US denies reports of Navy ship being struck by Iran
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A video is spreading online with claims it shows missiles blasting a US warship near the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian state media said May 4, 2026 that Tehran's navy had fired warning shots on American destroyers sent to the Gulf to help trapped commercial vessels leave.
The denial comes after Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-aligned Fars News Agency claimed that two missiles had hit a United States Navy frigate, forcing it to turn back.
The opening day of the U.S. efforts to escort commercial ships through the Straits of Hormuz saw combat between U.S. and Iranian forces.
Military.com has learned that a U.S.-flagged cargo ship operated by Danish shipping giant Maersk, one of the world’s largest container shipping companies, cleared the Strait of Hormuz on Monday under U.
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Two American-flagged merchant ships made it through the Strait of Hormuz, the US military announced Monday, the first indication that the Trump administration was restoring the flow of shipping traffic in the crucial waterway.
One of the officials told CBS News that the fire knocked out power and propulsion on the guided-missile destroyer, a mainstay of the Navy's forward presence in Asia.
The US plan to “guide” ships through the Strait of Hormuz, announced by President Donald Trump just hours before it went into effect, leaves a lot of unanswered questions.
The service completed a study of Wasp-class amphibious assault ships and is currently conducting another on amphibious dock landing ships.