US Navy responding after apparent attack reported on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman; says that US ships are rendering assistance.
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American military vessels were"in the area and are rendering assistance" following two distress calls in the stretch of water that separates Oman and the United Arab Emirates from Iran, the U.S. 5th Fleet said in a statement. Everyone aboard the Panama-flagged Kokuka Courageous were rescued in a lifeboat from a nearby Dutch-flagged tug, the Coastal Ace, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement said in a statement.There was an explosion and a fire aboard the other damaged ship, the Front Altair, a crude oil tanker flagged to the Marshall Islands, its management company said.
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