Houthis say US ship hit in Gulf of Aden attack
Sanaa, Yemen – AFP
Houthis claimed another attack on a US ship early Friday, after the United States launched fresh strikes in Yemen.
While the Houthis said they had struck the commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden, the US military later said the group’s missiles had missed their mark.
The Houthis said in a statement posted to social media that their “naval forces… carried out a targeting operation against an American ship” — identified as the Chem Ranger — “with several appropriate naval missiles, resulting in direct hits”.
It did not give a time nor other details for the latest attack in international shipping lanes.
The US military’s Central Command, which is responsible for the Middle East, said the Houthis “launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at M/V Chem Ranger, a Marshall Island-flagged, US-Owned, Greek-operated tanker” on Thursday night.
“The crew observed the missiles impact the water near the ship. There were no reported injuries or damage to the ship,” the command said on social media platform X.
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