US Navy

Report:

US interdicting, seizing vessel off Venezuelan coast

TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – The United States is ‌interdicting ​and seizing a vessel off the coast ‌of Venezuela in international waters, three US officials said on Saturday

Yemen's armed forces incur $100m damage to US Navy

TEHRAN, Dec. 07 (MNA) – The famous US Navy, Harry S. Truman, which was repeatedly hit by missiles from the Yemeni armed forces, has suffered $100 million in damage.

US reacts to seizure of foreign tanker by IRGC

TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – The United States has reacted to the seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).

US Navy faces mounting operational challenges in S Chia Sea

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – The US Navy is confronting a series of operational setbacks as two more aircraft crashed in the South China Sea this week, adding to a growing list of incidents that military analysts say reveal deeper challenges.

IRGC chief warns of harsh response in Persian Gulf, Hormuz

TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Mohammad Pakpour warned that any foreign miscalculation in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz or Iran’s islands will receive a harsh reponse.

US Navy ship catches fire at allied port

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – A fire broke out Wednesday onboard the U.S. Navy ship USS New Orleans off the coast of Japan's Okinawa island, the Navy said in a statement.

Yemen defense minister says fully ready to stun enemies

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – Yemen's defense minister has pledged the country’s full combat readiness to retaliate against enemies’ acts of provocation and aggression in kind, warning that the nation’s Armed Forces were set to enga

US spy drone tracked near Iran: US media report

TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) – The United States military drone has been tracked flying very close to Iranian airspace, according to flight data as claimed by local US media.

US warplanes strike northwest Yemen in fresh aggression

TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – US warplanes have launched multiple airstrikes on Yemen's northwestern province of ‘Amran, hours after the Ansarullah leader pledged to target Israel if its aggression on Gaza continues.

Yemeni military targets US carrier with missiles, drones

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – The Yemeni Army says carried out drone and missile strikes on US Aircraft Carrier USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea after coordinated attacks by Israel, US and the UK on Sana'a and other Yemeni town.

Yemen reports fresh US-UK airstrikes on Hudaydah

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – The Yemeni government reported fresh US-British airstrikes on Sunday targeting Al Hudaydah province in western Yemen on Monday.

Yemen attacks 2 American destroyers, 3 supply ships

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) – The Yemen army has said it struck three US supply ships and two destroyers accompanying them after they left the port of Djibouti.

China sends naval, air forces to shadow US plane over Taiwan

TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – China said on Tuesday it deployed naval and air forces to monitor and warn a US Navy patrol aircraft that flew through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, denouncing the US for trying to "mislead" the international community.

US Navy plans to invest $11.5 billion in 4 new ships

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – The United States Navy (US Navy) is preparing to award a new contract for the construction of four new amphibious assault ships, with an estimated value of $11.5 billion.

Commander:

IRGC can reach US Navy at closest point in intl. waters

TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – We sent a message to Americans that we are able to reach the closest point to you, a commander of the fifth Martyr Lieutenant General Haj Qassem Soleimani fleet of the IRGC Navy says.

US Navy can't stop Yemeni attacks with force alone: Commander

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – The US Navy's mission to repel the operations of the Yemeni Armed Forces will not suffice on its own to prevent the Yemeni attacks on merchant vessels, the admiral leading operations in the Middle East acknowledged.

Iran censures US for downing passenger plane 36 yrs ago

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the United States' serious and gross violations of human rights on the 36th anniversary of the downing of its passenger aircraft by a US Navy missile over the Persian Gulf.

Yemen US Navy combat most intense since World War II

TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – The US-led campaign against the Yemeni army, overshadowed by the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, has turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II, US local media says.

Bahraini hackers get access to US Navy confidential documents

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – Bahraini hackers have penetrated into the systems of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet and gained access to confidential documents.

Iran downplays as “foolish” US plans to protect Israeli ships

TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – Iran's defense minister has downplayed as “foolish” US plans to establish a maritime task force in the Red Sea with the apparent purpose of protecting Israel-bound vessels in the area.

Iran Navy monitors US aircraft carrier in regional waters

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – Iran's Naval Intelligence systems have successfully tracked and identified a US aircraft carrier group in the Gulf of Aden and the Sea of Oman.

US Navy announces sending nuclear submarine to West Asia

TEHRAN, Nov. 06 (MNA) – A US nuclear submarine arrived in the operational area of the "CENTCOM" (US Central Command) on Monday.

Yemeni naval cmdr.:

Yemen not to allow US to approach its territorial waters

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – A commander of the Yemeni coastal guards warned the US that the Yemeni forces are monitoring the sailing of the US Navy in the Red Sea and will not allow them to approach Yemeni territorial waters.

Ansarullah warns US against getting close to Yemen waters

TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – The Yemeni Ansarullh resistance movement has warned of the longest and costliest war in history in the event US Navy vessels approach the Arab country’s territorial waters.

US deploys 3000 sailors, Marines to Red Sea in proactive move

TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – In new provocative action, the US deployed more than 3,000 US military personnel to the Red Sea for what Americans justified as increased deployments after tanker seizures by Iran.

Informed source says;

Iran made no attempt to seize oil tankers in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Iran made no attempt to seize oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, an informed Iranian defense source said, denying an earlier US claim accusing Tehran of trying to take control of two ships.

5 sailors injured in watercraft crash in California coast

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – A small Navy watercraft crashed off the California coast in the pre-dawn hours Friday, injuring five sailors with a Naval Special Warfare unit, an official said.

US aircraft carrier sails into Oslo amid tensions with Russia

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, sailed into Oslo on Wednesday, a first for such a US ship, in a show of NATO force at a time of heightened tension between NATO and Russia over the war in Ukraine.