an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf in 1988. The blast also broke the keel of the ship; such structural damage is almost always fatal to most vessels. The crew fought fire and flooding for five hours and saved the ship. Other honors In 2009, the U.S. Navy named a damage control trainer at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii after FFG-58. It trains sailors to fight shipboard flooding of the sort the frigate faced after striking a mine in 1988. References Further reading (Gives fuller bio of Roberts; discusses the ships named for him) External links 1921 births 1942 deaths Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States) United States Navy sailors United States Navy personnel killed in World War II People from San Francisco Military personnel from California United States Navy reservists