On Saturday evening, the Maersk Hangzhou container ship Maersk Line, while transiting the southern Red Sea, is It was hit by a missile that caused no injuries among the members of the crew or prevented the continuation of the navigation. The ship, which has a cargo capacity of 15,282 TEU container, asked for assistance from the naval forces present in the area, a request to which the destroyers responded USS Laboon and USS Gravely. The latter has shot down two more anti-ship missiles launched from the side of the Yemen in the hands of Houthi militiamen and directed against ships present in the region. At dawn on Sunday, the same container holder was It was then attacked by four small boats that - made known to the U.S. Central Command - they came from the controlled area by the Houthis. Gunshots were fired from the boats from fire against the Maersk Hangzhou and the stormtroopers arrived less than 20 meters from the ship and attempted to board it. A security team on board the container ship responded to the fire. In the meantime, helicopters took off from the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower and USS Gravely responded to Maersk Hangzhou's new distress call and - the US Central Command specified - while they were ordering the vessels to cease the attack, targeted by the fire coming from the four small ships that didn't cause any damage. Helicopters returned fire sinking three of the four boats and killing their crews, while the fourth boat fled.