Navy ship? Been on them know they suck, but what is he afraid of? Squids got the conn.
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Could be the boy is on one of the USNS supply ships. Maybe one of the ones getting docked due to Adm. Lisa’s lack of help. But the supply ships are un-armed. At most they have a couple of rifles to throw lines with. And the Irans like to crowd them a little. Best they can hope for is one of their escorts, a Cyclone maybe, to be close by with some 20mm.