Description First international terrorist to be apprehended overseas and brought back to the United States to stand trial. Fawaz Younis, one of the individuals implicated in the 1985 hijacking of a Royal Jordanian airliner. Younis was convicted of conspiracy.
USS Butte was a big part of Operation Goldenrod during a 1987 Mediterranean deployment when she helped with the arrest of two Lebanese terrorists in international waters off the coast of Lebanon.