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2006-01-22 Africa Horn

U.S. Navy Seizes Pirate Ship Off Somalia

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Posted by ed 2006-01-22 10:21|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Rule #1, never "capture" pirates.

The ocean is a big place.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-22 10:40|| 2006-01-22 10:40|| Front Page Top

#2 USS Winston S. Churchill
Kinda makes me all tingly.

Posted by 6 2006-01-22 10:59|| 2006-01-22 10:59|| Front Page Top

#3 "Hull-Ryde" -- is that a euphemism for "keel-haul?"

Posted by Mike 2006-01-22 11:10|| 2006-01-22 11:10|| Front Page Top

#4 U.S. Navy Seizes Pirate Ship Off Somalia

Arrrrrr, get thar plank ready maties, and chum the waters for sharks...

truely heart warming..good work

Posted by RD 2006-01-22 11:20|| 2006-01-22 11:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Rule #1, never "capture" pirates.

Should be 'Never announce you've captured pirates'.

Think puzzle-pieces. Intel is needed, even if it's what port or mother-ship they sailed from and who the immediate boss is.

Posted by Pappy 2006-01-22 11:34|| 2006-01-22 11:34|| Front Page Top

#6 WTG Winny! BTW I read that three U.S. Navy ships are named after British heros and all have one British Navy member assigned. Imagine this prospect BEFORE the war of 1812? Yes we have come a long way. I think that they should make the pirates walk the plank after a speedy trial at sea.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2006-01-22 13:06|| 2006-01-22 13:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Winston had American citizenship.

I think the problem in 1812 was that the British were not inviting our sailors onto their men-o-war.

No plank, keelhaul after court maqrtial on CVN at 40 kts.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-22 13:17|| 2006-01-22 13:17|| Front Page Top

#8 No plank, keelhaul after court maqrtial on CVN at 40 kts.

Let them learn to water-ski, without the skis. Tie a rope around them, drag them behind that carrier at 40kt, and watch for the shark action.

International law used to say that any pirate caught by any legitimate vessel could be immediately terminated at the discretion of the ship's captain. I hope the UN hasn't screwed up THIS law, too.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-01-22 14:34|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-22 14:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Does the UK still have those cage things they use to display the bodies pirates in? We should borrow them if they do.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2006-01-22 15:49|| 2006-01-22 15:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Link, Cyber Sarge, to what you said about the three USN ships?

Posted by Edward Yee 2006-01-22 16:00|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2006-01-22 16:00|| Front Page Top

#11 #5: Rule #1, never "capture" pirates.

Should be 'Never announce you've captured pirates'.

Might as well, the 16 Indians will talk.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-22 16:03|| 2006-01-22 16:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Sure Ed here is a link to the USS Winston Churchill all the info is there. Wonder if ther Brits ever named a ship after a U.S. figure?

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-01-22 16:09|| 2006-01-22 16:09|| Front Page Top

#13 It's OK to announce that you've captured pirates...

... after saying that they had confessed, had offered to lead you to their boats, then encountered accomplices, who started shooting....

You know the rest.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-01-22 17:51|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-01-22 17:51|| Front Page Top

#14 USS RAB? I like it!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-22 18:01|| 2006-01-22 18:01|| Front Page Top

#15 Wonder if ther Brits ever named a ship after a U.S. figure
Yes, HMS Battle Aze.

Posted by 6 2006-01-22 19:35|| 2006-01-22 19:35|| Front Page Top

#16 Damn, that HMS Battle Axe of course.

and yes.... HMS Boxer

Posted by 6 2006-01-22 19:36|| 2006-01-22 19:36|| Front Page Top

#17 HMS DumbAsABoxerOfRocks

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-22 20:58|| 2006-01-22 20:58|| Front Page Top

#18

A guided missile destroyer against a dhow?
Those boys must be really bored!
What about the pirates of the carribean?
They should clean up the local pond.

Posted by Skidmark 2006-01-22 22:06|| 2006-01-22 22:06|| Front Page Top

#19 The brits have all those glorius names, so how about HMS Blasfemous?

Posted by Al Aska Paul">Al Aska Paul 2006-01-22 22:06|| 2006-01-22 22:06|| Front Page Top

#20 The BBC is calling them "Pirates" as if they naturally are not just because we caught some.

One of those missiles should land on BBC World Heaquarters. I am so tired of the MSM foreign and domestic I could almost go postal on their wasted skins.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2006-01-22 22:37|| 2006-01-22 22:37|| Front Page Top

#21 I don't know about anyone else on RB, but there was an HMS Jackal.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-01-22 22:42|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-01-22 22:42|| Front Page Top

#22 HMS or USS Seafarious would make a great pirate-catching ship name, yes?

Arrrrgh...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-01-22 23:19|| 2006-01-22 23:19|| Front Page Top

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