Two oil tankers were hit by the US Navy after they attempted the violate America’s Strait of Hormuz blockade, US Central Command (CENTCO) released footage showing strikes on the empty tankers M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda as they attempted to sail into an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman on May 8. US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) disabled both vessels after firing into their smokestacks. A third vessel, the Iranian-flagged M/T Hasna, was also disabled on May 6.

The U.S. military enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports has opened fire on a crude oil tanker en route to Iran, according to U.S. Central Command.

The exchange occurred as U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said in a social media post.

The U.S. military said it disabled two Iranian-flagged oil tankers entering a port in the Gulf of Oman on Friday.

Two oil tankers were hit by the US Navy after they attempted the violate America’s Strait of Hormuz blockade, US Central Command (CENTCO) released footage showing strikes on the…