SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A San Diego-based U.S. Navy warship is at the center of a high-stakes international confrontation after intercepting and seizing an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.
The guided missile destroyer USS Spruance — which is homeported at Naval Base San Diego — carried out the operation as part of a U.S. military blockade targeting Iranian shipping routes, President Trump confirmed in Truth Social post.
The president said the USS Spruance intercepted a cargo ship identified as the Touska after it attempted to bypass the blockade near the strategically critical Strait of Hormuz. When the vessel did not comply with orders to stop, the U.S. Navy disabled it by striking its engine room before boarding the ship with Marines…