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...spikes, acid is released, detonating the charge. The tethers were set to keep the mines, waiting unseen but lethal, within 40 ft. or less of the surface. Navy specialists said the same type of mines had damaged the Bridgeton in the shipping channel to Kuwait in July and the Texaco Caribbean just outside the Strait of Hormuz in August. The same type of mine destroyed a supply boat in the Gulf of Oman last month, killing five crewmen...
...mines, discovered after one blasted a hole in the U.S.-owned tanker Texaco Caribbean, added a lethal new twist to Washington's showdown with Iran. The explosives were the first to be found in the Gulf of Oman, a vital staging area for ships plying the Persian Gulf. Although the U.S.-escorted Bridgeton struck what appeared to be an Iranian mine last month, that mishap occurred hundreds of miles inside the Persian Gulf. One result of the new danger was a change of heart by Britain and France, which decided to rush minesweepers to the region after...
...days later the Texaco Caribbean was slowly steaming south through the Gulf of Oman. Flying the Panamanian flag, the tanker had just loaded up with Iranian oil at Larak Island terminal in the Persian Gulf. Suddenly, eight miles from the United Arab Emirates' port of Fujairah, an explosion rocked the ship, ripping a gash ten feet wide in its hull. As oil oozed into the sea and sailors hosed down the deck, the Texaco Caribbean limped farther offshore to avoid contaminating nearby beaches with oil. Western diplomats speculated that the device was intended for the U.S.-escorted tanker convoy, which...
Sometimes, however, even Khomeini gets caught in his own net. Iranian mines have now become the greatest single threat to shipping in the region, a fact that was underscored by the fate that befell the Texaco Caribbean last week. But mines are indiscriminate weapons, and in a sense Iran has mined itself as well. After all, the Texaco Caribbean was loaded with Iranian...
...anchorage off Fujairah was considered a safe haven from the seven-year-old war between Iran and Iraq until the U.S-operated supertanker Texaco Caribbean hit a mine Monday in the 35-square mile area...