CENTCOM released video of a U.S. Navy destroyer warning an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel before firing on it as it allegedly tried to run the blockade.

The U.S. Navy opened fire on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday after the ship attempted to bypass an American blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump confirmed the engagement via Truth Social,

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

“Guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) intercepted M/V Touska as it transited the north Arabian Sea at 17 knots en route to Bandar Abbas, Iran. American forces issued multiple warnings and informed the Iranian-flagged vessel it was in violation of the U.S. blockade,” the US Central Command says in a statement.

Six decades after his actions in Vietnam earned him the Medal of Honor, retired Marine Col. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. witnessed the Navy commission a destroyer in his name.

The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) in spring 2026, adding the first operational Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to the fleet and marking a generational leap in the service’s radar and missile-defense technology.

OSINT analysts spotted an additional weapon on the deck of the USS Carl M. Levin—possibly an anti-drone launcher of some sort—during a recent excursion near Hawaii.