Houthis Severely Damage Cargo Ship in Red Sea Attack Using Explosive Drone Boat

An HSC-7 helicopter lands on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Laboon in the Red Sea, on June 12, 2024. Bernat Armangue/AP Photo

The Houthi terrorist group in Yemen severely damaged a Liberian-flagged cargo ship on June 12 using an explosive-laden drone boat, also known as an unmanned surface vessel (USV).

The Houthis remotely drove the explosives-laden boat into the Liberian-flagged bulk carrier M/V Tutor, inflicting “severe damage to the ship,” a spokesperson for the group said in a statement.