US officials said the Iranian navy was a priority target at the start of the conflict
Newly captured satellite imagery from the ongoing conflict with Iran shows the country's biggest naval vessel — the IRINS Makran, a former oil tanker converted into a floating base — on fire at a military port.
The imagery, captured on Monday by the US commercial imaging firm Planet Labs PBC and obtained by Business Insider, shows a massive plume of smoke rising from what analysts identified as the IRINS Makran in the harbor at Bandar Abbas, an Iranian port city adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz and the Makran's home port.
President Donald Trump vowed to "annihilate" Iran's navy as he announced the start of "major combat operations" against the country.