Late on Friday, the group attacked a commercial ship that was passing through the Gulf of Aden, a body of water that connects the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea.
Transworld Navigator’s skipper reported seeing “explosions in the vicinity of the vessel,” according to UKMTO, the UK maritime trade organization.
In addition, the ship first reported three adjacent explosions, according to the US-run Joint Maritime Information Centre, but “was not hit and sustained no damage”.
“The vessel and crew are reported to be safe and are proceeding to their next port of call,” it continued.
The Houthis, who have seized control of Yemen’s capital Sanaa since 2014, announced their attack on Saturday night and claimed they had also hit the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower, though they offered no proof for this assertion.
The report was untrue, two US officials told the news agency Reuters.
Saying “that is incorrect,” one of the officials spoke while remaining anonymous.
The press service of the US Naval Institute said that US officials had already given the Eisenhower the order to return to US waters, ending its eight-month tour.
The US Navy has stated that during the Eisenhower’s most intensive battle since the Second World War in the Red Sea, the ship has been falsely accused of attacks on multiple occasions.
