Three US Navy guided-missile destroyers fended off a multi-pronged Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, US Central Command and President Donald Trump said.
“Three World Class American Destroyers just transited, very successfully, out of the Strait of Hormuz, under fire. There was no damage done to the three Destroyers, but great damage done to the Iranian attackers,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Trump said Iran tried to hit the three destroyers with a mix of drones, fast-attack boats and missiles and were easily defeated.
The three US warships involved – USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta and USS Mason – are Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, part of a…