The last time the service awarded a ship the Combat Action Ribbon was in 2016 when four Navy ships, also in the Red Sea, were forced to defend themselves from Houthi missiles off the coast of Yemen.

The two Navy SEALs who the US Navy declared dead after they went missing while conducting an operation on January 11 off the coast of Somalia ... one with the Combat Action Ribbon, the Army ...

The SEALs were reported missing after a nighttime raid of a boat off the coast ... with Combat "C," three Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals, an Army Achievement Medal, a Combat Action Ribbon ...