Ex-Navy Warship Hit By Missiles & Torpedoes • RIMPAC 2016

Aerial view of the decommissioned USS Thach (FFG-43) being hit by missiles and torpedoes during a live-fire sinking exercise (SINKEX) as part of RIMPAC 2016 near Hawaii. Units from Australia, the Republic of Korea, and the U.S. participated in the SINKEX to gain proficiency in tactics and targeting against a surface combatant. The USS Thach was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate of the U.S. Navy and was decommissioned and struck in November 2013. RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) is the world’s largest internat