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A short time later, a helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak spotted a fourth ship approximately 84 miles north of the Amukta Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All four of the People\u2019s Republic of China vessels were \u201ctransiting in international waters but still inside the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone,\u201d which extends 200 nautical miles from the U.S. shoreline, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Chinese naval presence operated in accordance with international rules and norms,\u201d said Rear Adm. Megan Dean, Seventeenth Coast Guard District commander. \u201cWe met presence with presence to ensure there were no disruptions to U.S. interests in the maritime environment around Alaska.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball is a 418-foot ship based in Honolulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This wasn\u2019t the first time Chinese naval ships have sailed near Alaska waters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/09\/27\/coast-guard-spots-chinese-russian-naval-ships-off-alaska-island\/\" target=\"_blank\">In September 2022<\/a>, the Kimball spotted a guided missile cruiser from China in the Bering Sea. And in Sept. 2021, Coast Guard cutters in the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean encountered Chinese ships, about 50 miles off the Aleutian Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military routinely conducts what it calls freedom of navigation operations in disputed waters in Asia that China claims as its own, deploying Navy ships to sail through waterways such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/04\/09\/aquilino-very-concerned-about-chinese-aggression-in-south-china-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">South China Sea<\/a>. 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