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This image from video released by US Central Command shows an explosion at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, Iran, as three Corsair unmanned surface vessels, also called one-way attack surface drones, fired by the US military, hit the port July 12, 2026. (US Central Command via AP)
July 14, 2026, 2:35 pm
US military footage shows its first-ever suicide boat drone strike on Iran
Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit Iranian submarine and ship maintenance facility at Bandar Abbas, a month after drone boat rescued downed US aircrew in Strait of Hormuz
By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters
An undated handout photo provided by the US Navy shows the front walk-in entrance of the US Naval Support Activity in Bahrain near Manama. (US Naval Support Activity / AFP)
June 26, 2026, 11:11 am
US considering moving Gulf bases hit by Iran westward, including to Israel — report
WSJ says Iran’s retaliatory strikes did greater damage to the Middle East’s only US Navy base, in Bahrain, than the Pentagon has acknowledged
By ToI Staff
Four pilots parachute toward the ground as a plume of smoke rises above a plain near Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, where two US Navy jets collided at an air show on May 17, 2026. (Screenshot: X/Shane Ogden)
May 18, 2026, 6:52 am
4 crew members eject safely after two US Navy jets collide during air show in Idaho
Cause unclear for collision of EA18-G Growlers at Mountain Home Air Force Base, but expert says it’s remarkable both crews managed to eject
By Rebecca Boone and MATTHEW BROWN
Cargo ships are seen at sea near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, May 1, 2026. (AP/Fatima Shbair)
May 4, 2026, 12:31 pm
US says two American-flagged vessels successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz
Iran says it hit US Navy destroyer with missiles, but CENTCOM denies claim; officials cited in US media say ‘Project Freedom’ won’t necessarily involve US Navy escorting merchant ships
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) sails in the Arabian Sea during Operation Epic Fury, March 18, 2026. (US Navy photo)
April 23, 2026, 4:46 am
US intercepts Iran oil tankers in Asian waters as demining of Hormuz expected to take months
Maritime security source says US Navy is working to target Iranian ships away from the Mideast waterway due to threat of mines, which Pentagon predicts could take 6 months to clear
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 18, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/ AP)
April 20, 2026, 3:45 am
US says it seized Iranian ship that tried to break blockade; Tehran vows to retaliate
Uncertainty mounts over truce’s future as Iran accuses US of ‘armed piracy’; French firm says ship targeted by warning shots; UK fears ‘risk of attack or miscalculation’ in strait
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Vessels and a boat at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman, April 12, 2026. (Reuters)
April 13, 2026, 12:57 pm
With US military set to blockade Iranian ports, Tehran says move ‘amounts to piracy’
CENTCOM says it will begin blocking all ships entering and exiting Iran’s ports, will not block Hormuz for ships using non-Iranian ports, in step down from Trump’s earlier threat
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) sails in the Arabian Sea during Operation Epic Fury, March 18, 2026. (US Navy photo)
April 12, 2026, 8:21 pm
Trump declares US Navy to begin blockading Strait of Hormuz ‘effective immediately’
Despite claiming talks with Iran ‘went well,’ US president says military to stop ‘all ships’ entering or leaving key waterway; CENTCOM to enforce blockade from Monday
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies
In this photo released by the US Navy, unmanned surveillance ships known as Saildrone Explorers take part in a joint US and UK naval drill in the Persian Gulf on October 7, 2022. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist Roland Franklin/U.S. Navy via AP)
March 27, 2026, 8:33 am
US Navy deploying unmanned drone boats for surveillance in operations against Iran
No indication that the US has used the uncrewed vessels, which for years have been dogged by technical problems, for offensive strikes
By David Jeans
Cargo ships and tankers are seen off coast city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Emirate on February 25, 2026. (Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
March 10, 2026, 5:13 pm
Saudi Aramco warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ unless Strait of Hormuz opens
Trump and Saudi oil giant scramble to deal with energy supply fears as IRGC vows not to let ‘one liter of oil’ through key channel while Israeli-US attacks continue
By Reuters
This handout photograph taken on March 5, 2026 and released by the Sri Lankan Navy on March 6, 2026 shows the Iranian ship IRIS Bushehr after a US submarine attack, off the coast of Colombo. (Sri Lankan Navy / AFP)
March 7, 2026, 5:11 pm
India letting Iran warship dock after US sank another off Sri Lanka, officials say
Foreign minister says decision to allow Lavan to dock in Kochi was made on humanitarian grounds after US sank Iranian frigate Dena off Sri Lanka
By Agencies
A US submarine sinks an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka in footage released on March 4, 2026. (US Department of War)
March 4, 2026, 2:03 pm
‘Quiet Death’: US sub fires torpedo to sink Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, in first since WWII
101 people missing, one dead and 78 injured, Sri Lankan sources say, after downing of ship armed with missiles, torpedoes; US military has said it aims to sink Iran’s ‘entire navy’
By Agencies, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
The USS Fitzgerald, an American destroyer, as reportedly seen from an Iranian helicopter on July 23, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
July 23, 2025, 8:04 pm
Iran says it confronted US destroyer in Gulf of Oman
Encounter is latest confrontation between US and Iran following the war last month between Israel and the Islamic Republic, which the US joined
By AFP and ToI Staff
An F/A-18 Super Hornet launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on July 5, 2024, in the South China Sea. The Roosevelt is replacing the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Navy's campaign against attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting shipping in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. (Seaman Aaron Haro Gonzalez/US Navy, via AP)
May 7, 2025, 6:52 pm
Another $60 million US fighter jet goes overboard from carrier in Red Sea
Super Hornet falls off during botched landing on USS Harry S. Truman, forcing two pilots to eject, marking latest in series of costly naval accidents in region
By AP and ToI Staff
This grab from footage shared by the US Central Command on March 15, 2025, shows a US F/A-18 Super Hornet attack fighter jet taking off from the US Navy's USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, reportedly amidst operations launched against Houthis in Yemen. (DVIDS / AFP)
March 22, 2025, 9:16 am
US beefs up warship presence in Mideast, will have 2 aircraft carriers in region
Amid operations against Houthis and in apparent message of deterrence to Iran, USS Harry S. Truman will remain in Red Sea and USS Carl Vinson will head to region
By AP
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