| Date | 12 Jul 2026 |
| Tracker | Strait of Hormuz Tensions |
| Type | Strike |
| Location |
Bandar Abbas, Iran
27.20, 56.29 (approximate) |
Three Saronic Corsair one-way attack unmanned surface vessels struck Iran's Bandar Abbas Naval Base over the weekend of July 12-13, destroying a docked Ghadir-class midget submarine in what US Central Command described as the first combat employment of armed sea drones by American forces. CENTCOM said the strike degraded Iran's ability to continue attacking commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz. The attack came as US and Israeli strikes resumed following the collapse of the Islamabad Memorandum ceasefire framework agreed in mid-June.
| Series | That day | Prior 30-day avg | Week after vs before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transits | 4 -78% | 18.5 | -62% (116 → 44) |
| Tankers | 1 -89% | 8.9 | -75% (60 → 15) |
| Cargo ships | 3 -69% | 9.6 | -48% (56 → 29) |
| Date | Type | Incident |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Apr 2024 | Interception | Iranian commandos rappel from helicopter to seize container ship MSC Aries near Strait of Hormuz |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Interception | Iran's IRGC seizes Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Talara off Khor Fakkan |
| 28 Feb 2026 | Strike | US opening strikes destroy Iran's fleet at Bandar Abbas as Hormuz transits collapse |
| 23 Jul 2026 | Diplomatic | Germany withdraws minehunters positioned for a Hormuz clearing mission |
IMF PortWatch data published on GMN's Strait of Hormuz tracker shows commercial ship transits averaging 3.17 a day over 1-6 September 2026, against 85.5 a day in 2025; other counters read higher, but every independent count is a small fraction of the pre-war norm.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on 8 September 2026 it had recovered a US Navy Anduril Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz; US Central Command said the vehicle had malfunctioned more than a day earlier, and Anduril confirmed the loss.
The United States decommissioned its four Bahrain-based Avenger-class mine hunters in September 2025 and shipped the hulls home in January 2026. When Iran began mining the Strait of Hormuz two months later, according to CENTCOM, the Navy had to sail two of its last four minesweepers from Japan.