The USS Florida entered the region on Thursday and began transiting the Suez Canal, Commander Timothy Hawkins said in a statement.
The extended deployment may help deter Iran’s threats to the US in Syria. In addition, the US has continued strikes against ISIS threats in Syria.
US naval forces on December 1 intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling more than 50 tons of ammunition rounds, fuses and propellants for rockets in the Gulf of Oman along a route from Iran to Yemen.
It was the second straight day of a stand-off between the two superpowers amid growing tensions in the South China Sea.
Hatchet Speed was only arrested more than a year after the January 6 Capitol riot which he attended undetected.
The Iranian arms shipment to Yemen is part of a growing trend of Iranian attempts to smuggle weapons to Yemen.
The Underwater Archaeology branch of the US Naval History and Heritage Command used images and data from Dr. Tamaki Ura of the University of Tokyo to confirm the submarine's identity.
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