Pirates vs USN - pic shows outcome

[Guest HvyMtl]

Suspected pirates take shots at U.S. ship – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

Ok, is it me, or do the pirates need to teach ship recognition skills?

Or, are they starting to "pick fights" with warships, in hopes they kill enough sailors to make someone withdraw?

[Guest m&pc9]

How did that work out?

[Guest BEARMAN]

Stupid pirates...wheres Johnny Depp, when you need him?

[Guest 1817ak47]

Stupid pirates...wheres Johnny Depp, when you need him?

they banned machines guns. he's SOL'ED now

[Guest HvyMtl]

m&pc9 - If you cannot click on the link, the picture shows the USS Ashland 48, Landing Ship, Dock, sitting in the background. In the foreground is a burnt out pirate skiff.

Apparently, it did not go well for the pirates...

[Guest redbarron06]

Pirates "we are going to need a bigger boat"

[kb4ns]

Heehee I love it!

[VERO1]

If they would let the Navy do that about once a week, that crap would be over with real soon!

[DaveTN]

People on a skiff shot at the USS Ashland.

The Ashland shot back. The skiff caught fire and the people abandoned the skiff.

It would have made a cool video to show them dropping their stern gate and deploying one of these….

[robin48]

It would have made a cool video to show them dropping their stern gate and deploying one of these….

I used to drop those, from LSD 44

[DaveTN]

I used to drop those, from LSD 44

Gator Navy.

Those were after my time. I was a machinist on LPD-15. During landings/operations I was a Mike Boat Engineer.

[Chief07]

Wow! An old antique LSD. 3-inch 50's last I saw.

Nice shooting!

These Pirates have been doing this since the time of Thomas Jefferson fighting

the Barbary Pirates. Sink them all! Go NAVY!

[Retired Navy GMC]

Armament two (mk15 mod1) Phalanx (CIWS) 20 mm Vulcan cannon gun mounts, two (mk16) 25 mm Bushmaster chain gun mounts, six .50 cal machine guns

If they don't have the upgraded Phalanx (Block 1B) they probably used the 25mm's and the M2 .50 cals on that skiff.

The Block 1B upgrade has a camera mounted to the side of the raydome of the Phalanx that is conected to a control console that is in the CIC.

This console is basically a remote control system that allows the operator to use the video feed that has a crosshair to manually fire the system at surface targets. Nothing like firing 25mm at 75 rounds a second.

USS Cole was the first ship in the fleet to get this upgraded system after the bombing in 2000.

Edited April 12, 2010 by Retired Navy GMC

[Guest SUNTZU]

Do you not have to fly a flag anymore?

[Guest ADAM]

THAT WAS A BRIGHT IDEA.

NAVY-1

PIRATES-0

[Guest mustangdave]

Pirate "reccie" skills need some improvement...

[StPatrick]

THAT WAS A BRIGHT IDEA.

NAVY-1

PIRATES-0

USN and USMC have been putting pirates to sleep since Jefferson was president. Hopefully the Navy, Marines, and other NATO forces decide to crush their ports of call in Somalia. They've been identified - it's just a question of whether or not "international will" (whatever that is) decides it's time for them to go.