“The timeline said that last Tuesday, the crews were taking two riverine command boats, or R.C.B.s, which are typically used to patrol shallow waterways, from Kuwait to Bahrain. The boats departed Kuwait at 12:23 p.m. local time and were supposed to refuel from a Coast Guard cutter in the Persian Gulf at 5 p.m.”
Many cutters have been deployed to the Persian gulf.
Really?? I never knew that...............