UglyMowgli
11-13-06, 03:21 PM
Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf
by Bradely Peniston Naval Institute Press
275p (16 pages of B&W photos and drawings).
14 chapters, the first 4 are about the the construction of the FFG 58, the crew trainig abd the man with history of the name of the ship (SB Roberts).
The 5 to 8 : The preparation for the gulf, the escrots mission and SpecOps.
Chapters 9 to 12 the mine hit, how the crew save the ship
Chapter 14, operation Praying Mantis
Last chapter 15 the return to USA and repairs.
It's a good book about life in a FFG, I learn a lot reading it
by Bradely Peniston Naval Institute Press
275p (16 pages of B&W photos and drawings).
14 chapters, the first 4 are about the the construction of the FFG 58, the crew trainig abd the man with history of the name of the ship (SB Roberts).
The 5 to 8 : The preparation for the gulf, the escrots mission and SpecOps.
Chapters 9 to 12 the mine hit, how the crew save the ship
Chapter 14, operation Praying Mantis
Last chapter 15 the return to USA and repairs.
It's a good book about life in a FFG, I learn a lot reading it