Keywords: US Navy 060614-N-4953E-003 Guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) Sailors participate in a memorial for the ship^rsquo,s namesake.jpg en Yokosuka Japan June 15 2006 - Guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem DDG 63 Sailors participate in a memorial for the ship s namesake Robert D Stethem Navy diver Steelworker 2nd Class Robert Stethem who was returning from an assignment in the Middle East when he was taken hostage aboard TWA 847 commercial airliner The flight was hijacked by terrorists and Stethem was shot to death after being tortured by the terrorists on June 15 1985 USS Stethem DDG 63 is currently a part of the Forward Deployed Naval Force stationed in Yokosuka Japan and is dry docked for a three-month selective restricted availability U S Navy photo by Ensign Danny Ewing Jr RELEASED 2006-06-15 060614-N-4953E-003 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 36064 U S Navy photo by Ensign Danny Ewing Jr PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka Steelworker United States Navy Aboard USS Stethem DDG-63 Photographs by Danny Ewing Jr |