Iraqi attack on USS Stark

Wann

17. Mai 1987

Art

Schlacht

Koordinaten

26.78° N, 51.92° E

Description

military incident between the United States and Iraq

Naval

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1987 Iraqi attack during the Iran–Iraq War

The USS Stark incident occurred during the Iran–Iraq War in the Persian Gulf on 17 May 1987, 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. Iraq apologized, and Saddam Hussein said that the pilot mistook the frigate for an Iranian tanker.

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