[steelhead_trout]

“This kind of stuff happened all the time back in the early eighties in the Indian Ocean — except in those days we were harassed by Russian Krivak destroyers.”

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I remember hearing about something like that in 1979. But it was in the Black Sea, which the Soviets considered their “lake.” We sent in a task force to demonstrate that the Black Sea was international waters. It was buzzed by aircraft and shadowed by warships, no douubt engaging in mock attacks. But it was never actually harmed.

[Magnatron]

I remember an amusing event that happened, reminiscent of the Christmas story from WWI:

We had a USO group dropped onto our fantail to perform for our crew. We dropped anchor and the band set up. The Soviet Krivak that had been harassing us for days pulled up within a football field’s length and dropped anchor themselves. Their entire crew came out and watched the USO band perform on our ship. We all waved and took pictures back and forth across the water. When the band finished up, the Krivak weighed anchor and pulled away. A few minutes later, their weapons radar locked on to us, and it was business as usual.

[GATOR NAVY]

It was buzzed by aircraft and shadowed by warships, no doubt engaging in mock attacks. But it was never actually harmed.

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