The Short Version
No credible evidence supports the claim that US Navy destroyers were attacked in the Persian Gulf between April 12–16, 2026. Multiple reliable Western outlets describe only transit and mine-clearance operations, with no kinetic strikes, damage, or casualties reported. US officials, CENTCOM, and President Trump explicitly denied Iranian claims of interception. Iranian-sourced accounts describe deterrence posturing — missile lock-ons and drone deployments — not an actual attack in any conventional sense of the word.