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Watch: Moment huge sailing ship crashes into new USS Minneapolis-St. Paul
The newly-launched USS Minneapolis-St. Paul Littoral Fight Ship was broken by a large Danish crusing ship whereas it was docked within the Baltimore Interior Harbor on Sunday.
Video taken by Twitter consumer Charles Degliomini exhibits the Danmark coaching ship crashing into the usMinneapolis-St. Paul, with some guardrails on the ship getting destroyed.
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The USA Navy stated no sailors had been injured within the incident.
“No U.S. Navy personnel had been injured and no critical injury sustained onboard USS Minneapolis St. Paul (LCS 21) when the Danish coaching ship Danmark made contact with the moored LCS whereas the Danish ship was getting underway from the Baltimore Interior Harbor Sept 11, 2022,” a U.S. Navy spokesperson stated in a press release.
“The ships had been in port participating in what has been a improbable week in Baltimore for Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore.”
Based on the U.S. Navy, the Maryland Fleet Week began on Sept. 7 and goes by way of Tuesday, Sept. 13. A number of ships are within the space for the occasion.
The absolutely rigged, steel-hulled Danmark made its first cease in Baltimore in 1939, the Baltimore Solar reported.
The usMinneapolis-St. Paul was formally launched in Duluth on Could 21, 2022. It marked the primary Navy ship be commissioned within the state. It was in-built Marinette, Wisconsin, and its residence port is in Florida.
It’s the second ship to honor each Minneapolis and St. Paul with its title, with the primary being launched in 1983. The just about 400-foot ship, which carries a crew of 110, was launched in 2019 and accomplished trials a 12 months later. It was then despatched to the Navy in late 2021.