Nearly a dozen small craft from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps harassed U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships conducting exercises in the Persian Gulf, U.S. officials say.
"The [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy] vessels repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of the U.S. vessels at extremely close range and high speeds, including multiple crossings of the [USS Lewis B.] Puller with a 50 yard closest point of approach and within 10 yards of [the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter] Maui's bow," the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said in aThe Puller, an expeditionary mobile base vessel, and the Maui are part of a larger U.S.
"The U.S. crews issued multiple warnings via bridge-to-bridge radio, five short blasts from the ships' horns and long range acoustic noise maker devices, but received no response from the IRGCN," the Navy said."After approximately one hour, the IRGCN vessels responded to the bridge-to-bridge radio queries, then maneuvered away from the U.S. ships and opened distance between them.
The Navy said the actions of the Iranian vessels were"dangerous and provocative" and"increased the risk of miscalculation and collision." Iranian officials did not immediately comment, but the country's semiofficial Fars news agency acknowledged the incident, according to The Associated Press.
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