Well, one “benefit” of the ransom is that we have received a lot more “attention" from Iranian vessels.
There have been nearly twice as many cases of harrassment by Iranian vessels against the U.S. Navy in the first half of 2016 as the first half of 2015.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/06/iran-vessels-harass-another-us-navy-ship-in-persian-gulf-defense-officials-say.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-navy-idUSKCN11C1TL