{"id":48618,"date":"2026-04-15T22:03:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/15\/us-navy-destroyer-intercepts-iranian-flagged-vessel-trying-to-skirt-blockade\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:10:22","slug":"us-navy-destroyer-intercepts-iranian-flagged-vessel-trying-to-skirt-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2026\/04\/15\/us-navy-destroyer-intercepts-iranian-flagged-vessel-trying-to-skirt-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy destroyer intercepts Iranian-flagged vessel trying to skirt blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/04\/15\/uss-gerald-r-ford-breaks-record-for-longest-post-vietnam-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/04\/15\/uss-gerald-r-ford-breaks-record-for-longest-post-vietnam-deployment\/\">U.S. Navy<\/a> prevented an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/04\/14\/us-blockade-halts-ship-traffic-to-iranian-ports-centcom-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/04\/14\/us-blockade-halts-ship-traffic-to-iranian-ports-centcom-says\/\">Iranian-flagged cargo vessel<\/a> from leaving Iran on Tuesday after it attempted to evade the maritime blockade that began Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/04\/13\/us-blockade-of-iran-will-be-major-military-endeavor-experts-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/04\/13\/us-blockade-of-iran-will-be-major-military-endeavor-experts-say\/\">U.S. Central Command<\/a> announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Arleigh Burke-class <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/naval\/2026\/04\/13\/us-navy-should-rely-on-allies-to-boost-maritime-industrial-base-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/naval\/2026\/04\/13\/us-navy-should-rely-on-allies-to-boost-maritime-industrial-base-report-says\/\">guided-missile destroyer<\/a> USS Spruance redirected the vessel back toward Iran after it fled Bandar Abbas, exited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/04\/14\/amid-focus-on-strait-of-hormuz-experts-sound-warning-on-yemens-houthis-and-red-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/04\/14\/amid-focus-on-strait-of-hormuz-experts-sound-warning-on-yemens-houthis-and-red-sea\/\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> and was making its way along the Iranian coastline, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2044513238050845089?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">according<\/a> to a CENTCOM release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTen vessels have now been turned around and zero ships have broken through since the start of the U.S. blockade on Monday,\u201d the command\u2019s post on X stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/04\/14\/us-blockade-halts-ship-traffic-to-iranian-ports-centcom-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">blockade<\/a>, which involves 10,000 troops, over a dozen warships and more than 100 fighter and surveillance aircraft, went into effect Monday after President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116392448970133700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">announced<\/a> on social media that the U.S. would seal off the Strait of Hormuz following failed peace talks between the U.S. and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any vessels transiting to and from Iranian 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