Coast Guardsmen aboard the cutter Kimball and a search plane saw the warships in international waters of the Bering Sea on July 6 and 7.
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Coast Guard captain describes encounter with Chinese, Russian warships off Alaska
The Kimball — which carries about 120 crew members, defensive weapons and a helicopter — came within about a mile of a group of Chinese and Japanese warships last month and made radio contact with them.

