060614-N-4953E-003 Yokosuka, Japan (June 15, 2006) - Guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) Sailors participate in a memorial for the shipÕs namesake, Robert D. Stethem. Navy diver, Steelworker 2nd Class Robert Stethem, who was returning from an assignment in the Middle East, when he was taken hostage aboard TWA 847 commercial airliner. The flight was hijacked by terrorists, and Stethem was shot to death after being tortured by the terrorists on June 15, 1985. USS Stethem (DDG 63) is currently a part of the Forward Deployed Naval Force stationed in Yokosuka, Japan and is dry docked for
060614-N-4953E-003 Yokosuka, Japan (June 15, 2006) - Guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) Sailors participate in a memorial for the shipÕs namesake, Robert D. Stethem. Navy diver, Steelworker 2nd Class Robert Stethem, who was returning from an assignment in the Middle East, when he was taken hostage aboard TWA 847 commercial airliner. The flight was hijacked by terrorists, and Stethem was shot to death after being tortured by the terrorists on June 15, 1985. USS Stethem (DDG 63) is currently a part of the Forward Deployed Naval Force stationed in Yokosuka, Japan and is dry docked for a three-month selective restricted availability. Navy photo by Ensign Danny Ewing Jr. (RELEASED) US Navy 060614-N-4953E-003 Guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) Sailors participate in a memorial for the ship%%5Ersquo,s namesake
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