Russian Surveillance Ship Operating in 'Unsafe' Manner off U.S. East Coast

Carolina in the vicinity of U.S. naval bases, according to a U.S. Coast Guard safety bulletin issued on Sunday.

“The United States Coast Guard has received reports indicating that the RFN Viktor Leonov (AGI-175) has been operating in an unsafe manner off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia,” read the notice from Coast Guard in Charleston, S.C.

“This unsafe operation includes not energizing running lights while in reduced visibility conditions, not responding to hails by commercial vessels attempting to coordinate safe passage and other erratic movements.”

Source: USNI News

Photo by Desmond Boylan / AP / TASS and Steffan Watkins / Twitter

russian ship,us coast guard,military,defense,us east guard,russia,surveillance,coast guard,ship,spy ship,florida,us navy,us military base,viktor leonov,united states navy,russian spy ship,naval,rfn victor leonov agi-175,