Keywords: USS Yorktown collision.jpg On 12 February 1988 the U S Navy cruiser USS Yorktown while exercising the right of innocent passage for a spy mission in Soviet territorial waters was rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetniy collision pictured with the intention of pushing the Yorktown into international waters This action has been called the last incident of the Cold War Service Depicted Multi-National The SOVIET Krivak I class guided MISSILE frigate BEZZAVETNY FFG 811 impacts 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 12 фев� аля 1988 года 11 02 � авал сто� ожевого ко� абля Беззаветный на аме� иканский к� ейсе� УРО Йо� ктаун в односто� онне объявленной советской 12-мильной зоне Этому действию было дано название последнее п� оисшествие Холодной войны ID DNSN9200306 Also uploaded to engl Wikipedia 02 49 18 December 2005 Megapixie http //www defenseimagery mil/imagery html guid 3fbec26218ee63044a583fa43631f40681be4e95 1988-02-12 author PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Yorktown collision Feathered png assessments 1 USS Yorktown collision 1 Bezzavetnyy ship 1977 Aboard USS Yorktown CG 48 February 1988 Relations of the Soviet Union and the United States Photographs taken on 1988-02-12 Ramming |