Sky News AustraliaUS President Donald Trump has announced the US Marines have taken custody of a ship which attempted to breach the US naval blockade. “Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our naval blockade, and it did not go well for them,” President Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “The US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS Spruance intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman and gave them fair warning to stop.
The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room. “Right now, US Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under US Treasury sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship and are seeing what’s on board.”
