Event Brief
USS Klakring sunk in joint US-UK SINKEX exercise
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Sep 29, 2026 at 1:04 PM ET
Summary: The decommissioned U.S. guided-missile frigate USS Klakring was sunk in the Atlantic on Sept. 25 as the target of the joint U.S.-U.K. SINKEX naval exercise. The final strike came from the newly commissioned submarine USS Massachusetts using a Mk 48 Advanced Capability torpedo.
WHO: USS Massachusetts
WHAT: The submarine USS Massachusetts struck and sank the decommissioned frigate USS Klakring with a Mk 48 Advanced Capability torpedo during SINKEX.
WHEN: Sep 25, 2026
WHERE: Atlantic Ocean
WHY: The sinking was carried out as the target event of the joint SINKEX naval exercise.
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