- Two U.S. Navy destroyers, the USS Frank E. Peterson and USS Michael Murphy, transited the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first American warship passage since the war began six weeks ago.
- The transit is part of a U.S. mission to clear Iranian-laid mines from the Strait, with underwat
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