On April 19, USS Spruance fired its 127mm Mark 45 deck gun on the Iranian container ship Touska after five warning shots, hitting the engine room before Marines fast-roped in. It is the first time a US Navy deck gun has been used against a manned vessel since Operation Praying Mantis on April 18, 1988 — exactly 38 years to the day. The escalation curve in Hormuz just stepped up.
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