The deployment of the USS Kentucky comes as US officials confirmed an American soldier was detained in North Korea after crossing the heavily armed border from South Korea.
Though the German fleet failed to come out and challenge the sea power of the Allies, the battleships of the United States were always ready to do their full duty in such an event.
In 1939, a few weeks after the start of the Second World War, a German U-boat slipped through a position just like this, into Scapa Flow and torpedoed a British battleship at anchor.
- 1939 年,第二次世界大战开始几周后,艘德国 U 型潜艇滑过这样的位置,进入斯卡帕湾,并用鱼雷击中艘停泊的英国战列舰。