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American mine countermeasures ships, stationed in the Middle East, have been relocated to the Pacific Ocean. In a Malaysian port, the US Navy's USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara coastal combat ships of the Independence class, designed for mine clea...
...rance, have been spotted. Previously, both ships were in forward positions in Bahrain. Now, as Iranian attacks on merchant ships have virtually paralyzed maritime traffic through the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, these ships have been moved thousands of kilometers away from it to save them from destruction.