Commander (CDR) John W. Townes III, commanding officer, and CDR Paul X. Rinn, former commanding officer, aboard the guided missile frigate USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG 58), in the Persian Gulf. The frigate, which was damaged when it struck an Iranian mine on April 14, 1988, will be transported to its home port in Newport, Rhode Island by the Dutch heavy-lift ship MIGHTY SERVANT II. CDR Townes and CDR Rinn aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)

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