Operation Praying Mantis blows a hole in Iranian Navy From: Sea Power | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Winkler, David F | Copyright Navy League of the United States Sep 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

During the Spring of 1988, the U.S. Navy was engaged in Operation Earnest Will, which had as an objective to maintain freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf as Iraq and Iran continued to fight a seemingly endless war. On 14 April 1988, lookouts on the Perry-class frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts spotted three mines ahead in waters northeast of Qatar. Immediately the frigate's skipper, Cdr. Paul Rinn, sent the crew to General Quarters. Unfortunately, in backing down the frigate hit a fourth mi...

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