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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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When I was in the Navy-it was the real Navy-we took care of the problem-now its all political. We need to go and sink all the pirate ships, and blockade the ports, capture all the ships in the various countries. Put the hurt on them-asap
That's funny, it must have been really dark outside to be able to see what they we're attacking
Someone commented that they "chose to be pirates." They didn't make the choice between college and piracy, they made the choice between starving and piracy. I chuckled when I first read this, but rather than "lol" ing about how stupid these pirates are, maybe we should think about the fact that they live in a country with little to no educational system. And although we all know what a typical US Navy Warship because we have seen a zillion pictures of them in textbooks and on the internet, they may be seeing them for the first time.
Thankfully we now have an administration that acts boldly and swiftly to real threats to our security, unlike Cheney and Bush who squandered our blood and treasure to settle old scores. Maybe we will regain some of the stature we lost when they led us into a war with an enemy that didn't exist instead of focusing on al queda, and when they had us descend to the ranks of countries that use torture.
obama saves the day again. How does he do it? must be a well balanced breakfast
Are these loosers that attack the US Navy ship claiming insanity?? Wow I wish I would have been on board that US Navy ship. Great Job NAVY.
take them to the nearest land mass and hang them all of them like we used to do!!!!
that part of the world is not known for producing too many einsteins.
But, by all means, challenge our ships. LOL
Five pirates walk into a bar... Let's see what we are going to do tonight... I know, lets attack a U.S. Naval War Ship at sea! Now thats a great plan.
In the Navy what happened next is called a teaching moment. You can't make this stuff up. Great going Navy!!!!
As a former US Navy carrier sailor, I'm glad to see this happen. The Navy should have a carrier in the area and send out some F/A-18s on patrol for pirates. All it would take is one missile to take out a pirate skiff!
April Fools!
Be careful..Obama may courtmartial you. You should have just sent to bith Davy Jones.
We dont throw them overboard because we are the good guys. If we want to win the hearts and minds, we stay the good guys. People leak information to us because we are the good guys.
The lousy pirates are the ones who throw people to the sharks.
It is good to know that at least SOME of our military budget has been spent wisely. It would be a good training exercise for our navy to patrol that area of the ocean. It will provide our sailors practice using their weapons systems live while doing the world a favor.
Awesome! The sad fact is that the sailors who pulled the trigger will probably be slapped with notices from our government for illegal actions against a civilian boat in international waters, watching their military careers sunk down the political toilet. And then the pirates will be brought back at a cost of 50 or 60 mil to face justice in our court system, their severe punishment will be to work as cashiers at Starbucks to teach them how to handle money better, all the while making millions selling their stories to film makers who try to make us feel sorry for them while portraying them as social heroes.