Tension are deescalating in mid-May 2020 in the South China Sea with the withdraw of Chinese and Malaysian ships over a maritime dispute regarding oceanic mineral and oil reserves claimed by Malaysia, China, and Vietnam. SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 18, 2020) The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), front, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) transit the South China Sea. Barry is the fourth United States Navy ship named after the "Father of the American Navy", Commodore John Barry (1745–1803). China claims with no proof it ‘expelled’ US Navy warship from disputed South China Sea The U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), front, and Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) transit the South China Sea. China’s Southern Theater Command spokesman Colonel Li Huamin Tuesday denounced that the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG-52) entered the waters of the South China Sea. The U.S. Navy responded by sending warships in late April: the USS America (LHA-6) and its escorts USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) and USS Barry (DDG-52). The USS Barry (DDG-52), a guided missile destroyer, illegally trespassed into the territorial waters without permission, Senior Colonel Li Huamin, spokesman for the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater Command, said on Tuesday. The US Navy’s 7 th fleet announced that its Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the USS Barry (DDG 52), conducted its own live drills in recent days, launching a missile in the South China Sea while conducting freedom of navigation operations in the Western Pacific. RELATED: The U.S. to Ban the Operation of China's Telecom Companies Bunker Hill is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations and is operating with the America Expeditionary Strike Group in support of security and stability in the Indo … USS Barry (DDG 52): The fourth Barry (DDG 52) was launched on 10 May 1991 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc. and was commissioned into the U.S. Atlantic Fleet on 12 December 1992, being placed under the command of Commander Gary Roughead. Its homeport is Naval Station Yokosuka, Japan.Several improvements over Arleigh Burke exist on this ship and all following Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. USS Barry (DDG-52) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, commissioned in 1992. The Commissioning ceremony took place at Naval Station Pascagoula in Mississippi. China had dispatched ships and aircraft to follow, monitor and identify the US warship before warning it off, Li said.