SUMMARY
Claim: The US Coast Guard escorted a Chinese Navy fuel tanker back to mainland China.
Why we fact-checked this: As of writing, the video containing the claim has 75,869 views, 1,700 likes, and 399 comments. It was posted on June 22 by a YouTube channel with 350,000 subscribers.
The video is titled: “Naku po! Fuel tanker ng Chinese Navy inescortan ng US Coast Guard pabalik sa mainland China (Oh no! The Chinese Navy’s fuel tanker is escorted back to mainland China by the US Coast Guard).”
While the video does not specify where the incident supposedly occurred, the caption states that the US allegedly deployed the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Benfold to Ayungin Shoal.
Several viewers believe the video to be true, as seen in several comments thanking the US Coast Guard for …