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37 who died on USS Stark remembered 38 years later

Summary by Jacksonville Today
Gil Berrios was watching a movie with fellow crewmates on board the USS Stark just after 10 p.m. on May 17, 1987, when they all heard a “WHOOSH” and the lights went out. It was the first of two Iraqi Exocet missiles piercing the ship’s hull as it sat at anchor in the Arabian Gulf. The missile’s fuel ignited a huge fire as a second exploded while tearing its way inside the U.S. Navy frigate based at Naval Station Mayport. For Berrios — a signalma…
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Jacksonville Today broke the news in on Friday, May 16, 2025.
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