BALTIMORE — A Danish coaching ship hit the moored USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul on Sunday morning within the Interior Harbor, in response to a press release from the U.S. Navy.
No U.S. Navy personnel have been injured and there was no severe injury to the Navy ship, a U.S. Navy spokesperson stated in a press release. The united statesMinneapolis-Saint Paul was docked on the port aspect of the west wall within the Interior Harbor at 11:17 a.m. Sunday when the Danmark crashed into it throughout Maryland Fleet Week.
A consultant from Sail Baltimore, which brings visiting vessels to the harbor to showcase completely different cultures and maritime historical past, referred questions on injury to the Danmark to the U.S. Navy.
Ships started arriving for Fleet Week on Sept. 7, a weeklong occasion that brings army vessels from world wide to Baltimore, together with planes and different plane.
The united statesMinneapolis-Saint Paul, also called LCS 21, is a littoral fight ship, designed for preventing in areas alongside a shore. The Freedom class of littoral fight ships have been constructed by Lockheed Martin in Wisconsin.
Different ships in Baltimore’s harbor for Fleet Week embody the united statesCarter Corridor, USNS Newport, Canadian Royal Navy HMCS Moncton, and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, in response to a U.S. Navy information launch. That is the third 12 months Baltimore has hosted Fleet Week.
The Danmark, a three-masted crusing ship, has an extended historical past of visiting Baltimore. The Danmark first arrived in New York for the World’s Truthful earlier than heading to Baltimore a month later, the Solar reported on Oct. 21, 1939. As soon as docked within the harbor, the ship was opened to curious Baltimore guests, together with a gaggle of Sea Woman Scouts, whereas the Danish cadets went on sightseeing excursions.
Germany invaded Denmark whereas the Danmark was in Florida, leaving the coaching ship caught overseas. The ship’s captain turned it over to the US for Coast Guard coaching throughout World Battle II.
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