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US Navy disables Iranian cargo ship, tightens Hormuz blockade

4/25/2026

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U.S. Navy damaged the engine room of Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska with non-lethal inert rounds.
USS Spruance fired nine inert 5-inch rounds after warnings, disabling the vessel and taking its crew into U.S. custody.
U.S. Marines boarded by helicopter while President Donald Trump ordered the Navy to destroy any mine-laying boats in the Strait of Hormuz as the blockade, begun April 13, continues with 17 warships and 100 aircraft.

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U.S. Navy damaged the engine room of Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska with non-lethal inert rounds.
USS Spruance fired nine inert 5-inch rounds after warnings, disabling the vessel and taking its crew into U.S. custody.
U.S. Marines boarded by helicopter while President Donald Trump ordered the Navy to destroy any mine-laying boats in the Strait of Hormuz as the blockade, begun April 13, continues with 17 warships and 100 aircraft.