Washington DC, Sept. 5 -- CENTCOM on Saturday (local time) said that US forces struck three Iranian crude oil carriers on Friday (local time), after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships patrolling regional waters.

A US aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer successfully evaded multiple Iranian strikes, with no American personnel harmed, according to CENTCOM.

Following the strikes, US forces claimed that they "permanently disabled" the IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Downy off the coast of Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask.

According to CENTCOM, American forces also "completely destroyed" the unladen crude oil carrier M/T Kylo, also known as the "Noxen", in the Gulf...