On 1 October 2016, she was reported to have been severely damaged by an anti-ship missile in the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, off the coast of Yemen.
[4] Originally a shipbrokerage house specializing in paper, rice, and general cargo, Sealift Inc operated breakbulk liner services to the Mediterranean and from Brazil.
[2] The company currently operates a fleet of twelve U.S.-Flag, ocean-going and is one of the largest ocean transportation contractors for U.S. Government Food Aid cargoes.
[1] In 2003, the company was awarded an emergency three-month, $4 million contract from USAID to provide freight service to Iraq.
[18] The company previously owned and operated the oil tanker MT Montauk which carried jet fuel and other petroleum products between South Korea and Japan under a charter from Military Sealift Command.
[20] As of 2015, HSV-2 Swift was reported to have been sold to the United Arab Emirates' National Marine Dredging Company.
[citation needed] According to unnamed US Department of Defense officials, the damaged ship was being towed to Eritrea.