Iranian Vessels “Harass” U.S. Navy Ships in the Persian Gulf Our Bureau 356
IRGCN ship Harth 55, left, conducted an unsafe and unprofessional action by crossing the bow of US Coast Guard patrol boat Monomoy, right, in the Persian Gulf, April 2, 2021
The U.S. Navy said Iranian vessels harassed its Coast Guard ships in the Persian Gulf earlier this month.
On April 2, an Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) Harth 55, accompanied by three fast attack craft (FAC)/fast inshore attack craft (FIAC), approached U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats USCGC Wrangell (WPB 1332) and USCGC Monomoy (WPB 1326) while the U.S. vessels were conducting routine maritime security patrols in the international waters of the southern Arabian Gulf, the service said in a statement.
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Three Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast-attack boats and one larger support vessel, Harth 55, swarmed US Coast Guard patrol boats Wrangell and Monomoy during maritime security operations in international waters on April 2.
The US Navy says that during the three-hour incident, the Harth 55 repeatedly crossed the bows of the US vessels at an unnecessarily close range, at one point coming within 70 yards of the US ships.
One unsafe and unprofessional approach, as the Navy described it, was captured on video.
The US Navy said the large Iranian vessel closed aggressively with the Wrangell, forcing it to maneuver to avoid a collision while blowing the horn.
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