Word: besslednyi
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...into the Sea of Japan on maneuvers (Operation Crossed T), they knew that they would find the Russians waiting. Moscow likes to consider the Sea of Japan just a large bay of its naval base at Vladivostok. This time the Russians did not just look on. The Russian destroyer Besslednyi began cutting in between the maneuvering vessels, ignoring urgent warning signals to stay clear. In a game of "chicken" on the sea, it twice came to within 50 ft. of two U.S. destroyers dispatched to drive it away...
...third pass, the Besslednyi scraped sides with the U.S. destroyer Walker, losing a motor launch and tearing a whip antenna off the Walker. Then it withdrew. Next day DD025, a Russian destroyer of the heavy Krupny class, armed with two missile launchers, continued the contest of nerves. Again, Walker was one of two ships ordered to force it away. This time the Russian ship swerved directly across the Walker's bow. The two ships brushed momentarily together, and the Walker disengaged with a six-inch hole in its hull above the waterline...