The USS Spruance "disabled Touska’s propulsion by firing several rounds from the destroyer’s 5-inch MK 45 Gun into Touska’s engine room," CENTCOM stated.

U.S. Navy releases photos of meals aboard USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli, pushing back against claims of food shortages during operations against Iran.

The US military released footage showing its Navy firing on Iranian cargo ship Touska after it ignored repeated warnings during a six-hour standoff before being seized.

The US has committed more than a dozen warships to the blockade of Iran's ports. The top general singled out the destroyers involved.

The USS Torsk, a historic submarine that's now a museum in Baltimore, was the last US Navy submarine to sink an enemy ship until Operation Epic Fury.

The US military has deployed robotic systems to clear sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz following a ceasefire agreement

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower was undergoing maintenance in Norfolk when the fire broke out. It is unclear if it will impact her next deployment

One reason the U.S. Navy was created in the late 1700s and early 1800s was to counter north African states’ attacks on shipping, during conflicts that became known as the Barbary wars. That situation shares some similarities with today’s Iran war;