The World - News from June 29, 1987

Emergency repairs have been completed on the U.S. frigate Stark, damaged in an Iraqi missile attack last month, and the ship left its mooring at Bahrain, port officials said. The Stark dropped anchor four miles off the Persian Gulf island state and was due to leave shortly for the United States. The destroyer tender Acadia had been moored alongside the Stark for several weeks while its crew carried out emergency repairs to the frigate’s electrical, communications and navigation systems and patched up a hole near the bridge. The Stark will undergo further repairs when it reaches its home port of Mayport, Fla.