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USS Yorktown collision

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Original - On 12 February 1988, while exercising the "right of innocent passage" through Soviet territorial waters, the Soviet Krivak I class frigate "Bezzavetniy" (Russian: "Беззаветный", project 1135) intentionally collided with USS Yorktown (CG-48) in what some observers have called "the last incident of the Cold War

Reason: This is an interesting photograph taken from the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) showing the Soviet Krivak I class guided missile frigate Bezzavetny (FFG 811) impacting the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) as the American ship exercises the right of free passage through the Soviet-claimed 12-mile territorial waters. This collision has been called "the last incident of the Cold War."
Articles in which this image appears: USS Yorktown (CG-48), Burevestnik class frigate
FP category for this image: War
Creator: United States Navy

Support as nominator --TomStar81 (Talk) 22:34, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support That's pretty cool, actually. upstate NYer 00:42, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support: interesting, high EV (as an image of a significant event in the history of the Yorktown and the only image available for the Brezzaventry), no technical squabbles, and good overall image. It's amazing how well this came out, given the circumstances of the collision. It's kinda wierd... I was just looking at this a few days ago and thinking how cool of a photo this was (Tom, stop reading my mind!!!!). bahamut0013^words _deeds 12:46, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support, exceptional EV, and a dynamic image. Just one problem: Can the caption please say where this took place? Soviet-claimed waters was a large chunk of planet. Also, when. --Golbez (talk) 14:41, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Our article doesn't say, but this video of the incident claims the bumping took place in the black sea. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:42, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Would be interesting to see a script for that video... Just couldn't quite understand it myself... But thanks for the link... gazhiley.co.uk 20:51, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - Wow... ballsy; bet that helmsman had nerves of steel. Anyone ever heard that joke about the red shirt and the brown pants? bahamut0013^words _deeds 16:04, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Courcelles 04:44, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support gazhiley.co.uk 20:51, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:USS Yorktown collision.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 01:09, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]