The World - News from July 31, 1988
The crippled frigate Samuel B. Roberts arrived at its home port of Newport, R.I., piggyback-style, its side still bearing rippled metal where an Iranian mine ripped through its hull in the Persian Gulf three months ago. “Glad to be back,” Cmdr. John W. Townes called from the deck. The Roberts, cradled atop the heavy-lift ship Mighty Servant II, left Dubai in the United Arab Emirates five weeks ago.
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