MV Bridgeton

MV Bridgeton

MV "Bridgeton", ex-"al-Rekkah", was a Kuwait Oil Company oil tanker that was reflagged during Operation Earnest Will. "Bridgeton" was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki and was launched August 14 1976. The tanker was built as "al-Rekkah", renamed "Bridgeton" and scrapped as "Pacific Blue". "Bridgeton" struck an Iranian mine near Farsi Island during the first Operation Earnest Will escort mission on July 24, 1987. Operation Prime Chance was conducted as a response to this mining. In September 1987, "Iran Ajr" was discovered laying mines, was captured and scuttled by US forces.

Fate

Some of the reflagged tankers returned to Kuwaiti flags in January 1989, but "Bridgeton" and several others remained US flagged. ["6 Kuwaiti Tankers Reportedly Ending U.S. Flag Protection"; Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. January 19, 1989. pg. 5.] "Bridgeton" transferred to Panamanian registry and was renamed "Pacific Blue" in the late 1990s. The supertanker was scrapped in 2002 at Haryana Ship Demolition in Alang, India.

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