Meritorious Unit Citation for these actions. She was also on station when the frigate was struck by two missiles from an Iraqi fighter jet, and assisted Stark in her return to Mayport, Florida. In September 2003, while patrolling in the Eastern Pacific Stephen W. Groves captured a go-fast drug smuggling boat along with its six crewmembers. 1.5 tons of cocaine was recovered from the ocean after it had been dumped into the sea by the go-fast's crew. On 28 August 2005, she sailed from her then-home port of Pascagoula, Mississippi, along with sister ship , under threat from Hurricane Katrina. Deployed to the Indian Ocean, on 10 May 2011 she intercepted the Taiwanese longliner Jih Chun Tsai 68, which had been hijacked by Somalian pirates. Receiving fire from the fishing vessel, Stephen W. Groves engaged her in a single ship action that saw the pirate vessel sunk with three pirates killed, two wounded, and one Taiwanese hostage killed. Nineteen Somali pirates and two Chinese hostages were taken on board. The rescued Chinese crew were repatriated to China and their families. She was decommissioned on 24 February 2012 and was moved to Brownsville, Texas for deconstruction and recycling to be completed in 2021. References External links navysite.de: USS Stephen W. Groves MaritimeQuest USS Stephen W. Groves FFG-29 pages 1981 ships Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates of the United States Navy Ships built in Bath, Maine