In accordance with worldwide regulation, USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) performed a routine south to north Taiwan Strait transit June 3 by way of waters the place excessive seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply. Throughout the transit, PLA(N) LUYANG III DDG 132 (PRC LY 132) executed maneuvers in an unsafe method within the neighborhood of Chung-Hoon. The PRC LY 132 overtook Chung-Hoon on their port aspect and crossed their bow at 150 yards. Chung-Hoon maintained course and slowed to 10 kts to keep away from a collision. The PRC LY 132 crossed Chung-Hoon’s bow a second time starboard to port at 2,000 yards and remained off Chung-Hoon’s port bow. The LY 132’s closest level of method was 150 yards and its actions violated the maritime ‘Guidelines of the Street’ of protected passage in worldwide waters.
