VIRIN: 210510-N-NO146-1005
A group of 13 IRGCN FIAC made a high speed approach on the U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), patrol coastal ships USS Thunderbolt (PC 12), USS Hurricane (PC 3) and USS Squall (PC 7), Coast Guard patrol boats USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) and USCGC Maui (WPB 1304), and the guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729).
The U.S. naval vessels were exercising transit passage in the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with customary international law. The U.S. naval vessels were escorting Georgia, as the submarine was transiting on the surface.
Two of the 13 IRGCN vessels broke away from the larger group, transited to the opposite side of the U.S. formation and approached Maui and Squall from behind at a high rate of speed (in excess of 32 knots) with their weapons uncovered and manned. The remaining 11 FIAC maintained position which places the formation of the U.S. ships in between the two IRGCN groups.
Funny. When President Trump took out Soleimani, the media and the usual appeasement folks promised there d be WW3. Instead after a brief show of force, Iran backed off. Biden comes into office as Iran s best friend and the Islamic terror state keeps pushing harder and harder. There s a fairly obvious lesson there but you can expect the folks who need it to learn nothing from it. A U.S. Coast Guard ship fired about 30 warning shots after 13 vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came close to it and other American Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said on Monday.
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC) conducted an unsafe and unprofessional interaction against U.S. naval vessels who were exercising a transit passage in the #StraitofHormuz.
Unsafe and Unprofessional Interaction with IRGCN FIAC in Strait of Hormuz
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN – On May 10, 2021, Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC), a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers and failed to exercise due regard for the safety of U.S. forces as required under international law while operating in close proximity to U.S. naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
Watch the Navy and Coast Guard s Risky Encounter with Iranian Speedboats
Two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast in-shore attack craft conducted maneuvers while operating in close proximity to U.S. naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, May 10, 2021. (U.S. Navy)
11 May 2021
The Defense Department released two brief videos Monday night showing part of an encounter between U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels and fast-moving, armed Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz earlier that day.
The military said Monday that 13 fast boats, armed with machine guns, from Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy surrounded a formation of American ships transiting the strait and conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers.
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