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Iranian ship, the CENTCOM statement said. Subsequently, US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit [boarded](/news/2026/4/20/us-captures-iranian-ship-touska-amid-mediation-efforts-all-we-know) the Touska and captured the ship.  the Iranian-flagged container ship
ships, if Washington continues to enforce its naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The warning comes as the US tightens restrictions on vessels linked to Iranian
ships, including those previously deemed friendly, to pass until the US lifts its own naval blockade. Iranian
naval blockade of Iranian ports. US forces boarded the ship and took physical control of the vessel
ship that US forces are known to have hit during the current war, and the first Iranian cargo vessel that the American military has captured since the start of its week-long naval blockade
US naval blockade. But ship tracking data indicated at least three ships sailing from Iranian
naval blockade that has effectively stopped ships sailing through the strait that either left or were destined for Iranian ports. The US
US imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports and shipping on April 13, limiting Tehran
US naval blockade](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/deadline-passes-for-us-blockade-on-ships-using-iranian-ports-to-begin) on ships using Iranian ports in the Gulf in an effort
US naval forces enforcing [a blockade](/news/2026/4/15/iran-warns-us-naval-blockade-threatens-ceasefire) on Iranian ports and ships, and maintaining a heavy
US naval blockade beyond Iranian ports, writing on Truth Social that no ship “can enter
US launched its own naval blockade of Iranian ports and ships trying to transit through
naval blockade, 25 ships crossed the strait. ## Breaking the blockade When the US blockade took effect, the shadow fleet adapted immediately. The Iranian