U.S. Sends Three Warships Back Into Persian Gulf After Clearing Them Out Earlier This Month
By: Ben Werner
May 23, 2019 3:05 PM
A destroyer in the the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group entered the Persian Gulf this week without incidents, after the U.S. Navy cleared its ships out of the Gulf earlier this month amid rising tensions.
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) passed through the Strait of Hormuz a week after two other U.S. warships —USS McFaul (DDG-74) and USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) – entered the gulf by transiting the choke point that’s typically under steady surveillance by Iranian forces.
Mason did not encounter any unsafe maritime operations by any other force in the area, Navy officials told USNI News on Thursday.
https://news.usni.org/2019/05/23/u-s-sends-three-warships-back-into-persian-gulf-after-clearing-them-out-earlier-this-month
