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Reason
This is an interesting photograph taken from the guided missile cruiser
USS Yorktown (CG-48) showing the Soviet
Krivak I class guided missile frigate Bezzavetny (FFG 811) impacting the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) as the American ship exercises the right of free passage through the Soviet-claimed 12-mile territorial waters. This collision has been called "the last incident of the Cold War."
Support as nominator --
TomStar81 (
Talk) 22:34, 28 September 2010 (UTC)reply
Support That's pretty cool, actually. upstateNYer 00:42, 29 September 2010 (UTC)reply
Support: interesting, high EV (as an image of a significant event in the history of the Yorktown and the only image available for the Brezzaventry), no technical squabbles, and good overall image. It's amazing how well this came out, given the circumstances of the collision. It's kinda wierd... I was just looking at this a few days ago and thinking how cool of a photo this was (Tom, stop reading my mind!!!!). bahamut0013wordsdeeds 12:46, 29 September 2010 (UTC)reply
Strong Support, exceptional EV, and a dynamic image. Just one problem: Can the caption please say where this took place? Soviet-claimed waters was a large chunk of planet. Also, when. --
Golbez (
talk) 14:41, 29 September 2010 (UTC)reply
Our article doesn't say, but
this video of the incident claims the bumping took place in the black sea.
TomStar81 (
Talk) 23:42, 29 September 2010 (UTC)reply
Would be interesting to see a script for that video... Just couldn't quite understand it myself... But thanks for the link...
gazhiley.co.uk 20:51, 30 September 2010 (UTC)reply
Wow... ballsy; bet that helmsman had nerves of steel. Anyone ever heard that joke about the red shirt and the brown pants? bahamut0013wordsdeeds 16:04, 1 October 2010 (UTC)reply