STORY: Video posted by U.S. Central Command on Sunday (April 19) is said to show a U.S. Navy destroyer firing on an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel.

According to Central Command, a U.S. Navy destroyer intercepted "M/V Touska as it transited the north Arabian Sea at 17 knots enroute to Bandar Abbas, Iran."

Reuters confirmed the identity of the ship as Touska by its shape which matched file imagery. Exact date could not be verified, but no older version of the video was found posted online before April 19. The vessel tracking data showed the most recent location of Touska near the Gulf of Oman on April 19.

Central Command issued a statement with the video saying Touska’s crew "failed to comply with repeated warnings over a six-hour period," leading the destroyer, USS Spruance, to fire "several rounds from the destroyer’s 5-inch MK 45 Gun into Touska’s engine room."

CENTCOM also said U.S. Marines boarded the vessel, which remains in U.S. custody.

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REFILE: US military video shows Navy destroyer firing on Iranian-flagged cargo vessel

VIDEO SHOWS: U.S. MILITARY VIDEO SAID TO SHOW DESTROYER INTERCEPTING IRANIAN-FLAGGED CARGO VESSEL

Verified by:

- Identity of the ship confirmed as Touska by shape which matched file imagery of the vessel

- Exact date not verified but no older version found posted online before April 19

- Vessel tracking data showed the most recent location of Touska near the Gulf of Oman on April 19

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EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: REFILING STORY TO CORRECT "CENTRAL COMMAND" IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF STORY (PREVIOUSLY "CENTRAL COMMANDO")

SHOWS: GIVEN AS NORTH ARABIAN SEA (RELEASED ON APRIL 19, 2026) (CENTCOM - Must on-screen courtesy CENTCOM)

1. CARGO VESSEL SEEN FROM U.S. NAVY DESTROYER

2. VESSEL SEEN FROM U.S. NAVY DESTROYER / VOICE HEARD SAYING (English): "Motor vessel Touska, motor vessel Touska to vacate your engine room. Vacate your engine room. We're prepared to subject you to disabling fire."

3. VESSEL SEEN FROM US NAVY DESTROYER AS HORNS BLARE

4. VARIOUS OF SHOTS FIRED FROM U.S. NAVY DESTROYER