The World - News from May 29, 1988
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The most powerful U.S. warship ever seen in the Persian Gulf passed through the Strait of Hormuz on its first mission in the embattled waterway. The guided-missile cruiser Vincennes, with 385 officers and crew, entered the gulf to begin the first deployment in the region by any of the Navy’s 10 Aegis cruisers. The 9,400-ton warship was commissioned in 1985 and is equipped with sophisticated radar and weapons systems. Tensions rose during the ship’s nighttime run up the narrow strait as it passed a Panamanian-flag tanker, still on fire 20 hours after being attacked by Iranian speedboats. However, the warship made it through without incident.
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