US destroyer moves through Taiwan Strait

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201106-N-DH811-1038 PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 6, 2020) -- Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Yazzmine Dixon, from Chicago, steers the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54). Curtis Wilbur is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin T. Liston/Released)

A U.S. destroyer moved through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the Navy announced.

“The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Feb. 24 (local time) in accordance with international law,” U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement, US Naval Institute News reports. 

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