On Monday, 13 fast boats of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) approached a convoy of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships escorting the guided missile submarine USS
Georgia at high speeds. U.S. forces attempted to contact the Iranian flotilla before firing warning shots from a heavy machine gun. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
A view from USS Thunderbolt (PC 12) as IRGCN FIAC & helicopters conduct unsafe & unprofessional maneuvers in close proximity to U.S. forces during a Strait of Hormuz transit May 10.
Tehran has repeatedly objected to the presence of American warships in the Persian Gulf under the pretext of ensuring the safety of navigation. The Islamic Republic.
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Last Updated: Unprofessional Behaviour’: Iran Warns US Navy After Ship Fires Shots At IRGCN Vessels
US Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), and seven patrol coastal ships encountered IRG s fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC) in Strait of Hormuz.
(Image Credit: US Navy)
Iran s Revolutionary Guards Navy (IRGCN) said Tuesday that it has warned the United States Navy over its unprofessional behaviour’ after the US Coast Guard ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz came in close proximity with the Iranian vessels and fired approximately 30 warning shots. US Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), and seven patrol coastal ships, including USS Thunderbolt (PC 12), USS Hurricane (PC 3) and the Coast Guard patrol boats USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) encountered Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC). Iran s Revolutionary Guards Navy (IRG) in a release said that it warned the US naval forces to “maintain the