During the gulf blockade what was the name of the U.S.ship that Sadam Hussein hit with a silk worm missile?

Answer 1

During the "Tanker Wars" back in the 80's USS Stark was hit with two Exocets. one failed to explode. the other detonated killing 33 sailors.

When you say Blockade I am assuming you are thinking of Desert Storm. No ships were hit with Silkworms. Two ships had struck Mines. USS Princeton (CG-59) and USS Tripoli (LPH-10)

On the morning of February 18, 1991, while patrolling her operating area 28 NM off Failaka Island, Princeton was damaged by the explosion of two bottom moored influence mines (MANTA) in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm. One mine went off just under the port rudder and the other went off just forward the starboard bow (most likely sympathetic detonation caused by the first explosion). The ship sustained a cracked superstructure, three buckled lines in the hull, a jammed port rudder, flooded #3 switchboard room (due to chillwater pipe cracks) and a damaged starboard shaft. In addition, two crew members sustained serious injuries, and one minor. Despite severe damage to her stern, her forward weapon systems and AEGIS combat system were back online within fifteen minutes. HMCS Athabaskan (DDH-282) risking great peril, was ordered north through the minefield in order to deliver damage control supplies to the severely damaged Princeton. Princeton remained on station for 30 hours until relieved.
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NOTE: The Bar you see across the buckle in the first two pics was welded in place to help "stitch" the ship together.

Disaster struck on the morning of February 18, when Tripoli was rocked by a mine explosion on her starboard bow. The explosion ripped a 20 by 30 foot hole in the ship's hull and injured four sailors. After 20 heroic hours of damage control, the ship was stabilized and was actually ready to resume operations. Tripoli remained on station for four days before finally setting course for Bahrain's Arabian Ship Repair

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Princeton and Tripoli...
US Navy's proof to the world that any ship can be a minesweeper.
at least once

There was a silkworm missile firing incident during the war.
After minesweepers cleared a lane through Iraqi defenses, Missouri fired 133 rounds during four shore bombardment missions as part of the amphibious landing feint against the Kuwaiti shore line the morning of 23 February. The heavy pounding attracted Iraqi attention; in response to the battleship’s artillery strike, the Iraqi’s fired two HY-2 Silkworm missiles at the battleship. One of the two missiles launched missed Missouri, while the other Silkworm Missile was intercepted by GWS-30 Sea Dart missiles launched from the British air defence destroyer HMS Gloucester, and crashed into the sea roughly 700 yards in front of Missouri.

Now a little insider knowledge you won't be able to cut/paste from wiki or anywhere else.

One of my Shipmates aboard USS Halsey CG-23 was an unrated Deck seaman on USS Missouri during the Silkworm incident. He later struck for EW and came to us after graduating A School. The first missile that suposedly "missed" the ship, only did so because the missile seeker had not turned on. the missile actually flew across her stern and missed impacting the ship only by a matter of feet. My shipmate was the aft lookout at that time, and was back on the stern.

UPDATE:
Dave_Stark,
I note your Name is Stark and you claimed Your Father designed the ship.

I should remind you that Stark was not named after the designer but after Admiral Stark. The Ship Class was designed by Gibbs and Cox Naval Architects. And Stark was only one of many ships. the Ship Class is called Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates.

The coincidence of your name and the fact that a Captains Mast is NOT an after-action-report investigation leads me to believe you are full of it.

Captains Mast is a form of Non-judicial punishment. A Sailor that gets in trouble but not so bad as to require a court martial will "Go before the Mast. The captain will hear the case and decide punishment.

You may use your limited knowledge and internet searches to convince others you know what you are talking about but in a forum such as this you are likely to come across a REAL Sailor who will find you out.

Answer 2

The USS Stark was hit in 1987 by an Exocet launched from an Iraqi plane. The Iraqis had been shooting at ships of all countries and sort including freighters as part of their war with Iran and we were there to try and reduce the attacks on the ship traffic. It was not a blockade.
I don't remember any ships being hit during the embargo. He didn't have any ground based missles that would shoot far enough to hit a ship in the gulf. He couldn't have gotten a plane of the ground then to take a missle to the waters because we set up no-fly zones in the southern region near Kuwait as well as the Kurdish north. We shot them down in a heart beat, what AF he had left after the Gulf War.

Answer 3

The others have it right -- it was the USS Stark.

My father designed that ship for the Navy. And in the Captain's Mast (after-action report) study on the event, my father is specifically called out as having ensured that the ship had redundant fire-fighting capability. That, and the heroic efforts of the crew, are what saved the Stark from going down with all hands.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I believe that was the USS Stark. It was an exocet, fortunately. The warhead on a silkworm is enormous.

Answer 6

The Stark.

Answer 7

kudos to CG-23 sailor!