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CENTCOM confirms Houthi drone attack on US-owned ship, says no injuries but some damage
US Central Command confirms that an attack drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck the Genco Picardy bulk carrier, which sails under the flag of the Marshall Islands and is US-owned and operated.
According to Central Command, there were no injuries in the attack but some damage was caused.
“Genco Picardy is seaworthy and continuing underway,” it says in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.
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