UN Naval Institute reports on the most recent run in between US naval forces and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp.
You probably heard about this but may have missed the fact that Coast Guard Cutters were also there.
“Thunderbolt was operating with two Coast Guard cutters and a U.S. Army logistics vessel in a screen around the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) as part of a U.S.-only exercise when the formation was approached by the Iranian PC, the official said.”
Is it possible the video above was shot from a cutter?
I think it was shot from the log vessel. I saw a tarp sun tent covering the aft deck. Didn’t look like a cutter.
The 110’s over there do have sun tents on the aft.
But it’s possible it’s not a cutter.
Of the types listed as participating, a cutter looks like the only one that could look like this. The Army logistics vessels have their superstructure aft, and it is definitely not the cruiser.
Definitely a WPB. I was CO of Monomoy from 11-12, and am quite familiar with the setup on the stern.
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