On August 11, a US Navy MH-60 helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles into the engine room of the Panama-flagged cargo ship M/V Vela Nova after it attempted to transit the Gulf of Oman in violation of the US blockade of Iran’s ports. The vessel was disabled, marking the third such forcible halt since the blockade was reinstated on July 14. CENTCOM announced the action following repeated ignored warnings to the civilian crew.