correct me,something like 16 USN crews were killed when C. perry class frigate was hit by iraqi exocet missiles.during naval exercise in the aegean sea between turkish navy and USN,sinle sea sparrow (with 88 lbs of warhead) accidentaly struck the turkish destroyer resulting something like 12 death ,with the entire captain bridge damage.
Most of Israel death were crew standing at helicopter deck

Dear Member,

You are correct in your numbers for the USS Stark (Perry Class frigate of 3500 tons) and the Turkish Summer class (post WW2 late 1940s destroyer) was struck by an accidental firing of a Sea Sparrow. But there is one big difference: The Stark almost sank with a major loss of life. The number of dead was lower by sheer luck but the wounded was horrible. It was only through the heroic effort (hardly known to many) of the crew where one sailor was found at the water valves dead preventing the Standard magazine from exploding. The Turkish destroyer on the other hand had a higher death toll because the Sea Sparrow made the luckiest shot it could and hit the bridge area. About the only area that a continous rod anti-air warhead could have done major damage — the warhead is heavy because of that type of warhead. The Turkish destroyer was never in danger of sinking with a major loss of life.

Jack E. Hammond