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Saturday, April 11, 2026
US says its destroyers passed through Strait of Hormuz as it works to de-mine the key waterway
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The American military says it has begun a mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Two US Navy missile destroyers, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. and USS Michael Murphy, “transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf as part of a broader mission to ensure the strait is fully clear of sea mines previously laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,” the US Central Command says in a statement.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) April 11, 2026
“Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon to encourage the free flow of commerce,” says CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper in the statement.
CENTCOM says that additional American forces, “including underwater drones, will join the clearance effort in the coming days.”
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