Operation Earnest Will

English: Operation Earnest Will (24 July 1987 - 26 September 1988) was the U.S. military protection of Kuwaiti oil tankers from Iraqi and Iranian attacks in 1987 and 1988 during the Tanker War phase of the Iran-Iraq War.

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  Tanker Gas King and escort
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  from front to back: the GAS KING, OCEAN CITY, SEA ISLE CITY, and BRIDGETON
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  Tanker Sea Isle City August 1987 during Earnest Will
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  Williams Hendrickson scans for mines from the bow of the guided missile frigate USS Nicolas (FFG-47)
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  starboard bow view of the reflagged Kuawaiti supertanker BRIDGETON underway
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  The destroyer USS JOHN YOUNG shells a pair of Iranian command and control platforms
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  Map of routes of thge convoys
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  Iranian command and control platform shelled during Operation Nimble Archer
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  USS Wisconsin taking part in Operation Earnest Will during the Iran-Iraq War
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  SS Middleton underway during an Earnest Will convoy