European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Autho Hiick unofficial pull cities for the . Meo vol.46. No. 114 monday. August 10, 1987 d 6693 a inside stripes d army Hopes to avoid pcs problems Page 3 d hearings held on go Sill death Benefit Page 9 d 10th pan american games open in Indianapolis sports Page 21 3 kuwaiti Oil tankers through a photo St Isle City passes fishing Tessil in persian Gulf. Manama Bahrain a three flying american flags Anil escorted by i6t warship sailed through the Strain of Hormuz. Then u the persian Gulf in single file after a a Crecy shrouded departure saturday Gulf based shipping sources said thai As the cleared the Strait the biggest Lanker the 82jjisle City moved to the front a  designed to minimize the ships cd posing for incs. The Convoy is the second i Ejbl rup the waterway under the . Plan of Renajo pitl kuwaiti tankers 10 afford them . . The ships arc ppm in single tile Tanker warship 1anke&jrship. Linker warship said on source add Ajmat a fourth worship was seen Esplor ing Scag a Fiilus ahead of the group. Tbsp Burucs said the reports came from  the Convoy. The re flagged supertanker Brid Hon was similarly used during the first Convoy Afier it was Damaa by a submerged mine believed to 4 have by Fly Fitch by the  big tankers Are relatively Able to withstand of a mine Navy officers have expressed  warships would suffer severe damage and a nah pm such a blast. In Kuwait a a cab Haj pal said several floating mines were found in Theta testily. None moored Loic Bottom and none in Ilic  the Bridge ton was damaged while steaming in of hrs