Operation Praying Mantis was the 18 April 1988 attack by the United States on Iranian naval targets in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for the mining of a U.S. warship four days earlier.

On 14 April, the American guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine while transiting international waters as part of Operation Earnest Will, the 1987–88 effort to protect reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers from Iranian attacks during the Iran–Iraq War. The explosion pierced the hull and broke the keel of the Samuel B. Roberts, which nearly sank but was saved by its crew with no loss of life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5509679&forum_id=2#47531965)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5509679&forum_id=2#47531968)

This thread was inspired by the fact that 26 Russian ships have now been pwned

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5509679&forum_id=2#47532317)

Fifty-two submarines of the United States Navy were lost during World War II.[5] Two – Dorado (SS-248) and Seawolf (SS-197) – were lost to friendly fire (though there is speculation that the Dorado may have struck a German mine), at least three more – Tulibee, Tang, and Grunion – to defective torpedoes, and six to accident or grounding.[6]

Another eight submarines went missing while on patrol and are presumed to have been sunk by Japanese mines, as there are no known Japanese anti-submarine attacks in their patrol areas. The other thirty-three lost submarines are known to have been sunk by the Japanese.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5509679&forum_id=2#47532318)

Look at how many subs we lost to torpedo malfunction too. And we talk about shit about the kursk? Looks like our torpedos were built like shit compared to Russia, nevermind that they were way slower too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5509679&forum_id=2#47532495)

By the end of the war, almost 3,000 Allied ships (175 warships; 2,825 merchant ships) had been sunk by U-boat torpedoes.[49] In total 1131 U-boats entered service before the German surrender, of which 863 have executed war patrols, and 785 were lost.[50][51] Of the 154 U-boats surrendered, 121 were scuttled in deep water off Lisahally, Northern Ireland, or Loch Ryan, Scotland, in late 1945 and early 1946 during Operation Deadlight.

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