USS Mahan Has Close Encounter With Iranian Fast Attack Craft

FoxNews.com reports that the USS Mahan, a guided-missile destroyer, had a close encounter with an Iranian Revolutionary Guard "fast attack craft" in the Persian Gulf Monday and had to alter course, sound the danger signal, fire flares and man its weapons.

You can read the piece and watch the video clip via the below link:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/04/25/navy-destroyer-has-close-encounter-with-iran-vessel-in-persian-gulf.html

Note: The above U.S. Navy photo shows the USS Mahan at sea.

Destroyer USS Mahan Fires Warning Shots In Standoff With Iranian Forces

Sam LaGrone a the USNI News offers a piece on a U.S. Navy ship that fired warning shots at Iranian boats.

The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG-72) fired three warning shots to ward off four armed attack boats coming at the ship at high speed, a defense official confirmed to USNI News on Monday.

On Sunday, Mahan was transiting the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf when the four Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast inshore attack craft (FIAC) came at the destroyer at a high rate of speed with their crew-served weapons manned, the official told USNI News.

After several attempts to warn off the boats with radio communications, siren and the ship’s whistle the boats came within 900 yards of the guided missile destroyer before the crew fired three warning shots from one of the ships .50 caliber guns.

After the shots were fired, the boats broke off.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:  

https://news.usni.org/2017/01/09/uss-mahan-warning-shots-standoff?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=5a3525328f-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-5a3525328f-231802593&mc_cid=5a3525328f&mc_eid=3c09d4464e

Note: The above U.S. Navy photo is of the USS Mahan.