'U.S. can send carrier through Strait of Hormuz despite Iran tensions'
"If I need to bring it inside the strait, I will do so," Vice Admiral Jim Malloy, commander of the US Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said in an interview by phone.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Strait of Gibraltar, entering the Mediterranean Sea(photo credit: REUTERS)ByREUTERS
