"2 F-4 fighters" . "Cited byUnited States Naval AcademyProf.Craig L. Symondsas being decisive in establishing U.S. naval superiority." . "2 frigates" . "3 frigates" . "Iran" . "2 platforms" . . "6Boghammarspeedboats (estimated)" . "1 helicopter crashed (3 killed)" . "1 aircraft carrier," . . "1 amphibious transport dock" . "1 gunboat" . . "Operation Praying Mantis was an attack on 18 April 1988, by U.S. forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran\u2013Iraq war and the subsequent damage to an American warship.On 14 April, the guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine while deployed in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will, the 1987\u201388 convoy missions in which U.S."@en . "1 guided missile cruiser" . "1988-04-18Z"^^ . "Operation Praying Mantis"@en . "Decisive United States victory" . . "United States" . "4 destroyers" .