A US military helicopter fired at the rudder of a Panama-flagged ship after its crew ignored warnings from personnel working to enforce a naval blockade on Iranian ports, The Wall Street Journal reported today, citing a US official.
There were no immediate reports of casualties and the ship appeared to be trying to transfer its crew to another civilian vessel after the attack.
British maritime risk management group Vanguard and a maritime security source said earlier the container ship, Vela Nova, was believed to have been hit by a missile when sailing through the Gulf of Oman.
