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In July 1993, the guided-missile cruiser and "Clifton Sprague" participated in a passing exercise (PASSEX) with three Russian ships, cruiser , destroyer "Admiral Kharlamov" and the replenishment ship "Dnester". This was noteworthy because the two navies had an adversarial relationship for decades prior to the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.