Destroyer USS Carney Returns Home After Seven-Month Deployment, 51 Houthi Engagements

Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Kris Merrell, from Rogers, Ark., embraces his sons after returning home from deployment. US Navy Photo

USS Carney (DDG-64) had 51 total engagements with Houthi missiles and drones during its time in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, its commanding officer said Monday.

Carney returned home Sunday after a seven-month deployment. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer deployed on Sept. 27, its commanding officer, Cmdr. Jeremy Robertson, told...

https://news.usni.org/2024/05/20/destroyer-uss-carney-returns-home-after-seven-month-deployment-51-houthi-engagements

Eagle Bulk’s Gibraltar Eagle hit by Houthi missile

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Today, at approximately 4 p.m. (Sanaa time), Gibraltar Eagle, a Marshall Islands flagged ship owned and operated by Stamford, Conn., headquartered Eagle Bulk Shipping, was struck by what U.S. Central Command says was an anti-ship ballistic missile fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The vessel...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/eagle-bulks-gibraltar-eagle-hit-by-houthi-missile/

COLUMN | Maritime consequences of the Israel-Hamas conflict [Naval Gazing]

With its complex transnational ownership and operating structures, international merchant shipping has long had considerable potential as a terrorist target. The seizure or damaging of a merchant vessel can spawn a great deal of divisive international security and financial mayhem, as well as being...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/column-maritime-consequences-of-the-israel-hamas-conflict-naval-gazing/

French Navy frigate in Red Sea intercepts drones fired from Yemen

The French Ministry of the Armed Forces confirms that a French Navy warship shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that were launched against it while it was on patrol in the Red Sea off Yemen on Saturday, December 9. The successful interception occurred at 21:30 local time on Saturday while...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/french-navy-frigate-in-red-sea-intercepts-drones-fired-from-yemen/

US military reports attacks on commercial ships in Red Sea

Four attacks occurred against three separate commercial vessels operating in international waters in the southern Red Sea on Monday, December 4, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a recent press release. The three vessels that were targeted by the attacks off Yemen are connected to 14...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/us-military-reports-attacks-on-commercial-ships-in-red-sea/