The ship is named after Robert Stethem who was murdered by followers of the "religion of peace" on TWA 847. His body was thrown out of the plane and layed on the tarmac for a long time.
"Petty Officer Stethem was a victim of the terrorist hijacking of Trans World Airlines Flight 847 on June 14, 1985. He was returning home from an assignment in Nea Makri, Greece, when the terrorists seized and ordered the aircraft to Beirut, Lebanon. Petty Officer Stethem was singled out from the passengers as a U.S. Navy Sailor and killed when terrorist demands were not met. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart in 1985 and the Bronze Star in 1986."
The name of the ship USS Stethem rang a bell.
The ship is named after Robert Stethem who was murdered by followers of the "religion of peace" on TWA 847. His body was thrown out of the plane and layed on the tarmac for a long time.
"Petty Officer Stethem was a victim of the terrorist hijacking of Trans World Airlines Flight 847 on June 14, 1985. He was returning home from an assignment in Nea Makri, Greece, when the terrorists seized and ordered the aircraft to Beirut, Lebanon. Petty Officer Stethem was singled out from the passengers as a U.S. Navy Sailor and killed when terrorist demands were not met. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart in 1985 and the Bronze Star in 1986."
http://www.stethem.navy.mil/stethem.asp
I hope the ship exacts revenge for his murder.