{"id":45808,"date":"2024-04-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/04\/01\/march-red-sea-recap-navy-keeps-up-with-steady-pace-of-houthi-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:04:43","slug":"march-red-sea-recap-navy-keeps-up-with-steady-pace-of-houthi-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/04\/01\/march-red-sea-recap-navy-keeps-up-with-steady-pace-of-houthi-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"March Red Sea recap: Navy keeps up with steady pace of Houthi attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy responded to a regular stream of engagements with Iran-backed Houthi militants in the Middle East over the last month, including the first fatal strike on a commercial ship by the Yemen-based group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/02\/12\/all-the-houthi-us-navy-incidents-in-the-middle-east-that-we-know-of\/\" target=\"_blank\">Go here<\/a> for Navy Times\u2019 up-to-date tracker of incidents between the U.S. Navy and the Houthis.<\/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\/2024\/02\/12\/all-the-houthi-us-navy-incidents-in-the-middle-east-that-we-know-of\/\" 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\/8198875.jpg.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\">All the Houthi-US Navy incidents in the Middle East (that we know of)<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A non-exhaustive, running list of Houthi attacks in the Middle East and the U.S. strikes back at them.<\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2024\/02\/29\/february-red-sea-recap-a-busy-month-for-navy-against-houthi-attacks\/#:~:text=As%20of%20Wednesday%2C%20U.S.%20forces,to%20fire%2C%20according%20to%20a\" target=\"_blank\">Compared to the month prior<\/a>, the Navy reportedly engaged this month with a larger number of anti-ship ballistic missiles and air drones, but fewer surface drones and no reported land attack cruise missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday and Thursday, an unidentified Navy warship took out four Houthi air attack drones each day that had the American vessels in their sights, according to U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy leaders have noted how the Red Sea battles are the first time that anti-ship ballistic missiles have been used in conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of the end of March, U.S. and coalition forces destroyed, or tracked the firing, or the intent to launch, of at least 30 anti-ship ballistic missiles, six anti-ship cruise missiles, 10 surface drones, 72 air drones, one underwater drone, six weapon storage containers and 41 other surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles, according to a tally of incidents announced by CENTCOM, as well as reporting by Military Times and The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These were ordnance that the Houthis launched or were prepared to fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past month also saw the first fatal strike by the Houthis in their campaign of assaults, which they have tied to the ongoing conflict occurring in Gaza despite many of the targeted ships possessing no connection to Israel or the United States. On March 6, the Iran-backed group <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/1765497688710173116\" target=\"_blank\">launched an anti-ship ballistic missile<\/a> from Yemen at a Liberian-owned bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden, killing three of its crew members and injuring several others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese reckless attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis have not only disrupted global trade and commerce but also taken the lives of international seafarers simply doing their jobs,\u201d White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2024\/03\/06\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-53\/\" target=\"_blank\">said during a briefing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sinking of Motor Vessel\u2070Rubymar Risks Environmental\u2070Damage<br><br>On Mar. 2 at approximately 2:15 a.m., MV Rubymar, a Belize-flagged, UK-owned bulk carrier, sank in the Red Sea after being struck by an Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist anti-ship ballistic missile on Feb. 18.<br><br>The ship\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fRUM4ll4cY\">pic.twitter.com\/fRUM4ll4cY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/1764124845212680639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March also saw the first Houthi attack on a Chinese oil tanker, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/1771726107168960751\" target=\"_blank\">in which CENTCOM said<\/a> a ballistic missile fired toward the ship caused it to suffer damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can\u2019t say that they knew or didn\u2019t know that that was a Chinese ship or flagged. What I can say is that we saw very publicly that they\u2019ve said that they were not going to attack PRC or Russian ships and yet, they did,\u201d Department of Defense deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/3719422\/deputy-pentagon-press-secretary-ms-sabrina-singh-holds-a-press-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\">said during a Pentagon briefing<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At all hours, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheCVN69?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheCVN69<\/a> is ready to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East.<br><br>\ud83d\udccdRED SEA &#8211; The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. 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