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 …

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 …

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...

On the evening of 17 May 1987, the U. S. Navy guided-missile frigate Stark (FFG-31) was attacked by an Iraqi aircraft while on a radar picket station in the Persian Gulf. The ship was …

May 17, 2019 · PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- 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.

Mar 31, 2022 · On May 17, 1987, Stark was off the coast of Saudi Arabia, outside the Iran-Iraq War's exclusion zone at just after 10 p.m. local time when it picked up an incoming aircraft. …

Jul 10, 2019 · Both missiles hit their target — the US Navy’s frigate USS Stark (FFG-31), the senior officers of which failed to realise she was under threat. While the first missile failed to …

May 18, 2012 · The crew of the USS Stark failed to respond properly to an incoming Iraqi jet fighter that attacked the ship with two Exocet missiles and killed 37 sailors four weeks ago, …

Nov 28, 2023 · Decades have passed since an Iraqi jet carrying two Exocet missiles struck the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Stark (FFG-31), killing thirty-seven U.S. Navy personnel …

Jul 27, 2016 · On May 17, 1987, the U.S. Navy guided-missile frigate USS Stark was on a patrol in the central Persian Gulf, about three kilometers outside the Iraq-declared war-zone off the …