Operation Praying Mantis: April 18th 1988

To read about this short fight, take a look at my Operation Praying Mantis page.

From Battlegroup Foxtrot

(CVN-65) Carrier Airwing Eleven "Hormuz Highway Patrol" April 18th 1988

CVN-65 USS Enterprise
VA-95 Green Lizards (12 A-6E TRAM, 6 KA-6D) typical loadout: WASEX Pack= 1
500lb lgb, 1 harpoon, 2- 5 (Cluster bomb units) 1 300gal drop tank, 1 500
gal drop tank. (the 500lb LGB and harpoon, can be swapped for 2 1000lb
Skipper missiles.
HS-6 Indians (SH-3H)
VA-22 Fighting Redcocks  (A-7E) Typical loadout: 1 harpoon, or 1 500lb
mk-82, 1 walleye, 2 sidewinders)
VA-94 Mighty Shrikes (A-7E) ditto loadout for VA-22 
VF-114 Ardvarks (F-14A) typical loadout: 4 Phoenix, 2 Sparrow, 2 Sidewinder
VF-213 Black Lions  (F-14A)
VAQ-135 Black Ravens (EA-6B ICAP)  (<---- Needs professional A-6 ordie help
loading harm's since VAQ ordies only load cads and ECM pods 99% of the time.
 Funny, but Im not joking)  
VAW-117 Nighthawks (E-2B) typical loadout: several geeky radar dweebs
VS-21  Fighting Redtails (S-3A Viking)  typical loadout: 3 Rockeye, 1 300
gal droptank
VRC-50

Battlegroup Escort's
CG-28 USS Wainwright
DD-16 USS Strauss
DD-10 USS Simpson

FF USS Roberts (hit by mine)

Merchants involved:
British Tanker York Marine (catches fire after missile attack from 3 Iranian
gunboats and is abandoned)
US flagged tub Willi Tide

France

CV Clememceau (Super Etnards, F-8's)

Yes.. they were in the area as well and the Brits. 

Iranians

Joshan (Missile Ship.. unsure of class, sunk)
FF Sabalan SAAM class (left adrift, dead in the water)
FF Sahand SAAM class (sunk)
Bogghammer speedboats (2 sunk by A-6's using rockeyes)
Oil Platforms Sassan and Nasr (both demolished)