Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they attacked the USS Lewis B. Puller, a ship that serves as a floating landing base for the US Navy.
Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree says in a statement it fired a missile at the Puller in the Gulf of Aden. He offers no evidence.
Houthi attacks will continue “until the aggression is stopped, and the siege is lifted on the people of Palestine in the Gaza Strip,” Saree says in the statement.
A US defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said there had been no reported attack on the Puller. However, the Houthis have previously launched missiles that did not reach their intended target, instead crashing down onto land or sea.
The Puller served as a mobile base for the US Navy SEALs who conducted a January 11 operation seizing Iranian-made ballistic missile and cruise missile components believed to be bound for Yemen.
Two SEALs went missing in the operation and are presumed to have died.
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