Thanks for posting this.
Were you on her?
USN damage control teams are the best out there...
No.
I was in the Navy at that time serving onboard a DDG (i.e., USS Robison DDG 12)
I DO vividly remember this in the news though because we had left the Persian Gulf a few months earlier.
I also remember seeing this Newsweek magazine at the local Navy Exchange and buying a copy:
http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id344.htm
Oh yeah...
Here is a link to a Navy damage control site that specifically covers the Stark incident:
http://www.dcfp.navy.mil/mc/museum/STARK/Stark3.htm