330-CFD-DN-SN-89-03136: Operation Praying Mantis, April 14, 1988
![330-CFD-DN-SN-89-03136: Operation Praying Mantis, April 14, 1988. A view of an Iranian oil platform after being strafed by US forces. Marines raided the platform to gather intelligence data and military equipment used by Iranians. The platform was later destroyed by gunfire from US destroyers in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) in the Persian Gulf. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives: Online Public Access. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. 330-CFD-DN-SN-89-03136: Operation Praying Mantis, April 14, 1988. A view of an Iranian oil platform after being strafed by US forces. Marines raided the platform to gather intelligence data and military equipment used by Iranians. The platform was later destroyed by gunfire from US destroyers in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) in the Persian Gulf. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives: Online Public Access. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-s/uss-samuel-b-roberts-ffg-58/330-cfd-dn-sn-89-03136/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1625590639005.jpg)
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