Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Irex" zvakare yakapararira muna 1956 kuMediterranean nezvikamu zveSixth Fleet. Muchinetso chiri kukura cheMiddle East
iyo yakaguma nokuitwa kuti mugero weSuez uve wehurumende muna July 1956, uye kurwisana kwehondo pakati peEgipita nemauto eFrance, Israeri, neUnited Kingdom, Mauto Emvura eU.S. akaita nokukurumidza kutsigira mutemo weAmerica. Muna February, mapurisa muGungwa Dzvuku uye mumuganhu weIsrael neEgypt akagadzwa senzira yokuratidza kufarira kweAmerica mugumisiro worugare wenhamo. Achidzokera kuNew London, akatangazve basa rake uye akashandawo sechikepe chokurovedza vadzidzi vepasi pemvura.