The littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords, front, exercises with the Republic of Singapore Navy Formidable-class multi-role stealth frigate RSS Steadfast in the South China Sea, on May 25, 2020. "Beijing continues to coerce, to intimidate, and to make claims to the vast majority of the South China Sea," Harris said in Singapore on Tuesday. "She kept out there pounding away, blowing up every Chinese operation in the South China Sea. The littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords conducts routine operations near the Panamanian flagged drill ship, West Capella, May 12, 2020, the South China Sea. Ogden also praised the Giffords' 2020 deployment in the South China Sea.

Source: CNN August 26, 2021 02:48 UTC