selected
Iran–Iraq War: In opposition to the American plan to protect Kuwaiti tankers, Iran laid mines and damaged the SS Bridgeton, resulting in a propaganda victory for Iran.
Related Wikipedia articles
Iran–Iraq War
1980–1988 war in West Asia
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Earnest Will
1987–88 U.S. military protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers during the Iran-Iraq War
Operation Earnest Will was an American military protection of Kuwaiti-owned tankers from Iranian attacks in 1987 and 1988, three years into the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War. It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II, and flowed from Resolution 598…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bridgeton incident
Maritime incident in the Persian Gulf in July 1987
The Bridgeton incident was the mining of the supertanker SS Bridgeton by Iranian IRGC navy near Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf on July 24, 1987. The ship was sailing in the first convoy of Operation Earnest Will, the U.S. response to Kuwaiti requests to protect its tankers…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
SS Bridgeton
Kuwaiti oil tanker; struck an Iranian mine in 1987 during Operation Earnest Will
MV Bridgeton, ex-al-Rekkah, was a Kuwait Oil Company oil tanker that was reflagged to a U.S flag and renamed during Operation Earnest Will. The ship was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in its Nagasaki shipyard and launched August 14, 1976. Bridgeton was part of the first…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)