Chinese Boats Harassed U.S. Ship – 5th Incident In Months
May 5, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Two Chinese fishing vessels came “dangerously close” to a U.S. military ship in the Yellow Sea off the coast of China last week — the fifth such incident in the past few months.
The officials — who could not be identified because the incident has not yet been formally announced — said the two Chinese boats approached the USNS Victorious, a military sealift command ship, in international waters Friday in the Yellow Sea, which lies between China and North and South Korea.
Over a period of several hours, the officials said, the Chinese vessels repeatedly came close to the Victorious in what was described as deliberate maneuvers — once coming within 30 yards of the U.S. vessel.
Both officials said the Chinese vessels came to a dead halt in front of the Victorious at one point, in heavy fog, causing the U.S. ship to have to come to a dangerous sudden stop. The officials did not know the exact size of the Chinese ships but described them as being smaller than the 235-foot long U.S. vessel.
Was it in chinese waters or international waters ?