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From top: An Israeli navy frigate (in background) sails through the Gulf of Aqaba, which Egypt would later close to Israeli-flagged vessels, in 1956; the Soviet frigate Bezzavetny rams the U.S. Navy cruiser Yorktown in 1988. (From top: Associated Press; U.S. Navy)