Video of US Boarding Iranian Ship

The U.S. fired on a container ship that tried to run the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.

As we reported, the ship was the MV Touska, and it was an Iranian-flagged container ship. 

U.S. CENTCOM posted video of the encounter. They had warned it for about six hours to stop, but the ship refused to comply. That’s when the destroyer, the USS Spruance, told them to vacate their engine room, which was then fired on to disable the ship. 

WATCH : U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has launched footage displaying the interception of the motor vessel Touska in the Northern Arabian Sea by USS Spruance (DDG-111).

According to CENTCOM, the destroyer issued repeated warnings over a number of hours before taking motion after… pic.twitter.com/AmaiZeXAHs

— Inside the battle (@InsidConflict) April 19, 2026

The ship was then boarded and seized. 

U.S. Marines depart amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) by helicopter and transit over the Arabian Sea to board and seize M/V Touska. The Marines rappelled onto the Iranian-flagged vessel, April 19, after guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) disabled Touska’s… pic.twitter.com/mFxI5RzYCS

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) April 20, 2026

U.S. Marines depart amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) by helicopter and transit over the Arabian Sea to board and seize M/V Touska. The Marines rappelled onto the Iranian-flagged vessel, April 19, after guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) disabled Touska’s propulsion when the industrial ship failed to comply with repeated warnings from U.S. forces over a six-hour period.

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So that raises a lot of questions. Why did not the ship just comply and stop or flip around, like most of the other ships? Why attempt to disregard the extremely armed U.S. Navy for six hours? That makes one assume that maybe one thing was fascinating on that container ship that the Iranians would not need us to know about.

While the ship was listed as crusing from Port Klang, Malaysia, to the Strait, it seems that before it was at Port Klang, it had been in China, according to experiences.

The Touska, which might carry up to around 4,800 20-foot-long containers, had been touring back from a Chinese chemical-storage port laden with cargo, according to AIS data supplied by the global intelligence company Kpler. The Gaolan port is positioned in Zhuhai, a metropolis on China’s southeastern coast. Experts beforehand told The Washington Post that it’s a recognized loading port for chemical substances including sodium perchlorate, a key precursor for strong rocket fuel that Iran wants for its missile program, though it’s not immediately clear what supplies have been on the ship.

The Touska has been accused in the past of procuring materials for Tehran’s ballistic missile program.

It is a component of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), a state-owned company under U.S., British and European Union sanctions that has been described by the U.S. State Department as the “preferred shipping line for Iranian proliferators and procurement agents.”

That sounds problematic. No marvel the U.S. Navy wasn’t just going to allow them to slip past. 

What was fairly hilarious was the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spin. According to the semi-official Mehr News, after the U.S. Navy fired on the Touska, the IRGC intervened and compelled the U.S. to withdraw. 

Iran’s semi-official Mehr news says US forces opened fire on an Iranian service provider ship to drive it back toward Iranian waters but withdrew after IRGC naval items intervened, apparently contradicting remarks by President Trump earlier about the seizure of an Iranian vessel.

— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) April 19, 2026

Then, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News claimed the Iranian forces attacked the U.S. ships with drones 

#BREAKING IRGC-afiliated Tasnim claims Iranian forces attacked some US army vessels with drones after American forces fired on an Iranian industrial ship in the Sea of Oman.

— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) April 19, 2026

So I’ve a query. If the IRGC had intervened and compelled the U.S. to withdraw, how did the U.S. come away with the seized ship? Where’s the evidence of any assault by drones? But we just confirmed the evidence of the ship being fired upon and boarded.

If the Iranian propaganda is so silly, you may chortle your self foolish over it; they are not doing themselves any favors.

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