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			:O You mean the stork?
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	\|Laid down:
	\|] ]
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	\|Launched:
	\|] ]
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	\|Commissioned:
	\|] ]
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	\|Decommissioned:
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	\|Fate:
	\|Berthed at ], Philadelphia, PA
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	\|Struck:
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	\|Displacement:
	\|3638 tons
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	\|Length:
	\|445 ft (136 m)
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	\|Beam:
	\|45 ft (13.7 m)
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	\|Draught:
	\|14 ft 9 in (4.5 m)
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	\|Propulsion:
	\|2 × ] ]s; 41,000 shp (30,600 kW); 1 shaft, cp propeller, 325 hp (242 kW) retractable propeller pods
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	\|Speed:
	\|29 knots (54 km/h)
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	\|Range:
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	\|Complement:
	\|206
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	\|Armament:
	\|1 OTO Melara 76mm/62 (single) Mk 75, 1 Vulcan Phalanx CWIS, 4 x .50 cal (12.7 mm) MGs, ]36 GDC Pomona Standard SM-1MR missiles, 1 Mk 13 Mod 4 launcher for both, 6 x 324mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for ]
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	'''USS ''Stark'' (FFG-31)''', twenty-third ship of the ] of guided-missile ]s, was named for Admiral ] (1880–1972).

	Ordered from ], ] on ] ] as part of the FY78 program, ''Stark'' was laid down on ] ], launched on ] ], and commissioned on ] ]. Decommissioned on ] ] and stricken the same day, ''Stark'' is currently awaiting disposal at Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, PA.

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	''Stark'' (FFG-31) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

			I need to go just as bad as you.
	''Stark'' was deployed to the ] Force in 1984 and 1987. She is remembered for the incident of ], ] when she was struck by two ] missiles from an ]i ] fighter during the ]. The fighter had taken off from Shaibah at 20:00 and had flown south into the ]. Shortly after being routinely challenged by the frigate at around 22:10 the fighter fired two ] ASM missiles. The frigate did not detect the missile attack and both missiles struck without warning. The first hit the port-side hull and left a three metre by four metre gash when it exploded in crew quarters; the second missile hit the superstructure of the frigate. Thirty-seven crew were killed and twenty-one were injured. The frigate was afire but this was brought under control during the night and the ship returned to Bahrain under her own power. $142 million was spent repairing the vessel.
			What I had this morning
			I don't even wanna say to you.
			Kick! Punch! Turn and chop the door
			Or, I will fall to the floor.
			Kick! Punch! Turn and chop the door
			Or, I will fall to the floor.

			Hatatatatatatatatah!
	''Stark'' was part of the Standing Naval Forces Atlantic Fleet in 1990 before returning to the Middle East Force in 1991. She was attached to ] in 1993 and took part in Operation Support Democracy and Operation Able Vigil in 1994. In 1995 she again returned to the Middle East Force before serving in the Atlantic again in 1997 and in 1998.

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	==Further reading==
	* ''Missile Inbound,'' Levinson, Jeffrey L. and Randy L. Edwards, Annapolis: ], 1997.

			U, uh, u, uh
	{{Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate}}
			No way!
	]
			I've been sitting in my car
	]
			Yes, now for days.
			Did you check the toilets on the right?
			Did you check the toilets on the left?
			Did you check the toilets on the right?
			Did you check the toilets on the left?

			OK, OK, you win.

			#3

			Ribet, ribet
			I can't hold it
			Last toilet I had, I already sold it.
			In the rain or in the snow
			I've got the funky flow
			But, now I really gotta go.
			The toilet over there
			Will bring you luck
			So give, I've got no time to spare.

			Ah, me lose to you
			I'm outta here.

			#4

			Walk the walk
			Even if you can't talk the talk
			Bwock! I gotta call.
			I am a chicken from the kitchen
			And I ain't kiddin' although
			Nothing is written.
			Crack! Break! Fix the door, you know
			I gotta go, so just open up, you know.
			Crack! Break! Fix the door, you know
			I gotta go, so just open up, you know.

Revision as of 02:32, 16 December 2004

O You mean the stork?

I need to go just as bad as you. What I had this morning I don't even wanna say to you. Kick! Punch! Turn and chop the door Or, I will fall to the floor. Kick! Punch! Turn and chop the door Or, I will fall to the floor.

Hatatatatatatatatah!

U, uh, u, uh No way! I've been sitting in my car Yes, now for days. Did you check the toilets on the right? Did you check the toilets on the left? Did you check the toilets on the right? Did you check the toilets on the left?

OK, OK, you win.

Ribet, ribet I can't hold it Last toilet I had, I already sold it. In the rain or in the snow I've got the funky flow But, now I really gotta go. The toilet over there Will bring you luck So give, I've got no time to spare.

Ah, me lose to you I'm outta here.

Walk the walk Even if you can't talk the talk Bwock! I gotta call. I am a chicken from the kitchen And I ain't kiddin' although Nothing is written. Crack! Break! Fix the door, you know I gotta go, so just open up, you know. Crack! Break! Fix the door, you know I gotta go, so just open up, you know.