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| | USS John Young (DD 973) |
 | | On March 24, the destroyer's boarding party discovered the suspect vessel to be the SHAIMA, a repeated sanctions violator, laden with 3,000 metric tons of Iraqi oil. |
 | | In addition, JOHN YOUNG towed the vessel a record-breaking distance of 1,400 miles back to San Diego, where the vessel was taken over by the Coast Guard. |
 | | On April 13, 2004, the JOHN YOUNG was sent to the bottom of the sea by a Mk-48 ADCAP torpedo fired by the USS PASADENA (SSN 752). |
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