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May 17, 2017 · On May 17, 1987, the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Stark (FFG-31) was on patrol when it was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles in the midst of the Iran-Iraq War. The missiles were fired from an Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 by a pilot who thought the U.S. frigate was an Iranian tanker.
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 U.S. frigate USS Stark. A total of 37 United States Navy personnel were killed or later died as a result of the attack, and 21 were injured.
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Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, Washington, on 23 January 1978, Stark was laid down on 24 August 1979, launched on 30 May 1980, and commissioned on 23 October 1982. In 1987, an Iraqi jet fired two missiles at Stark, killing 37 U.S. sailors on board. Decommissioned on 7 May 1999, Stark was scrapped in 2006.
May 17, 2024 · Two Iraqi missiles struck the Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing the 37 and injuring nearly two dozen others. Those 37 sailors were honored, one by one, on Friday as a bell tolled and their...
May 17, 2019 · On May 17, 1987, 37 sailors died and 21 were wounded when the USS Stark (FFG 31) was struck by two Iraqi missiles while on patrol in the Persian Gulf. For Pete Christman, Supervisor of...
May 17, 2019 · -- On May 17, 1987, 37 sailors died and 21 were wounded when the USS Stark (FFG 31) was struck by two Iraqi missiles while on patrol in the Persian Gulf. For Pete Christman, Supervisor of...
May 18, 2015 · 18 May 2015. From Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shane A. Jackson, USS Kauffman Public Affairs. Twenty-eight years following the attack on the guided-missile frigate USS Stark (FFG...
