What the records say
- When
- Aug 1987 – Jun 1989
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 26.00° N, 52.00° E
- Description
- 1987 military operation
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Prime Chance
1987–89 US operation of the Iran–Iraq War
Operation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will, the largely naval effort to escort the tankers through the Persian Gulf. The operation was begun after the mining of the U.S.-flagged Kuwaiti oil tanker Bridgeton.
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