No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf by Bradley Peniston with a foreword by Adm. (ret.) William J. Crowe

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Thomas Mowry was an Operation Specialist 1st Class — an air-traffic control expert — aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) during its first deployment to the Persian Gulf. Mowry was in the frigate's combat information center when the ship hit an Iranian mine on 14 April 1988. During the damage-control effort, he helped transfer 76mm shells from their magazine to the forecastle, and later helped rig a set of cables in an attempt to stabilize the ship's superstructure, which had cracked and come partially loose from the main deck.

Mowry took these photos in the days and weeks after, as the Roberts made its way to Dubai and was set up on blocks in drydock.

Photos by Thomas Mowry

Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf. Photo of the U.S. Navy guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts in 1988 after the ship hit an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf.

Photos by Thomas Mowry

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About The Book

Cover for No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian GulfNo 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.

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