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To: ken5050
The USS Stark was hit by two Exocets in 1987. The Exocets each carried a 352 lb. warhead. 37 sailors were killed. The crew fought the fires all night and they received assistance from other U.S. Navy ships in the area. They saved the ship.

The USS Stark was a Perry Class Frigate (445ft, 3638 tons)
Decommissioned: 1999, Scrapped: 2005

79 posted on 07/15/2006 5:36:02 AM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword: folding)
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To: All
Here's a link to a film of the missile strike.

(It's in the bottom window.)

There appears to be two explosions. All you need to see is the first 10 seconds or so.

83 posted on 07/15/2006 5:53:19 AM PDT by Tinian
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