The Pentagon said a U.S. Navy submarine struck and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, marking what officials described as the first torpedo sinking of a vessel since World War II.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told a March 4 press briefing that the ship was destroyed in the Indian Ocean during the ongoing U.S.–Israel campaign against Iran.
“An American submarine sank an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,” Hegseth said.
“Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo—quiet death—the first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War Two….
US Submarine Hits Iranian Warship in 1st Torpedo Sinking Since World War II
