An Iranian vessel sailed too close to the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, and the U.S. fired at the vessel, according to two U.S. officials.

US ​​Warship Abraham Lincoln is taking part in the massive air campaign against Iran that Washington launched with Israeli forces on February 28, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) was among targets of Iranian armed forces, says spokesperson for Iranian Armed Forces General Staff - Anadolu Ajansı

The USS Abraham Lincoln is a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. It has a long history of deployments, primarily supporting US interests in the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.

Two crew on the USS Gerald R. Ford -- the world's largest aircraft carrier currently deployed for the war against Iran -- were injured Thursday in a laundry room fire, the US Navy said.The Navy said

While the Iranian Navy claimed that it used advanced missiles and drones to target the US vessel, forcing it to retract, the US forces said that they fired at a ship approaching the aircraft carrier,

US aircraft carrier Gerald R Ford's arrival comes after 20 US refuelling aircraft landed in Israel on Thursday night.

President Trump criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday over delaying sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East.

The internet is filled with intriguing claims about the hidden features of US Navy aircraft carriers — massive floating fortresses that capture public imagination. Among the most persistent questions is whether these engineering marvels contain mysterious “underground tunnels” that allow secret movement beneath the vessel.