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Article: Iraqi missile hits U.S. ship // 3 crewmen die; 30 unaccounted for
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 18, 1987
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WASHINGTON A U.S. Navy warship in the Persian Gulf was on fire
and heading for Bahrain today after it was hit Sunday night by a
missile fired by an Iraqi jet fighter.
Three U.S. sailors were killed and 30 others were missing,
Defense Department officials said.
A Pentagon spokesman said the frigate Stark was hit by one of
two French-built Exocet missiles fired at it northeast of Bahrain.
Lt. Col. Arnold Williams, a Pentagon spokesman, said the 30
missing crewmen apparently were in the portion of the ship that was
hit.
Pentagon officials said they believed the attack on the Stark
was "inadvertent."
A State Department source agreed, saying officials were
operating on the assumption ...