Posted on Aug 25, 2016
US Navy Ship Fired Warning Shots at Iranian Ship in Second Close Call
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A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship fired warning shots at an Iranian ship that sailed within 200 yards in the Northern Persian Gulf Wednesday in the second close call this week involving U.S. and Iranian vessels, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.
The USS Squall fired the shots, according to the official.
In the earlier incident, four Iranian small boats "harassed" the USS Nitze Tuesday, sailing near the guided missile destroyer in the Persian Gulf, a U.S. Navy official told Fox News. The U.S. Navy described the incident as "unsafe and unprofessional" and said it occurred in international waters in the narrow Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Navy video of the incident showed American sailors on the Nitze firing flares and sounding the warship's horn as the Iranian boats approached. The official said the Nitze was ultimately forced to change its course to avoid the Iranian ships, despite coming close to offshore oil rigs.
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The USS Squall fired the shots, according to the official.
In the earlier incident, four Iranian small boats "harassed" the USS Nitze Tuesday, sailing near the guided missile destroyer in the Persian Gulf, a U.S. Navy official told Fox News. The U.S. Navy described the incident as "unsafe and unprofessional" and said it occurred in international waters in the narrow Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Navy video of the incident showed American sailors on the Nitze firing flares and sounding the warship's horn as the Iranian boats approached. The official said the Nitze was ultimately forced to change its course to avoid the Iranian ships, despite coming close to offshore oil rigs.
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US Navy Ship Fired Warning Shots at Iranian Ship in Second Close Call
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200 Yds? Remember Revolutionary Guard Helo about landing on the Deck of the Lead Ship in our Battlegroup before they lit him up with the Guidance Radar, Stopped that Silliness or the or the Iranian P-3 that did a much closer pass to the Ark on my last trip.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
I remember doing basically a pass and review with an Iranian Patrol Craft that was drying it's Laundry, Hung all over the Boat at a Much Closer Range. Being part of the Threat Assessment Team some folks did enquire with me but I told them it is pretty hard to Operate Weapons Systems in that Configuration and also the Missiles launched aft from the Patrol Craft and the typical attack profile would be doing 90 degree turn and pointing the Ass Directly at our Midships. If they had done that I would have been the first one calling the Gunners Mates.
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