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On February 12, 1988, the
U.S. Navy
cruiser
USS
Yorktown
, while exercising the "
right of innocent passage
" through
Soviet
territorial waters
, was intentionally rammed by the Soviet
frigate
Bezzavetniy
(collision pictured)
with the intention of pushing the
Yorktown
into
international waters
. This action has been called "the last incident of the
Cold War
".
Photo:
United States Navy
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