The guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson made a routine transit through the strait, which is 100 miles wide, in accordance with international law, the Navy’s 7th Fleet said in an online statement.
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Rear Adm. Marc Miguez, the Navy’s commander for its Carrier Strike Group Two, which includes the Eisenhower and supporting ships, said the Navy had taken out one underwater bomb-carrying drone launched by the Houthis as well during the campaign.
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