US shoots down Houthi missile aimed at warship, officials say

A U.S. fighter aircraft shot down a missile fired toward an American warship from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, U.S. military officials said.

The USS Laboon was fired on in the Southern Red Sea at about 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said on social media.

“The missile was shot down in vicinity of the coast of Hudaydah by U.S. fighter aircraft,” officials said. “There were no injuries or damage reported.”

In this file image from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon approaches the oiler USNS Kanawha, on the horizon, for replenishment-at-sea operation in the Red Sea on Dec. 25, 2023.

The missile launch on Sunday appeared to be the first such attack by the Houthi militants since American and British forces unleashed a series of large-scale retaliatory airstrikes against multiple Houthi targets inside Yemen.

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ABC News’ Luis Martinez and Nathan Luna contributed to this story.