The Latest Breaking News from US 5th Fleet

US Navy Sends Guided-missile Submarine to Middle East

The US Navy said on Saturday a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine was operating in the Middle East in support of the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet. The USS Florida entered the region on Thursday and began transiting the Suez Canal, Commander Timothy Hawkins said in a statement. "It is capable of carrying…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 8, 2023

US Navy Seizes Ammunition En Route from Iran to Yemen's Houthis

The US Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Saturday it had intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling "more than 50 tons of ammunition rounds, fuses and propellants for rockets" in the Gulf of Oman along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen on Dec. 1. "Navy personnel operating from expeditionary sea base…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 3, 2022

US Navy Foils Iranian Attempt To Capture Unmanned Drone Vessel In Persian Gulf

The U.S. Navy has foiled an Iranian attempt to capture an unmanned drone vessel in the Persian Gulf after they were spotted trying to tow it away.

Zenger · Sep 1, 2022