Mine damage to the tanker SS Bridgeton, seen in drydock

SS Bridgeton: The First Convoy

Captain Seitz was the master tanker SS Bridgeton when she struck a mine on 24 July 1987 during Operation Earnest Will.

May 1988
CAPT William Mathis, USN, of the USS Fox (CG033) being interviewed on the bridge

‘This . . . is the Gulf’

The method of exposing the press to the U. S. Navy’s operations in the Gulf leaves room for improvement.

May 1988
The guided missile frigate USS HAWES (FFG 53) leads the reflagged tanker GAS KING, guided missile cruiser USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY (CG 32) and an aircraft carrier through the gul

The Convoy Mission

The unimpeded flow of oil through the Persian Gulf is of vital interest to the economic health and well-being of the Western world.

Admiral Wesley L. McDonald, U. S. Navy (Retired)
May 1988
Hole in Tanker

The Tanker War

NATO and Soviet naval forces in the Gulf faced new and old challenges from a variety of Iranian and Iraqi threats.

Ronald O'Rourke
May 1988