Strikes on Iran-backed militants in Iraq and Syria continued as well.
The warship, along with fellow destroyers Carney, Laboon, Mason and Thomas Hudner, have shot down dozens of attack drones and missiles in the region.
The incident comes after the Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets shot down more than a dozen drones and missiles last month.
A coalition of 13 nations warned of increased military response if Houthi assaults on commercial ships continue.
Before Ike's arrival this fall, an aircraft carrier hadn't operated in U.S. Central Command’s waters since the end of the Afghanistan war in 2021.
Allegations that the removal efforts amounted to grave desecration “were, at best, ill-informed and, at worst, inaccurate," the judge said.
The Army had planned to remove the memorial this week.
A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, a cemetery official said.
Tuesday's "unsafe and unprofessional" action comes as Navy warships continue to intercept drones in the region.
It is the first carrier to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the Nimitz carrier strike group operated there in September 2020.
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