WASHINGTON – Reuters – May. 04, 2015 – U.S. Navy warships have begun accompanying British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as a result of Iran’s detention of a Marshall Islands-flagged ship last week, the Pentagon said Monday.
Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the U.S. Navy had accompanied one British ship through the strait following talks between Washington and London and others would follow. The Navy has been accompanying U.S. flagged ships for several days in response to last week’s detention of the MV Maersk Tigris.