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A port bow view of the damaged guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) as the Dutch heavy lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II floods its decks prior to releasing the frigate. The SAMUEL B. ROBERTS was struck by an Iranian mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf

A port bow view of the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) secured on the Dutch heavy lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II. The frigate was damaged when it struck an Iranian mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf

A starboard bow view of the Dutch heavy lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II transporting the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG 58). The frigate was damaged when it struck an Iranian mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf

A port bow view of the Dutch heavy lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II transporting the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58). The frigate was damaged when it struck an Iranian mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf

A port bow view of the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) docked at a pier. The frigate, which will be transported to its home port in Newport, R.I., by the Dutch heavy-lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II, was damaged when it struck an Iranian mine on April 14, 1988

A starboard bow view of the Dutch heavy lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II transporting the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG 58) secured on the transport ship's deck. The frigate was damaged when it struck an Iranian mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf

A bow view of the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) offloading from the Dutch heavy lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II. The frigate was damaged when it struck a mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf

A bow view of the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) being offloaded from the Dutch heavy lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II upon its arrival in Newport, R.I. The frigate was damaged when it struck a mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf

A port bow view of the damaged guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58) tied up at a pier. The ship returned to the United States via the Dutch heavy lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II after striking an Iranian mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf

A silhouetted port bow view of the damaged guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG 58) as the Dutch heavy lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II floods its decks prior to releasing the frigate. The SAMUEL B. ROBERTS was struck by an Iranian mine while on patrol in the Persian Gulf

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Base: Newport

State: Rhode Island (RI)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeff Elliott, USN

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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