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Armed assailants seize and later release a tanker linked to Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, with 22 crew members on board, off the coast of Yemen. The United States Navy captures the attackers.
2023-11-26

Iranian state media reports that the United States Navy attempted to capture an Iranian oil tanker. The oil tanker was boarded, commandeered and then returned by Iranian NEDSA marines in a helicopter operation. U.S. officials refute the report, saying that the Iranians had captured a Vietnamese flagged tanker and that U.S. forces were monitoring the situation.
2021-11-3

Russia says its navy made a United States destroyer turn back after threatening to ram it, claiming that the destroyer violated Russia's territorial waters in the Peter the Great Gulf, "passing the maritime border by two kilometers". The U.S. navy says that their destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation to challenge a Russian claim "inconsistent with the rules of international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention to enclose the waters of a bay".
2020-11-24

The U.S. military restricts off-base alcohol consumption in Okinawa until July 24 after the arrest of a former Marine suspected of murder.
2016-05-28

Iran seizes the crew of two small United States Navy boats near Farsi Island, in the Persian Gulf, after they had allegedly entered Iranian waters. Pentagon spokesman, Peter Cook, told Associated Press that Iran has assured the United States that the crew and vessels will be returned promptly.
2016-01-12

The United States Navy sends a remotely operated underwater craft to investigate a wreck which they believe is the remains of the El Faro which disappeared on October 1 near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin with 33 people on board.
2015-11-1

Iran claims that the seizure of the "Maersk Tigris" in the Strait of Hormuz was related to an unpaid debt. [http:--www.nbcnews.com-news-world-iran-says-seizure-cargo-ship-maersk-tigris-tied-debt-n351246 (NBC News)]The United States Navy says it will accompany American-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz. [http:--abcnews.go.com-Politics-wireStory-us-navy-ships-accompany-us-flagged-ships-gulf-30707791 (AP via ABC News)]date=August 2019 The United States Navy says it will accompany American-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz. [http:--abcnews.go.com-Politics-wireStory-us-navy-ships-accompany-us-flagged-ships-gulf-30707791 (AP via ABC News)]date=August 2019
2015-04-30

The biennial naval training exercise Keen Sword between the United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commences off the shore off Okinawa amid tension with China.
2012-11-5

A United States Navy FA-18 Hornet crashes into an apartment complex in the US city of Virginia Beach, Virginia with minimal injuries and no fatalities.
2012-04-6

A United States Navy F-A-18 crashes near Naval Air Station Lemoore in California. [http:--www.cbs47.tv-content-breaking_news-story-F-A-18-Crash-Near-NAS-Lemoore-wFclCOuxq0mfd-hKSvcwCQ.cspx (CBS 47)]date=July 2019
2011-04-6