High Alert! 16 US, Japanese, and Philippine Warships Entered the South China Sea

High Alert! 16 US, Japanese, and Philippine Warships Entered the South China Sea Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers JS Ashigara (DDG 178) and JS Samidare (DD 106), Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), cruiser Ticonderoga The the guided missile class USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrived in the South China Sea or began entering the South China Sea. The US Navy has patrolled the Indo-Asia Pacific regularly for more than 70 years to promote regional peace and security.