CENTCOM said on Aug. 8 that US naval personnel conducted maintenance on F/A-18
Super Hornets aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to keep the carrier strike group
combat-ready, and that US forces have forced 53 merchant vessels to alter
course, rendered two vessels unseaworthy, boarded and inspected two vessels, and
allowed more than 30 vessels carrying humanitarian aid to transit the blockade
as it continues strict maritime enforcement against Iran.