US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in the Red Sea

Re:US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in the ... by IAmGraydon on Sunday December 03, 2023 @12:36PM (#38508902)

>Last time Iran attacked a US warship they lost half their navy in eight hours.

It’s truly weird how much I see this mindless comment exactly duplicated with zero context.

Context: the Iranian Navy consisted of very few ships.

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Re:US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in the ... by jjoonathan on Sunday December 03, 2023 @12:57PM (#38509135)

It's a good meme with a good story that goes viral in every community where this kind of story can go viral.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5v6hlRyeHE

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Re:US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in the ... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Sunday December 03, 2023 @12:41PM (#38508958)

Source please? I'd like to read more about this.

Because according to wikipedia- 5 Iranian ships were sunk during Operating Praying Mantis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis

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Re:US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in the ... by ceejayoz on Sunday December 03, 2023 @01:12PM (#38509303)

Three of those are "speedboats" (these sorts of things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashura-class_speedboat), and one's a "gunboat".

Only one of the five vessels (the frigate) lost would typically be called a "ship".

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Re:US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in the ... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Sunday December 03, 2023 @02:25PM (#38509904)

Yeah. It also says that the US showed mercy after hitting the other frigate with a 500lb bomb and allowed it to limp away. They've edited their post- they originally claimed Iran had two ships in their navy.

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Re:US warship and multiple commercial ships attacked in the ... by differingopinio on Sunday December 03, 2023 @06:51PM (#38512037)

Almost as if it were coordinated

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