Uploaded July 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in the Rim of the Pacific 2016 exercise sank the decommissioned USS Thach (FFG 43) at 7:25 p.m. today in waters 15,000 feet deep, 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii.

Units from Australia, the Republic of Korea and the U.S. participated in the sinking exercise (SINKEX), which provided them the opportunity to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against a surface target at sea.

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