Missile Destroyer Makes First U.S. Warship Taiwan Strait Transit of 2023  

7th Fleet Destroyer transits Taiwan Strait -- Navy.mil  

U.S. warship sails through sensitive Taiwan Strait -- Reuters  

US Navy warship transits through Taiwan Strait -- AFP  

US Arleigh Burke class destroyer Chung Hoon transits Taiwan Strait -- Navy Recognition

1 comment:

RussInSoCal said...

Transiting the strait with a DDG named after a Chinese-American Rear Admiral is hopefully not lost on the Chinese.