US Coast Guard patrol spots Chinese naval ships off Alaska island

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: During a routine patrol in the Bering Sea, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter came across several Chinese military ships in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone.

The Coast Guard said on July 10 that three vessels were detected approximately 124 miles north of the Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands. A little later, a helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak s