2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis In the Strait of Hormuz, the USCGC "Maui" fired 30 warning shots at a squadron of 13 Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast attack craft that were harassing a flotilla of six U.S. Navy warships escorting the guided missile submarine USS "Georgia". A US Coast Guard ship fired 30 warning shots from a machine gun during an 'unsafe' encounter with Iranian fast-attack boats © MSN Sources: MSN