FFG 58 under repair at Bath Iron Works
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58), a Perry-class guided missile frigate, entered Bath Iron Works' dry dock in Portland, Maine, on 6 October 1988. In a unique and difficult repair job, its engineroom was cut out and replaced with a 315-ton module fabricated in the Bath shipyard.
The ship was undocked on 1 April 1989. Subsequent sea trials showed its performance to be better than new.
Photos by Mark S. Andolina, who signed aboard Roberts as auxiliaries engineering officer in May 1988.
Photos by Mark S. Andolina, who signed aboard Roberts as auxiliaries engineering officer in May 1988.
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.
