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    Do you remember the Cold War?

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    Soviet Ships rams USS Yorktown in the Black Sea

    By gunnersmate  |  Posted August 19, 2008  |  The Black Sea, Russian Federation
     

    I was in the navy from 1982 to 1989. In February 1988 i was a gunnersmate on the USS Yorktown CG48. We went into the Black Sea and while near the USSR the Yorktown was ramed by a Soviet Naval vessel. It was scarry moment as we went to battle stations and waiting to see what would happen. As usual everyone backed off and we ended up playing born in the USA over the speakers of the ship.

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