src="/files/fa/news/es/Thumbnails/ac5eb5fb-eb43-40d5-9736-290522b352e7_260_199.jpg' class='img_convert' title='Iran vessel close to U.S. Navy ship in Gulf' alt='Iran vessel close to U.S. Navy ship in Gulf'>According to MANA, Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis claimed: the Iranian vessel sailed directly in front of the USS Firebolt, forcing the 174-foot (53-metre) U.S. ship to change course.
The U.S. ship claimed that it tried to communicate with the Iranian ship by radio but received no response.