Where Were the USS Clinton and the USS Obama?
This from Stars and Stripes:
SEOUL — Just before sunrise early Monday morning, a bridge watch team on the USS John S. McCain* spotted a ship burning on the horizon off the southern coast of the South Korean peninsula.
The Navy crew went into action.
It turned out a commercial South Korean fishing vessel, the Sebong II, was on fire, and its 11-man crew was floating nearby in a life raft.
The McCain — an Arleigh Burke-class guided- missile destroyer — immediately launched a rigid-hull inflatable boat and recovered the fishermen, according to an e-mail from Cmdr. Jensin W. Sommer, spokeswoman for Commander Task Force 70.
None of the fishermen was injured, and McCain sailors provided food and blankets. The fishermen were later transferred to a South Korean navy vessel.
*The ship is named for John McCain's father and grandfather.
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