USS Benfold Conducts November Taiwan Strait Transit

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) on June 24, 2022

Guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) conducted a previously unannounced Taiwan Strait transit earlier this month, Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, told reporters on Friday.

Benfold transited the strait Nov. 5, the fourth transit of a U.S. warship since July. Benfold last sailed through the strait in July, USNI News reported. That was followed by passage by USS Antietam (CG-54) and USS Ch...

https://news.usni.org/2022/11/20/uss-benfold-conducts-november-taiwan-strait-transit

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