The U.S. Navy disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman late Tuesday night, shortly after carrying out retaliatory strikes in Iran for shooting down an Army Apache helicopter.

The crew aboard the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello repeatedly failed to comply with American forces’ orders. U.S. troops ultimately fired precision munitions into the ship’s engine room to disable the vessel.

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