Operation Earnest Will (24 July 1987 – 26 September 1988) was an American military protection of Kuwaiti-owned tankers from Iranian attacks in 1987 and 1988, three years into the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War. It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II.
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Mar 20, 2024 · Bernsen became Operation Earnest Will. Bernsen and his staff planned for the traditional naval mission of convoy escort. A group of reflagged ...
An Earnest Will tanker convoy underway in the Persian Gulf on 21 October 1987. From left, the reflagged tanker Gas King, the guided missile cruiser USS William ...
Apr 18, 2018 · Operation Earnest Will would last from 24 July 1987 to 26 September 1988 and was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II. (And ...
Operation Earnest Will, 1987–1988,” Studies in Intelligence 60, no. 3 (September 2016), for background on the Intelligence Community's role in Earnest Will.
In October 1987, U.S. surface forces destroyed an armed Iranian oil complex in retaliation for an Iranian missile attack on a U.S.-flagged tanker.
The convoy started inauspiciously: Bridgeton hit a mine on 24 July 1987, while transiting the Gulf to pick up crude oil in Kuwait. The explosion punctured the.
The fighting in the gulf became known as the Tanker War, as both sides attacked hundreds of oil tankers in an effort to disrupt the economy of the other side.
On Friday July 24th, two days into Earnest Will, the 415,000 ton oil tanker Bridgeton struck an Iranian mine. Four of the ship's 31 compartments were breached.