The opening day of the U.S. efforts to escort commercial ships through the Straits of Hormuz saw combat between U.S. and Iranian forces.

A Navy destroyer fires its 5-inch deck gun, one of the weapons that could be used to engage small Iranian attack boats.US Navy photo President Donald Trump said Thursday that he ordered the US Navy to ...

Iran's threats to close the Strait of Hormuz with kamikaze boats pose a major global shipping risk. Despite US efforts to neutralize Iran's navy, its small, fast, and hard-to-target mosquito boats, ...

Iran launched its first missile and drone attack on the United Arab Emirates since a ceasefire with the U.S. took effect on April 8, and it fired two drones at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, UAE ...

The US military claims to have sunk six small Iranian boats as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz. US Admiral Brad Cooper said the navy had eliminated six small boats attempting to interfere with ...

Iran’s conventional navy warships might be largely destroyed, but analysts say that’s never where its true sea power lay.

ISLAMABAD — While President Trump said the US has “defeated the Iranian navy,” pointing to waves of strikes that wiped out warships, submarines and key military sites since late February, Tehran was ...

Iran’s small vessels may be able to challenge US blockade operations, Chinese analysts suggest, despite the heavy losses suffered by the Iranian navy during the opening weeks of the US-Israeli ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the Navy to "shoot and kill" Iranian small boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.