The USS Gravely, a Navy destroyer, is making its way from Yorktown, Va. toward the waters off the Texas coast.

Abdul Khalique, head of the Maritime Center at Liverpool John Moores University, said it appeared the crew of the cargo ship had not been "maintaining a proper lookout by radar" as required by ...

The situation is likely related to circumventing Russian sanctions, as some ships want to conceal their location from international authorities, according to the Coast Guard.