US Navy Boosts Arabian Gulf Patrol Craft Force

Three more US Navy patrol coastal vessels have arrived in Bahrain, growing the permanently based force in the Arabian Gulf to eight ships.
The additional ships — Tempest, Squall and Thunderbolt — arrived June 30 aboard the heavy-lift ship Eide Transporter, completing a five-week voyage from Norfolk, Va. They were floated off early July 3 and taken across Manama’s harbor to the military base at Mina Salman.
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