With assistance from Coast Guard members, crews of the Navy patrol coastal ships Tempest and Typhoon seized roughly 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from an unflagged vessel in the North Arabian Sea earlier this month.
They then moved the weapons and ammo onto the guided missile destroyer O’Kane and sunk the vessel from which it was seized, deeming it a hazard to navigation. The rogue vessel’s seven-man crew identified themselves as Yemeni nationals. The Navy intended to return them to their home country.