Destroyer Pinckney challenges Venezuela’s maritime territorial claims
The guided-missile destroyer Pinckney transits the Pacific Ocean on April 26. (Navy) For the second time in three weeks, U.S. Southern Command has sent a Navy warship through waters off the coast of Venezuela, the combatant command said Wednesday. The guided-missile destroyer Pinckney steamed through waters off the South American country’s coast to challenge Caracas’ “excessive maritime claims in…