by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:

An American warship had responded to reports that a Houthi speedboat had been terrorizing commercial vessels in the Red Sea.  Houthis are militants in Yemen and have been escalating attacks on ships traversing the Red Sea, one of the world’s busiest maritime routes, including for oil shipments.

An oil and chemical tanker Marshall Islands-flagged Ardmore Encounter had come under attack by the militant group. The Ardmore Encounter had been traveling north toward the Suez Canal in the Red Sea from India at the time.