Iranian Fast Boats Fired on a U.S. Warship in the Strait of Hormuz – The Navy Had 90 Seconds to… nt
At 6:22 in the morning, the calm of the Strait of Hormuz was shattered by the sound of gunfire as an Iranian fast boat opened fire on the USS Gettysburg, a U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser.
The burst of heavy machine-gun fire from the bow of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessel sent 12.7 mm rounds splashing into the water less than 400 meters from the Gettysburg’s hull.
This was not a warning shot; it was a direct attack.
A total of 12 Iranian boats had materialized in the gray light before sunrise, and the crew of the Gettysburg had been tracking them for nine minutes before the first shot was fired.
