Operation Praying Mantis, 14 April 1988. The tactical success of Enterprise Battle Group was only exceeded by our opportunity defend our nation’s honor. At 6 a.m., Perkins broadcast warnings in English, Arabic, and Farsi to the Iranians on the Sassan platform, telling them to abandon it.

With the Iranian Navy Rattling its Boghammers recently, let us revisit Operation Praying Mantis. He commanded the USS Schofield (FFG-3) and has served in the USS Downes (FF-1070), John Willis (DE-1027), Henderson (DD-785), Charles N. Roan (00-853), and the Saratoga (CVA-60).
As the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) limped away from the minefield on April 14, 1988, Navy divers recovered other mines whose serial numbers matched the ones found aboard the Iranian minelayer Iran Ajr several months earlier. Rear Admiral Langston is the President of the Naval Historical Foundation. Operation Praying Mantis was a 1988 attack U.S. in Iranian territorial waters for Iran mining the Persian Gulf and damaging an American warship.

Planning for the retaliation, which was dubbed Operation Praying Mantis, began immediately, and three groups of U.S. warships were assembled in the Gulf. All perished. On April 18, 1988, the U.S. Navy launched Operation Praying Mantis, an air and naval assault on Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf.

After years of the Tanker War, and the mining of the USS Samuel B Roberts by 1908-era Russian mines dropped by Iran, the 5th Fleet brought the heat. Captain Perkins commanded Destroyer Squadron Nine. Sahand, also known as Moudge 5, is an Iranian designed frigate of the Moudge class launched November 2012. He commanded SAG Bravo during Operation Praying Mantis. Operation Praying Mantis….1988 Iranian Navy Beat Down With the Iranian Navy Rattling its Boghammers recently, let us revisit Operation Praying Mantis. The warship mistook the plane for a fighter. In a single day of … Operation Praying Mantis was an attack on 18 April 1988, by U.S. forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War and the subsequent damage to an American warship. As a result of the success of Operation Praying Mantis, the US Navy had no adverse encounters with Iran in the Gulf for more than two decades. Four days later, forces of the Joint Task Force Middle East (JTFME) executed the American response to the attack: Operation Praying Mantis. As a result of the success of Operation Praying Mantis, the US Navy had no adverse encounters with Iran in the Gulf for more than two decades. About 30 Iranians complied, but some remained and fired upon the SAG with a 23 mm cannon.