US Navy disables oil tanker attempting to circumvent blockade shortly after American retaliatory strikes
Navy disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman late Tuesday night, shortly after carrying out retaliatory strikes in Iran for shooting down an Army Apache helicopter. The crew aboard the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello repeatedly failed to comply with American forces’ orders. U.S. troops ultimately fired precision munitions into the ship’s engine room to disable the vessel.
- ▪Navy disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman late Tuesday night, shortly after carrying out retaliatory strikes in Iran for shooting down an Army Apache helicopter.
- ▪The crew aboard the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello repeatedly failed to comply with American forces’ orders.
- ▪U.S. troops ultimately fired precision munitions into the ship’s engine room to disable the vessel.
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The U.S. Navy disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman late Tuesday night, shortly after carrying out retaliatory strikes in Iran for shooting down an Army Apache helicopter. The crew aboard the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello repeatedly failed to comply with American forces’ orders. U.S. troops ultimately fired precision munitions into the ship’s engine room to disable the vessel. Recommended Stories US says it has completed strikes on Iran in response to Apache shootdown Where does Trump go from here after Iran’s Apache attack? DOJ opens investigation into Philadelphia police over canceling gun permits This is the eighth time since the Navy began its counterblockade of Iranian ports in mid-April, and it has redirected more than 130 vessels that complied with its orders.
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