US F/A-18 fighter jet disables tanker that tried to break through Navy blockade at Strait of Hormuz

US forces “disabled” an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday after it tried to run the Navy blockade against Iranian ports, military officials said.

An F/A-18 Super Hornet jet fired at the Palau-flagged M/T Marivex oil tanker as it attempted to enter Iranian water through the Gulf of Oman, US Central Command wrote on X.

US forces “disabled” an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday after it tried to run the Navy blockade against Iranian ports, military officials said. CENTCOM / SWNS

“[The jet] from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) fired a precision munition into the ship’s engineering and steering spaces after the crew failed to comply with directions from U.S. forces,” CENTCOM said. “Marivex is no longer sailing to Iran.”