The U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane repelled an attack against American ships by Yemen-based Houthi rebels, CENTCOM says.

Joint operation involved 16 ballistic and winged missiles as well as a drone, achieving ‘precise and direct hits,’ says group’s spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı

In a bold retaliatory operation, Yemeni Houthis targeted a U.S. destroyer and three American supply ships in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Yemeni Armed Forces deployed 16 ballistic, cruise missiles,

TradeWinds reported last year that the Stena Impeccable is among three vessels in a joint venture between Sweden’s Stena Bulk and US operator Crowley. The trio is employed by the US Maritime Administration (MarAd) under its tanker security programme, in which vessels transport fuel supplies in times of need for the Department of Defense.

Yemen’s Houthi group claimed a ballistic missile attack Sunday on a “vital target” in central Israel. Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree said that his group targeted a vital target in central Israel with a hypersonic ballistic missile, saying the attack “successfully hit its target.”

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree named the three “supply” ships as the 2,500-teu boxship Maersk Saratoga (built 2004), the 49,700-dwt MR2 tanker Stena Impeccable (built 2017) and the 50,600-dwt supramax bulker Liberty Grace (built 2001).

Two U.S. Navy destroyers show down incoming Houthi missiles and drones that were targeting three U.S.-flagged commercial ships that the destroyers.