Do NOT Mess With The US Navy

[Penn]

• U.S. Navy battles pirates off Somalia coast

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Two U.S. Navy ships exchanged gunfire with suspected pirates Saturday off the coast of Somalia, and one suspect was killed and five others were wounded, the navy said.

The early morning gunbattle ensued after sailors spotted 30-foot fishing boat towing smaller skiffs and prepared for a routine boarding, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 5<SUP>th</SUP> Fleet.

[MysticalMom (Premo)]

Navy Brat here. Go Navy!

[Fishn Guy]

Nothing says fun like tearing up a fishing troller with M60's and 50 cal.s

[Penn]

Looks like one of our boats was a Destroyer and the other one was a Cruiser!

Now, how dumb are you, opening fire on warships like these - from a 30 foot fishing boat?

:dur:

Googled the USS Cape St George, and got this:

http://navysite.de/cg/cg71.html

Go NAVY!!

[oldman]

Originally Posted by Penn

Looks like one of our boats was a Destroyer and the other one was a Cruiser!

Now, how dumb are you, opening fire on warships like these - from a 30 foot fishing boat?

:dur:

Googled the USS Cape St George, and got this:

http://navysite.de/cg/cg71.html

Go NAVY!!

I just read the article before seeing this thread. Last ship I was on was in the late 70's and being a real shore sailor I was very impressed with the firepower we had then. I can only imagine what they are capable of today and those people just had to be nuts to even think of not just waving the white flag. Our Navy has always has been and always will be the best in the world. I've got an ashtray made from the base of a 5 incher and it may not mean anything to most people but to me it's a reminder of being a small part of the best organization in the world.

[willie]

You really have to wonder what they were smoking to want to pick on something that big much less pick on two of them.

[Kyle (Premo)]

There shouldn't have been survivors.

[Penn]

Originally Posted by Kyle

There shouldn't have been survivors.

I totally agree, but if our guys had blasted the heck out of them, we might have also killed people whom these idiots may have captured.

If not, after boarding that vessel(and we didn't find any survivors), then yeah - wipe 'em off the face of the earth!

The sooner the word gets out that we do not fool with these types, the better off the sealanes will be.

[Fishn Guy]

Originally Posted by oldman

I just read the article before seeing this thread. Last ship I was on was in the late 70's and being a real shore sailor I was very impressed with the firepower we had then. I can only imagine what they are capable of today and those people just had to be nuts to even think of not just waving the white flag. Our Navy has always has been and always will be the best in the world. I've got an ashtray made from the base of a 5 incher and it may not mean anything to most people but to me it's a reminder of being a small part of the best organization in the world.

I used to have 2 I used for the same reason... One was a clearing charge and the other was a regular charge.

[Bustem' Down]

I used to be stationed on the Cape St. George. A friend of mine who's still on board e-mailed me about it. With luck I'll be going back there in Jan.