Both Russia and US point fingers after warships almost collide
By: Mark D. Faram  
The U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville , right, is forced to maneuver to avoid collision from the approaching Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov, which closed to approximately 50-100 feet of the American vessel. (Navy)
American and Russian officials blamed each other for a near collision of two warships on Friday.
“At roughly 11:45 local time, the guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville and the Russian anti-submarine destroyer Admiral Vinogradov crossed paths in the Philippine Sea,†Cmdr. Clay Doss, spokesman for the U.S. 7th Fleet in Japan, told Navy Times by phone.
Doss said the American warship was recovering its helicopter and maintaining “a steady course and speed†when the Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Vinogradov moved from “behind and to the right†of the U.S. vessel and “accelerated and closed to an unsafe distance of 50 to 100 feet."
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/06/07/both-russia-and-us-point-fingers-after-warships-almost-collide/
