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Ex-USS Boone (FFG 28) succumbs to overwhelming flooding and loss of buoyancy during the Atlantic Thunder 2022 sinking exercise (SINKEX) in the North Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 7, 2022. These images, captured by the U.S. Marine Corps unmanned aerial vehicle V-BAT, show the final moments before the ship sinks to her final resting place off the coast of Scotland. This SINKEX provided the U.S. and U.K. with invaluable training, collaboration and data to perform future allied missions. (U.S. Navy photo provided by Michael Kipp)
070922-N-CD227-003.JPG Photo By: Todd Hurley

Dec 20, 2022
Campbelltown, Scotland - Ex-USS Boone (FFG 28) succumbs to overwhelming flooding and loss of buoyancy during the Atlantic Thunder 2022 sinking exercise (SINKEX) in the North Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 7, 2022. These images, captured by the U.S. Marine Corps unmanned aerial vehicle V-BAT, show the final moments before the ship sinks to her final resting place off the coast of Scotland. This SINKEX provided the U.S. and U.K. with invaluable training, collaboration and data to perform future allied missions. (U.S. Navy photo provided by Michael Kipp)


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