US military says no ships made in past blockade in first day

The U.S. military on Tuesday insisted “no ships made it past” the American blockade in the Strait of Hormuz in the first 24 hours of the effort, even as a U.S.-sanctioned Chinese tanker traveled through the shipping lane to the Gulf of Oman. U.S. Central Command (Centcom), the military arm that oversees American forces in…