N328KF From United States of America, joined May 2004, 6222 posts, RR: 3 Posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4949 times:
OK, I can understand them targeting some of the US Navy auxiliaries that look like freighters. However, a frigate does not look like a freighter. And they opened fire first. What were they thinking?
KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52 Reply 1, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 4932 times:
"Look, man, a ship, let's take it and become rich"
"No, man, I think its a warship"
"No, they painted it to look like a warship, I am not fooled by that, it is a container ship"
"Okay, lets take it, I'll drive our boat, you shoot your gun"
"Oh shit.... a container ship that shoots back"
"They can't fool us anymore, let's take that ship. Are you ready to climb aboard it and take the crew hostage?"
"Yes, let's do it"
"Oh shit, it is a US Navy warship, we are fucked".
sprout5199 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 1779 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 4790 times:
Bravo Zulu to the crew of the USS NICHOLAS(FFG-47), my Fig shipmates.
Ken777 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7457 posts, RR: 5 Reply 6, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 4720 times:
Quoting YANQUI67 (Reply 5): I hope they read them their rights, so that they could have a proper trial here in the US with the other Islamic terrorist.... A joke.
Nah, they'll hopefully turn them over to Singapore.
GatorFan From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 330 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 4649 times:
Quoting sprout5199 (Reply 4): Bravo Zulu to the crew of the USS NICHOLAS(FFG-47), my Fig shipmates.
I'd be interested - what do you think the initial reaction was on the bridge when the Nicholas got fired upon? Was it:
RaginMav From United States of America, joined May 2004, 372 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4645 times:
Rule number one of being a Somali pirate:
Do not mess with the US Navy!
Quoting MD11Engineer (Reply 2): Probably full of the drug qat up to their eyeballs.
Yeah it was likely drug-induced, even the least educated, most desperate pirate should know better...
steeler83 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 8810 posts, RR: 19 Reply 10, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4616 times:
Quoting RaginMav (Reply 9): Rule number one of being a Somali pirate:
Do not mess with the US Navy!
Damn right!
They messed with the bull and got the horns.
Do not bring stranger girt into your room. The stranger girt is dangerous, it will hurt your life.
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 11, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4597 times:
They clearly weren't. Either that, or they were so stupid as to think "Hey, that's a rather small warship. I bet we can take it and get even more than for a load of oil." Then they got their a$$es handed to them.
Quoting GatorFan (Reply 8): I'd be interested - what do you think the initial reaction was on the bridge when the Nicholas got fired upon? Was it:
- WTF?
or
- Oh hell no you didn't just . . .
I'm partial too "I didn't know mosquitoes buzzed around in open sea. Oh well. SMASH IT."
Seriously though, there had to be a ton of laughing involved.
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sprout5199 From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 1779 posts, RR: 2 Reply 12, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4591 times:
Quoting GatorFan (Reply 8): I'd be interested - what do you think the initial reaction was on the bridge when the Nicholas got fired upon? Was it:
- WTF?
or
- Oh hell no you didn't just . . .
Are they THAT Stupid?
and then a mad dash to see who would man the fifty first, or the 25mm chain gun. Me, I would have engaged them with the 76mm.
AGM100 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 5407 posts, RR: 17 Reply 13, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 4570 times:
Quoting sprout5199 (Reply 12): Me, I would have engaged them with the 76mm.
blrsea From India, joined May 2005, 1227 posts, RR: 3 Reply 14, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 4569 times:
According to the report, the pirates opened fire shortly after midnight. I don't know much about ships, but are they totally lit up well in the night? Maybe the pirates couldn't make out that the ship was a warship when they opened fire ?
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 15, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 4546 times:
Quoting sprout5199 (Reply 12): Me, I would have engaged them with the 76mm.
Ooooooh yeah!. It says they sunk the skiff, so perhaps they put a round in from one of those?
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KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11708 posts, RR: 52 Reply 16, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 4510 times:
Stupid is what stupid get. I hope these idiots stay out of the jean pool
NIKV69 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 4463 times:
Quoting YANQUI67 (Reply 5): I hope they read them their rights, so that they could have a proper trial here in the US with the other Islamic terrorist....
Sure we can show the other pirates how we take the moral high ground and then they will stop attacking ships.
Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 16): Stupid is what stupid get. I hope these idiots stay out of the jean pool
You mean like the pirates that got presents last Easter of a bullet to the brain?
bohica From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2409 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 4281 times:
The pirates wanted to board the USS Nicholas. Right? They got their wish. They're on board the USS Nicholas. I don't think they were planning on being in the brig though.
When will these pirates learn? Don't f... with us.
Ltbewr From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12333 posts, RR: 12 Reply 20, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 4206 times:
Too bad they didn't sink their main boat, taking a bunch of the terrorists with it. I also think we need to go after their bases, blockade the ports these terror-pirates use to keep them out and stuff comming in.
Ronglimeng From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 624 posts, RR: 0 Reply 22, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 4094 times:
When the US Navy issues a press release and refers to the "USS Nicholas" does it mean only the ship itself or anything associated with the ship like helicopters, dinghies, or boats that the ship might have launched?
I can't really see any pirate being dumb enough to fire on a warship; but a boat or dinghy from the ship? Maybe.
Also, if the warship returned fire, wouldn't they use weaponry that would completely blow the pirates out of the water? There are no reports of anybody being injured and the pirate vessel was only "disabled" before being boarded.
This sounds to me like a small boat action in the middle of the night. I bet anybody off-watch on the Nicholas didn't even have their sleep disturbed.
tu204 From Russia, joined Mar 2006, 904 posts, RR: 19 Reply 23, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 4046 times:
Reminds me of last year when pirates fired a few shots on the Peter the Great, the largest non-aircraft carrying warship in the world, that was returning to Russia after visits to Indian Ocean countries. Needless to say those 11 pirates were not turned over to anyone and are now serving sentances in a much colder place than they are used to.
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N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 24, posted (3 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 4007 times:
Quoting Ltbewr (Reply 20): Too bad they didn't sink their main boat, taking a bunch of the terrorists with it. I also think we need to go after their bases, blockade the ports these terror-pirates use to keep them out and stuff comming in.
I think they took possession of the mother ship. Perhaps they should do a nice, slow cruise along the Somali coast with that ship in tow to show what happens when you mess with the US Navy?
Quoting Ronglimeng (Reply 22):
Also, if the warship returned fire, wouldn't they use weaponry that would completely blow the pirates out of the water? There are no reports of anybody being injured and the pirate vessel was only "disabled" before being boarded.
The article said they sunk the skiff and captured the mother ship.
Quoting tu204 (Reply 23): Reminds me of last year when pirates fired a few shots on the Peter the Great, the largest non-aircraft carrying warship in the world, that was returning to Russia after visits to Indian Ocean countries. Needless to say those 11 pirates were not turned over to anyone and are now serving sentances in a much colder place than they are used to.
Haha. The Russians likely were far less nice than the US.
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25 Dreadnought: You have the right to remain dead. Any weapons within our reach can and will be used against you.
26 petertenthije: You'd better believe it! They make a habit out of it! Just last month there where two reported cases of pirates attacking the Dutch frigate Hr. Ms. T
27 N1120A: Idiots. Looks like she made quick work of a few groups of pirates. Yo ho, yo ho, we took your satellite phones.
28 Slider: LOL! And yeah, sidenote: GENE pool. Just sayin. Nice to see the Somalis getting punked back. Dumbasses.
30 RayChuang: I still think they ought to revive the idea of the Q-ship--it looks like a civilian ship until you come too close and this ship suddenly unveils turre
32 Dreadnought: Oh yeah, that looks like a pushover...
33 N1120A: I like your thinking. They had to be REALLY high to take pot shots at that.
34 FRAspotter: I would really like to see the US put an aircraft carrier in on these pirate patrols in the region... For one if a distress is received from another s
35 bohica: Too bad our battleships have been decommissioned. I would love to see a pirate skiff go up against one of those.
36 mayor: I was just thinking the same thing. Time to get the Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin out of mothballs and start patrolling.
37 sprout5199: When we were out to sea, we had darken ship after sunset-- no lights except for the running lights(port and starboard lights, mast light and a stern
38 Dreadnought: Overkill. Battleships were built to kill other battleships. What's needed is for us to rebuild the old St. Louis class: One fifth of the tonnage of a
39 sprout5199: Smaller stuff? Like a few SEALs armed with M14 sniper rifles? Works for me. Dan in Jupiter
40 Dreadnought: Too dangerous. I would recommend that such a cruiser come into the Somali harbors where the pirates are based, and put a 6-inch shell into the hull o
41 KC135TopBoom: I like the ideas of BBs and CLs, but we do have the Tico class CGs, they have a fore and aft 5"/54 gun mount. We could also use a few SSNs to track do
42 N328KF: I appreciate the appeal of using big guns to swat a fly, but perhaps this problem would be more easily-solved with long-endurance UAVs for monitoring,
43 Dreadnought: That's too defensive - the problem will continue for years. I'm not saying that mine is the only idea that would work, but at it does two things that
44 sprout5199: I still say that we need to put a 5"/54 gun where the Mk-13 missle launcher was on the Perry class FFG's. Make a nice little littoral combat ship. Th
46 HAWK21M: High time this pirate menance ends.....Get the Indian Navy out there....... Time the World navies coooperate & stop this piracy. regds MEL.
47 mayor: Not once they were refitted with Tomahawks and such. They've been used for offshore fire support for years, once they were brought out of mothballs t
49 KC135TopBoom: Well, today it seem stupidity among the pirates is expanding. A pirate skiff with 6 abaord fired upon the USN LSD-48 USS Ashland this past Saturday. T
50 ZANL188: Battleship is probably a bad choice. Probably can't depress the guns enough to hit pirates in a skiff. Phalanx might be effective but most USN ships
51 MD11Engineer: Nope, but in older, less PC days, they would simply do a bit of shore bombardment on the pirate´s home ports using their main artillery. In any case
52 sprout5199: But the overpressure would do the trick, wouldn't even need to use a HE round, a dummy would do(hell even just the powder itself.). Fire one round an
53 Tugger: Put a $h!tload of buckshot* (I mean buckshot that is made up of 5mm to 20mm shot) in the guns. That should pretty much annihilate everything, the pir
55 MD11Engineer: This is not really a new concept. During tghe 18th-19th century first "grapeshot" and later "canister shot" were the standard anti-personnel ammuniti
56 mayor: Think of the destructive power out of a 16 in. gun, though. You could have a load of projectiles the size of baseballs.
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