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The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack by al-Qaeda against USS Cole, a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, on 12 October 2000, while it was being refueled in Yemen's Aden harbor. [ 1 ]
The attack unfolded while the destroyers were escorting three US-owned commercial vessels through the strategic waterway. Centcom said the American warships shot down three anti-ship ballistic ...
Two US Navy destroyers came under attack by the Houthis on Monday. The Iran-backed rebels fired a mix of anti-ship missiles and exploding drones. The US military defeated all the threats, a ...
The USS Stark incident occurred during the Iran–Iraq War on 17 May 1987 in the Persian Gulf, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired two Exocet missiles at the U.S. frigate USS Stark. A total of 37 United States Navy personnel were killed or later died as a result of the attack, and 21 were injured.
U.S. Central Command confirmed early Monday that two ballistic missiles targeted the USS Mason as it completed its response to a distress call in the Gulf of Aden.
United States: 30 November–1 December At least 7 missiles and drones Three US-flagged merchant ships came under attack by Houthi weapons as they were being escorted through the Gulf of Aden by the American destroyers USS Stockdale and USS O'Kane. Over the course of two days, the destroyers shot down three anti-ship ballistic missiles, one ...
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea. The latest statement from the Houthis comes as their attacks on shipping, which ...
USS Greer (DD–145) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, the first ship named for Rear Admiral James A. Greer (1833–1904). In what became known as the "Greer incident," she became the first US Navy ship to fire on a German ship, three months before the United States officially entered World War II.