US Naval Ship Fires Warning Shots at Iranian Boats: A Dangerous Encounter in the Strait of Hormuz
“On Monday…According to reports, the Iranian boats approached the U.S. ship at a high speed, coming within 300 yards before the warning shots were fired. This incident was described by the former commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet as ‘startling’ and ‘incredibly dangerous.’”
MSN passed the story along, but while I suspect the US ship may have been a Coast Guard cutter, since it is described as a “US naval ship” rather than a US Navy ship, the photo accompanying the story (above) is from an April 2, 2021, incident. The cutter in the photo is USCGC Monomoy (WPB-1326), decommissioned in March 2022. I looked for a news release from 5th Fleet but found none.
Similar incidents are not that unusual:
- USCGC Maui Fires Warning Shots, May 2021
- “U.S. Sailors Fire Warning Shots to Ward Off Harassing Iranian Fast Boats in Persian Gulf” –USNI April 2021
- “Iranian vessels swarmed and harassed US Coast Guard ships for hours in the Persian Gulf” –Business Insider, April 2021
- Warning Shots–Persian Gulf, July 2017
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Maybe send it to Bill Hamblet? USNI News has photo captioning issues. Often just taking what some sailor types. They have access to a huge photo archive. And the staff to get the right picture
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This was the caption on the photo when it appeared on a USNI report, “Photo from the previous incident: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) Harth 55, left, conducted an unsafe and unprofessional action by crossing the bow of the Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Monomoy (WPB-1326) on April 2, 2021. US Navy Photo”