This book has been brought to publication by the generous assistance of Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest.

First Naval Institute Press paperback edition published 2012.

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© 2006 by Bradley Peniston

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ISBN 13: 978-1-61251-277-8

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Peniston, Bradley, 1968–

No higher honor : saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf / Bradley Peniston.

          p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Samuel B. Roberts (Frigate : FFG-58)    2. Iran-Iraq War, 1980–1988—Naval operations, American.    3. Submarine mines—Persian Gulf.    I. Title.

DS318.85.P457 2006

955.05'42450973—dc22

2006003997

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