#navy - A Russian warship used the Panama Canal on Friday 5 December 2008 for the first time since World War II, after taking part in joint Russian-Venezuelan maneuvers.The anti-submarine ship "Admiral Chabanenko" entered the canal at the Caribbean port city of Colon late on 5th December evening and docked at the former US naval base of Rodman in Panama's capital on Saturday afternoon. It was the first time a Russian warship had entered the canal since 1944, when the waterway was under US control and Russia and the United States were allied in the anti-Nazi coalition.
The 169-meter (554-foot) Admiral Chabanenko, which carries out operations against piracy and international terrorism, belongs to Russia's Northern Fleet.
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