To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Don't forget the Perry class frigate Stump. She hit a mine in the gulf and very nearly broke in half.
28 posted on
04/15/2005 4:27:47 AM PDT by
Doohickey
("This is a hard and dirty war, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again.”)
To: Doohickey
Stark?
She's was one of the 75+ frigates, destroyers, and cruisers (Belgrano, ex-USS Phoenix) put out of action by one hit.
53 posted on
04/15/2005 5:05:24 AM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
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To: Doohickey
It wasn't the Stump, it was the Samuel B. Roberts. The mine broke the keel and the crew literally held the ship together with steel cables.
The Stump was a Spruance-class destroyer, just decommissioned last year.
54 posted on
04/15/2005 5:05:39 AM PDT by
fredhead
("It is a good thing war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it." General Robert E. Lee)
To: Doohickey
I think the mine hit was Samuel B. Roberts FFG-48. The Stump was a Spruance. There were two or three mine hits. One of them was a Ticonderoga class. Don't remember which one.
303 posted on
04/15/2005 5:01:02 PM PDT by
Belasarius
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