San Diego-based USS Spruance seizes Iranian-flagged cargo ship near Strait of Hormuz

San Diego-based USS Spruance seizes Iranian-flagged cargo ship near Strait of Hormuz

The San Diego-based destroyer USS Spruance attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that President Trump said had tried to evade its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, and Iran’s joint military command vowed to respond, throwing a fragile ceasefire into question days before it expires. Trump on social media said a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer in the Gulf of Oman warned the Iranian-flagged ship, the Touska, to stop and then “stopped them right in their tra...

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