In a statement posted on social media, the US Navy said it “prevented an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy support vessel from seizing an unmanned US Fifth Fleet ship in Persian Gulf waters.”

In a statement, she explained that “while crossing international waters, the US Fifth Fleet spotted an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps support ship pulling the ship in an attempt to detain it,” and indicated that “it was a US Navy coastal patrol ship.” , acted nearby and responded immediately.” The US Fifth Fleet also launched the MH-60S Sea Hawk from the 26th Marine Attack Helicopter Squadron based in Bahrain.

And the Navy confirmed, “The measures taken by the US Navy in response resulted in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ship leaving the area after about four hours,” and the US Navy resumed its operations without further incident.

For his part, Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US Naval Central Command, US Fifth Fleet and Joint Maritime Forces, said that “the actions of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards were egregious and unjustified and contrary to the conduct of professional naval forces,” noting that “the US Navy remains vigilant and will continue to fly and swim. And act wherever international law allows, strengthening the rules-based international order throughout the region.”