Operation Praying Mantis

Property	Value
rdf:type	April 1988 event in Asia owl:NamedIndividual Battles 1901–2000 Punitive expedition of the United States Iran–United States relation Naval battle of the Iran–Iraq War involving the United States
rdfs:label	Operation Praying Mantis
owl:sameAs	dbr:Operation_Praying_Mantis
prov:wasDerivedFrom	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Iran%E2%80%93United_States_relations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punitive_expedition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battles_1901%E2%80%932000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_operations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Naval_battles_of_the_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War_involving_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:April_1988_events_in_Asia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_naval_battles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Punitive_expeditions_of_the_United_States
skos:prefLabel	Operation Praying Mantis
skos:altLabel	Praying Mantis operations in the Persian Gulf sinking the Iranian frigate ''Sahand''
clgo:causalties	2 killed 1 helicopter crashed
clgo:combatant	Iran United States
clgo:commander	Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan
clgo:date	1988-04-18
clgo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict	Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Iran–Iraq War
clgo:notes	*Cited by United States Naval Academy Prof.Craig L. Symondsas being decisive in establishing U.S. naval superiority.
clgo:place	Iran Persian Gulf Iraq Territorial waters
clgo:result	American victory (see the [[#Aftermath
clgo:strength	1gunboat 2 frigates 3frigates 4destroyers 1aircraft carrier 1amphibious transport dock 1guided missile cruiser 2F-4 fighters 2platforms 6Boghammarspeedboats (estimated)
is clgo:battle of	VAW-117 HMLA-167 Third VA-95 (U.S. Navy) Thomas R. Richards Scott H. Swift United States Navy Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen VFA-213

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