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Aboard the USS Stark, a Perry-class frigate on duty in the gulf, radar operators picked up the Mirage when it was some 200 miles away; it was flying at 5,000 feet and traveling at 550 mph. Captain Glenn Brindel, 43, commander of the Stark, was not particularly alarmed.
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In the darkened combat information center of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Stark (FFG 31), an operations specialist noted the Mirage's blip on his screen: track number 2202, range two hundred miles, headed inbound.
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www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-stark.shtml
www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-stark.shtml
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24 August 1979: Seattle WA - The keel laying ceremony for the guided missile frigate USS Stark (FFG-31), takes place at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Corporation. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-83-11683 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)
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A port quarter view of the guided missile frigate USS STARK (FFG-31) listing to port after being struck by an Iraqi-launched Exocet missile.
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Crew List: This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS STARK. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information. ... Click here to see which USS STARK memorabilia are currently for sale on ebay.
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English: USS Stark (FFG-31) was a United States Navy Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate ... Media in category "USS Stark (FFG-31)" ... USS Stark edit.jpg; 2,254,930 bytes;
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Casualties of the USS Stark ... Doran Bolduc Lacy, Wash. ... Bradley Brown Calera, Ala.
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www.arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/casual...
www.arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/casualties_uss_stark.html
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It was a question that had reverberated on many levels throughout the week, as the nation tried to understand how a senseless military mishap and a puzzling American role in a faraway war had somehow combined to cost the lives of 37 sailors trapped in their bunks aboard the U.S.S. Stark.
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On May 17, 1987, the Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate, USS Stark (FFG 31) was hit by two Exocet anti-ship cruise missiles fired by an Iraqi F-1 Mirage fighter aircraft while operating in the central Persian Gulf.
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www.dcfp.navy.mil/mc/museum/STARK/STARK.htm
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