Iranian warships buzz past US ships in ‘near-miss’
Monday’s encounter was the latest in a string of incidents between the US and Iranian navy in international waters on the Persian Gulf.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) operating in an unsafe and unprofessional manner in close proximity to patrol coastal ship USS Sirocco (PC 6) and expeditionary fast transport USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF 2) in the Strait of Hormuz, June 20.(photo credit: NAVCENT Public Affairs)Updated: