U.S. Central Command said American forces struck three Iranian crude oil tankers on September 5 after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships. CENTCOM said the American vessels evaded the attacks and no U.S. personnel were harmed.
- CENTCOM said U.S. forces permanently disabled the M/T Downy near Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask.
- American forces also destroyed the unladen M/T Kylo, also known as Noxen, in the Gulf of Oman after directing its crew to abandon ship.
- CENTCOM described the vessels as part of a multibillion-dollar crude oil network that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies.
- Iran's Tasnim news agency separately reported that a tanker near Kharg Island was struck by four U.S. missiles, with no casualties reported.
- The strikes follow renewed U.S.-Iran military exchanges and continued disruption to tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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