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    USS Stark (FFG-31) was the 23rd ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates and was named after Admiral Harold Raynsford Stark (1880–1972)...
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    The USS Stark incident occurred during the Iran–Iraq War on 17 May 1987 in the Persian Gulf, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired two Exocet missiles at the...
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    Mirage F.1 had attacked and severely damaged the guided missile frigate Stark on 17 May 1987. The crippled ship had limped into Bahrain, where Acadia...
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    in the deadliest attack against a United States naval vessel since the USS Stark incident in 1987. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack. A U...
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    a former United States Navy officer. He was the commanding officer of USS Stark and was in command when the ship was attacked and struck by two Exocet...
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    the shootdown, the Iraqi Air Force had attacked the U.S. Navy frigate USS Stark, killing 37 American sailors, after misidentifying it as an Iranian warship...
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    Attack of the USS Stark in 1987 "DOD Letter, Subject: Formal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the attack on the USS Stark (FFG-31) on 17...
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    1909, Stark served on the battleship USS Minnesota before and during the United States Atlantic Fleet's cruise around the world. Subsequently, Stark had...
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    9°42′45″N 99°59′02″E / 9.7124120°N 99.9839715°E / 9.7124120; 99.9839715 USS Stark County (LST-1134) was an LST-542-class tank landing ship in the United...
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    Dassault Falcon 50) fired two Exocet missiles at the American frigate USS Stark. Both missiles struck the port side of the ship near the bridge. No weapons...
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  • up stark in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stark or Starke may refer to: Stark Point, James Ross Island Stark Ridge, Churchill Mountains Stark Rock...
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    for training Mirage F1 crews and possibly carried out the attack on the USS Stark on May 17, 1987. This aircraft was flown to Iran during the Persian Gulf...
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    Iraqi F-1 Mirage fired two Exocet missiles at the guided missile frigate USS Stark, killing 37 sailors and injuring 21. Iraqi officials said that the targeting...
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    inside Iran by the CIA. An Iraqi jet fighter mistakenly attacked the USS Stark in May 1987, killing 37 servicemen and injuring 21. But attention in Washington...
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    Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet launched two Exocet missiles at USS Stark, a Perry class frigate. The first struck the port side of the ship and...
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    Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Persian Gulf. She assisted in saving USS Stark after that ship was hit by Iraqi missiles. In 1975, as part of the Navy's...
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    Missile Defense System. USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) USS Stark (FFG-31) Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "USS Cole (DDG 67) Virtual Tour...
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    mistakenly launched two Exocet anti-ship missiles into the American frigate USS Stark, crippling the vessel and killing 37 sailors. By 1987 the Iraqi Air Force...
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    were shown to be very durable. During the Iran–Iraq War, on 17 May 1987, USS Stark was attacked by an Iraqi warplane. Struck by two Exocet anti-ship missiles...
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    War (including the scuttling of HMS Sheffield) and by Iraq against the USS Stark in the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War. The Argentinian pilots of...
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  • launching. USS LST-1 USS LST-2 USS LST-3 USS LST-4 USS LST-5 USS LST-6 USS LST-7 USS LST-8 USS LST-9 USS LST-10 — converted to USS Achelous (ARL-1) USS LST-11...
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  • woman who desperately wants children. Luke Benward as Buddy, a former USS Stark sailor who is currently working as a contractor. Kelsey Grammer as Detective...
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    the US frigate USS Stark on patrol in the Persian Gulf in 1987 also highlighted the danger of anti-ship missiles. In the case of Stark, the Iraqi Exocet...
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    (USN) warship USS Stark as it patrolled the Persian Gulf, causing extensive damage to the ship, killing 37 and wounding 21 members of Stark's crew. The exact...
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    of the aft radar gun director. Glenn R. Brindel, commanding officer of USS Stark during the 1987 missile attack, was executive officer of Bigelow from...
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    during Yemen's civil war. After the Iraqi missile attack on the frigate USS Stark in May 1987, La Salle provided the primary firefighting rescue assistance...
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    ship Camden. On 17 May 1987 USS Camden was redirected to assist USS Stark after it was attacked by unfriendly fire. USS Camden's job was to unload all...
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    use Saudi air bases to protect naval convoys after the attack on the USS Stark, and in 1988 agreed to buy between fifty and sixty nuclear-payload-capable...
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    Persian Gulf led to CENTCOM's first combat operations. On 17 May 1987, the USS Stark (FFG-31), conducting operations in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq...
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    were lost to use of the Exocet. Separately, an American frigate, the USS Stark, was also damaged by two Exocet missiles launched by an Iraqi Air Force...
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