The U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane repelled an attack against American ships by Yemen-based Houthi rebels, CENTCOM says.

US Navy destroyers successfully intercepted missiles and drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels at US warships and merchant vessels. The USS Stockdale and USS O'Kane prevented the attack in the Gulf of Aden.

Two San Diego-based destroyers shot down seven missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels at the warships and three American merchant vessels they were escorting through the Gulf of Aden.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired several missiles and drones against two US Navy destroyers and three US supply ships transiting the Gulf of Aden on Sunday. The attack shows that the group sees no reason to halt its year-long campaign against Western shipping in the Red Sea, even after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The U.S. Central Command announced it successfully thwarted attacks by the Yemeni Houthi group targeting two American destroyers and U.S.-flagged vessels in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend. According to the statement,

Yemen's Houthi rebels announced on Sunday that they had carried out a "qualitative operation" targeting a US destroyer and three supply ships in the Gulf of Aden.

TradeWinds reported last year that the Stena Impeccable is among three vessels in a joint venture between Sweden’s Stena Bulk and US operator Crowley. The trio is employed by the US Maritime Administration (MarAd) under its tanker security programme, in which vessels transport fuel supplies in times of need for the Department of Defense.

Two U.S. Navy destroyers show down incoming Houthi missiles and drones that were targeting three U.S.-flagged commercial ships that the destroyers.