Persian Gulf Service
Inflict, USS Fearless (MSO-442) and USS Illusive (MSO-448) were towed to the Gulf of Oman by USS Grapple (ARS-53) departing Little Creek, Virginia on 6 September 1987. Traveling via the Suez Canal and arriving in the Gulf of Oman 2 November 1987. At the time, the 9,000-nautical-mile (17,000 km) trip was the longest distance three ships were towed by one. Implicit would remain in the Gulf to support of Operation Earnest Will.
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