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Repatriation efforts are ongoing,” CENTCOM confirmed.   (Share)         (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google     (Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, October 12, 2026.) (Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, October 12, 2026.)   Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, October 12, 2026.  (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER )    By SARAH MOSKOWITZ    OCTOBER 14, 2026 23:57   The US military destroyed an Iranian-affiliated dhow in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday,(https://www.jpost.com/tags/centcom) US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced in an X/Twitter post.  The ship was targeted after being observed "conducting surveillance and targeting US Navy ships in the (https://www.jpost.com/tags/gulf-of-oman) Gulf of Oman ," according to CENTCOM.       Over the past seven months, Iran's (https://www.jpost.com/tags/islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps) Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has continued to target thousands of civilian mariners transiting regional waters, as well as US Navy warships, CENTCOM added.   “Crew members were safely removed prior to the destruction of the dhow. Repatriation efforts are ongoing,” CENTCOM confirmed.  (Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, October 12, 2026.)  Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, October 12, 2026. (credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)    US Army disables Panama vessel in Gulf of Oman  The ship's destruction comes after an October 10 announcement by CENTCOM that it had (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-911241) disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman after its crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to bypass the US naval blockade of Iranian ports along the Strait of Hormuz.  The Panama-flagged vessel, named the Ocean Molica and also known as the Arika Sun , was struck by a US military fighter jet, disabling its propulsion system without harming the crew, according to CENTCOM.     The Midnight Dispatch The one email that makes sense of the Middle East. Iran, the Gulf, Syria, Turkey, and whatever moved that day, from The Jerusalem Post, every evening.  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