Two American warships vanished from the Persian Gulf right as the conflict with Iran exploded. They were just photographed 3,500 miles (5,632.7 km) away at a Malaysian container terminal. No one will say why they left, or if they're coming back. The USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara were supposed to be in the Persian Gulf. For much of February, that’s exactly where they were, operating out of Naval Support Activity Bahrain as part of the U.S. Fifth Fleet’s mine-hunting force. Then the conflict... [5141 chars]
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