A crew member on a Chinese trawler uses a grapple hook in an apparent attempt to snag the towed acoustic array of the military Sealift Command ocean surveillance ship USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23) in the South China Sea on March 8, 2009. Impeccable was conducting routine survey operations in international waters 75 miles south of Hainan Island when it was harassed by five Chinese vessels. (UPI Photo/U.S. Navy)U.S. Says Chinese Fishing Vessels Confront Navy Ship -- Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Chinese fishing vessels confronted a U.S. Navy surveillance ship in the Yellow Sea, coming within 30 yards of the American ship before breaking off, Pentagon officials said on Tuesday.
The incident, which occurred in the waters between mainland China and the Korean peninsula on Friday evening local time, was the fifth of its kind within the past two months, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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