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April 1st, 2010
09:07 AM ET
U.S. warship captures suspected pirate mother ship
The USS Nicholas came under fire from a pirate vessel and then captured it.
A U.S. warship sank a pirate skiff and captured a pirate mother ship in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, according to a statement from U.S. Naval Forces Africa.
The frigate USS Nicholas came under fire from a pirate vessel shortly after midnight in international waters west of the Seychelles, according to a U.S. military statement.
The Nicholas returned fire and pursued the skiff as it fled, capturing it about 90 minutes later. Three suspected pirates aboard the skiff were taken into custody, along with two others aboard a suspected pirate mother ship that was nearby.
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NICE JOB! How crazy are those guys? Who would fire on an American military ship from a flat bottom clam diggers boat? Lets sink all the nuts! GO NAVY!
Why are we capturing these bozo's? Sink their ship and let them swim for it. No mercy for these aqua terrorists!
They attacked a U.S. warship? That's like trying to rob a police station.
These guys aren't too smart.......
Stop taking these pirates alive. Take 'em out, and stop the chaos we allow them to cause!
What a bunch of an idiots? It's like fighting bare hands vs machine guns.
An attack on a US Warship is the same as a terrorist attack on US soil and should have just blown them out of the water! PERIOD!
Too bad the Nicholas didn't have permission to blow them out of the water
God Bless Our Troops
They make us proud!!!
Its about time you guys kick butt and took names as the old military saying goes very old!
Good Job US!
Now go get the rest of them...might i suggest ramming a few and sinking them that way just for fun.
or back over them with the propellers?
why we put up with these turds at all is beyond me.
How long has it been since the Navy Keelhauled someone ... seems appropriate!
Wow, not sure if I would call that brave or just stupid. Who in their right mind would attack a U.S. Warship with what amounts to a small motor boat?
How stupid do you have to be to attack a US Naval ship? It wasn't a helpless private vessel; what idiots!
I doubt the pirates will be prosecuted. Generally it's a catch-and-release situation. That's why they aren't afraid to shoot at anything.
I've been there by boat a few years ago, and even there now it's no more save to go......
The curse of the Black Pearl. AARRRRR