Energy Secretary Wright says U.S. 'not ready' to escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz yet

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38. They can also create distance at the narrowst place the straight is 21 Mi wide but the channel runs down the middle

But it is deep almost the full width, have the incoming Channel be right up against the West shore in the shallowest part and then the deeper outgoing vessels slightly out from that should give 15 to 20 miles of intercept range.

Whether the US wants to or not and does or not, other countries whose economies will literally crash without that oil will step in at some point. And then it's a matter of how many countries does Iran want to be at war with.
But time will tell.