FFG 58 Arrives in Persian Gulf
After a month's journey from its homeport of Newport, R.I., USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) arrived in the Persian Gulf on 14 February 1988 for a scheduled four months of convoy duty and patrols. Operations were tense from the start, with Iranian warplanes and mysterious American aircraft flying overhead and unfriendly Iranian warships on the sea.
The Roberts, right, turns to gain tactical advantage on the Iranian frigate Sahand in the Persian Gulf in early 1988. The two frigates would tangle several times as the American crew worked to keep the Iranians from harrassing shipping in the Persian Gulf. Photo courtesy Dave Robinson, an electronic warfare specialist aboard the Roberts.
About The Book
No Higher Honor is the first book to detail the extraordinary tale of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) and the crew's heroic efforts to save the ship after it hit an Iranian mine in 1988. Drawing on years of research and scores of interviews, Bradley Peniston chronicles the origins of the Perry-class frigate; the crew's training; its operations in the Persian Gulf; the U.S. retaliation against Iran, which became the biggest surface battle since World War II; and the complex repairs that returned the ship to duty.
Published by Naval Institute Press, the 275-page book contains 20 photos, several diagrams of the damage, and a muster list of the shipmates aboard the Roberts during its fight for survival.
