The ship and its crew were unharmed.
(March 6, 2024 / JNS) A U.S. Navy destroyer in the Red Sea shot down several suicide drones and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired towards it by Houthis in Yemen, AP reported on Wednesday.
The attack apparently targeted the “USS Carney,” an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer that has been leading efforts to thwart Houthi aggression against commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea.
There were no injuries or damage to the ship, U.S. Central Command announced on X, noting that the attack posed an “imminent threat to merchant vessels and to the U.S. Navy ships in the region.”
The Houthi movement’s “military” spokesperson, Yahya Saree, acknowledged the assault on Wednesday, claiming that the Iranian terrorist proxy had targeted two American warships in the Red Sea.
In response to the attack, U.S. forces “destroyed three anti-ship missiles and three unmanned surface vessels (USV) in self-defense,” CENTCOM said. The targets were located in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.