Have we shot down any ships yet?

full confidence our Navy could destroy the Iranian's "navy" before the Admiral's coffee even gets cold if it came to that

5 hours ago, greenskeeper said:

full confidence our Navy could destroy the Iranian's "navy" before the Admiral's coffee even gets cold if it came to that

Take a look at the pictures, they're driving to within spitting distance of the U.S. destroyers, well inside the minimum range of the ship's automated weapon systems.  The only thing the destroyer has to use at that point is light machine guns and rifles.  The real worry is if they pack some of those boats with explosives.  They can easily put it all out of sight in the cabin, drive up right next to the destroyer, pull the trigger, and we have a repeat of the U.S.S. Cole. 

Now it turns out that Iranian ships are authorized to fire on Iranian ships too.