The U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS <i>Stark</i> (FFG-31) in Bahrain with the damaged area of the superstructure covered by a tarp. The <i>Stark</i> was hit by two Iraqi-launched <i>Exocet</i> missiles while on  patrol in the Persian Gulf on 17 May 1987. She arrived in Bahrain the following day. The miscellaneous flagship USS <i>La Salle</i> (AGF-3) is alongside <i>Stark</i>.
U.S. Navy
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