{"id":45501,"date":"2023-05-21T14:18:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T14:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/21\/us-and-allied-naval-commanders-in-mideast-transit-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:45:56","slug":"us-and-allied-naval-commanders-in-mideast-transit-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/05\/21\/us-and-allied-naval-commanders-in-mideast-transit-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"US and allied naval commanders in Mideast transit Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABOARD THE USS PAUL HAMILTON IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ \u2014 The Mideast-based commanders of the U.S., British and French navies transited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/05\/15\/navy-to-boost-rotations-of-ships-aircraft-in-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> on Friday aboard an American warship, a sign of their unified approach to keep the crucial waterway open after Iran seized two oil tankers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions in the Persian Gulf have been volatile since Iran\u2019s nuclear deal with world powers collapsed, following the U.S.\u2019 unilateral withdrawal five years ago. The incredibly rare, joint trip by the three navy chiefs aboard the USS Paul Hamilton, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, saw three fast boats of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard approach the vessel at one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/05\/15\/navy-to-boost-rotations-of-ships-aircraft-in-strait-of-hormuz\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/StraitofHormuz.webp_.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy to boost rotations of ships, aircraft in Strait of Hormuz<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The beefed up presence includes U.S. Navy destroyers, U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters, unmanned systems and a variety of aircraft.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guardsmen stood by uncovered machine guns on their decks, while sailors aboard the Paul Hamilton similarly stood by loaded machine guns as others shot photographs and video of the vessels. An Associated Press journalist also accompanied the allied naval commanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Guard kept its distance from both the Paul Hamilton and the passing British frigate HMS Lancaster, their presence showed just how tense passage for vessels can be in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of global oil supplies passes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIran has seized or attacked 15 ships in the last two years. Eight seizures and seven attacks,\u201d Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, who oversees the U.S. Navy\u2019s Mideast-based 5th Fleet, told the AP. \u201cSo the shipping industry is mindful of what the security posture looks like in the region. We have the ability to positively impact that influence and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cooper said Iran\u2019s Guard ships Friday came within 1,000 yards (915 meters) of the Paul Hamilton, which is based out of San Diego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has viewed securing the Middle East\u2019s waterways, particularly the Strait of Hormuz, as key since then-President Jimmy Carter\u2019s 1980 speech vowing to use military force to protect American interests in the wider Persian Gulf. While focused then on the Soviet Union\u2019s invasion of Afghanistan, the Carter Doctrine\u2019s vow to allow \u201cthe free movement of Middle East oil\u201d now pits the U.S. against Iran, which has seized&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-navy-oil-tanker-advantage-057155f4d9caf92131533fe90f94a3a0\" target=\"_blank\">a series of oil tankers since the collapse of its nuclear deal with world powers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23139497941882.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Navy sailors work in the Combat Information Center of the USS Paul Hamilton in the Strait of Hormuz Friday, May 19, 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-81484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23139497941882.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23139497941882.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23139497941882.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23139497941882.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23139497941882.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23139497941882.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Navy sailors work in the Combat Information Center of the guided-missile destroyer Paul Hamilton in the Strait of Hormuz Friday, May 19, 2023. (Jon Gambrell\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told journalists that America planned to make \u201ca series of moves to bolster our defensive posture\u201d in the Persian Gulf, while criticizing Iran\u2019s recent seizures of tankers. Cooper said the joint trip on the Paul Hamilton represented part of that push, with the aim of having more coalition ships passing through the strait on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe volume of commerce that flows through the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 it is critical to the world\u2019s economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For its part, Iran long has bristled at the American presence in the region. After Kirby\u2019s remarks, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani issued a lengthy statement accusing the U.S. of \u201ccreating and intensifying instability and insecurity in the Persian Gulf region for decades with its interventionist and destructive policies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Kanaani also specifically mentioned the U.S. \u201cseizing and confiscating some Iranian oil cargoes in international waters.\u201d The suspected American seizure of the Suez Rajan,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-iran-dubai-iran-nuclear-united-arab-emirates-f1f5d245b44eeca04db3eb14a4a630f0\" target=\"_blank\">a tanker linked to a U.S. private equity firm<\/a>&nbsp;believed to have been carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil off Singapore,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-seized-tankers-persian-gulf-tensions-f9f7f2c267cc6b7b65a655edc8e6a7e8\" target=\"_blank\">likely sparked Tehran to recently take the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Advantage Sweet<\/a>. That ship carried Kuwaiti crude oil for energy firm Chevron Corp. of San Ramon, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was no immediate reaction in Iranian state media nor from the Guard about the Paul Hamilton\u2019s trip from the Persian Gulf out through the strait to the Gulf of Oman. However, it was unlikely the Iranians immediately knew that the American, British and French commanders had been aboard the vessel, though at least one Guard member aboard the fast boats was studying the Paul Hamilton with a pair of binoculars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the trip through the Strait of Hormuz, at least one Iranian drone watched the Paul Hamilton. Meanwhile, an U.S. Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon also was overhead. U.S. forces also routinely fly drones in the region as well, while a Navy task force also has put some drones out to sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Securing the Strait of Hormuz has been a challenge since the Carter Doctrine \u2014 and deadly.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ceb6e7a86bf14a9a8d8ecf81c9dcc7ef\" target=\"_blank\">The so-called 1980s \u201cTanker War\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;involved American naval ships escorting reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers through the gulf and the strait after Iranian mines damaged vessels in the region. The U.S. Navy even fought a one-day naval battle against Iran at the time, as well as accidentally shot down an Iranian commercial airliner, killing 290 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to unilaterally withdraw from Tehran\u2019s nuclear deal with world powers sparked new challenges from Iran in the region. Tehran seized tankers, while the Navy also blamed Iran for again using mines against shipping. The Trump administration came up with its Sentinel program, which also involved it and partner nations escorting ships in the region. But tensions with Europe after the nuclear deal\u2019s collapse didn\u2019t see a wide buy-in with the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This renewed effort under President Joe Biden does not appear to involve escorting individual ships, but trying to put more allied forces in the region. Already, the U.S. has brought A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and a submarine in the region to try to deter Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America also could bring more ships into the Persian Gulf. The end of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">war in Ukraine<\/a> and American concern over China\u2019s expansion in the South China Sea, has halted routine carrier deployments in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, Cooper pointed to the presence of his British and French colleagues \u2014 Commodore Philip Dennis, the commander of the United Kingdom Maritime Component Command, and Vice Adm. 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