USS Mason came under missile attack off Yemen

The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Mason was targeted and attacked with two missiles while the warship was underway off the coast of Yemen.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Katrina Parker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The attack started around 7 p.m. local time and over a 60-minute period, two missiles were fired at the ship but both fell into the Red Sea before reaching the ship.

Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said: “There were no injuries to our sailors and no damage to the ship.”

An anonymous defense official told Reuters that the first missile attack triggered the ship’s countermeasure systems.

This incident is just now of Bab al-Mandab strait where a UAE ship was hit by an anti-ship missile last week.