On February 25, 1991, during the first Gulf War, the Phalanx-equipped was a few miles from and the destroyer . The ships were attacked by an Iraqi Silkworm missile (often referred to as the Seersucker), at which "Missouri" fired its SRBOC chaff. The Phalanx system on "Jarrett", operating in the automatic target-acquisition mode, fixed upon "Missouri"s chaff, releasing a burst of rounds. From this burst, four rounds hit "Missouri" which was from "Jarrett" at the time. There were no injuries. A Sea Dart missile was then launched from HMS "Gloucester", which destroyed the Iraqi missile, achieving the first successful engagement of a missile by a missile during combat at sea.