There seems to be some confusion in regard to whether or not two USN ships were hit this week during the first day of Project Freedom and whether it was the USN or UAE that attacked various places in Iran yesterday during the transit of 3 US warships through the Strait of Hormuz.
According to Maritime Executive via CBS, USS Mason and USS Truxtun were hit whilst they escorted ships on the initial attempt of Project Freedom. Now we are told that the reason behind halting Project Freedom was issues tween the US and Saudi Arabia, which incidently do not seem to be completely settled yet. However, you do have to wonder if the halting of Project Freedom was part due to Saudi Arabia and part due to two USN ships being hit...and the issue that the US is possibly vetoing any operational decisions that might place US military in danger, specifically ships as noted in post 5761 above.
Maritime Executive have also raised the question of who shot what last night. The general media led by social media have said that the US opened fire on Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, Minab, Gachin, Bandar e Khamir and Sirik. However, there is an Iranian news agency - Tasnim - who saying that it wasn't the US but that it was the UAE who mounted the attacks. The US keeps repeating that the ceasefire is holding, Iran claim that it isn't....if the UAE have taken it upon themselves to attack Iran independantly, that makes for an entirely new mess.
Amidst Ceasefire, U.S. Launches New Strikes on Bandar Abbas and Qeshm (Maritime Executive - May 7, 2026)
Tasnim News initially attributed the attacks not to the U.S., but to the UAE, which has previously played a supporting role for U.S. forces but has generally refrained from frontline combat.
“If this issue is confirmed, the UAE will pay the cost of its hostile action,” Tasnim stated.