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USS Gonzalez Wards Off Attack on Civilian Mariners in Indian Ocean
Navy Newsstand ^
| 6/8/2005
| USS Gonzalez Public Affairs
Posted on 06/08/2005 3:56:01 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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Why did they let the attackers go? Weird.
030906-N-5471P-003 Atlantic Ocean (Sept. 6, 2003) - The guided missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) underway in the Atlantic Ocean during a work-up exercise before the ships scheduled deployment. Gonzalez is assigned to the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Carrier Strike Group, commanded by Rear Adm. James Stavridis. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Aaron Peterson (RELEASED)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Why did they let the attackers go? Weird."
Don't let the attackers get away. Fire for
effect until Jolly Roger and his crew
are part of the ecosystem.
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:00:34 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
A DDG is capable of making about 34 or 36 knots. A go fast V bottom off shore speed boat is capable of 70 to 110 knots.
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:00:38 PM PDT
by
exnavy
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:01:15 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Coming soon from Newsweek: "Fallujah - we had to destroy it in order to save it.")
To: Jerry K.
Yep. And who knows? Maybe they have people in custody but aren't reporting it while they're being interrogated.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
You don't get into a donkey-kicking contest with the guy who wears the biggest pair of cowboy boots on the planet...
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:02:16 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation 4th of July ~)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
They might have engaged the bad guys with their 5" if they got good targeting information. Of course, if the bad guys were close enough to the good guys that might have been a sort of anus-puckering experience for them... There's this thing called CEP, or "circular error probable" IIRC...
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Nice... Good on ya, guys!
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:10:18 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Don't get strung out... by the way I look...)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Because their primary concern was the protection of the M/V, not chasing after a lone attacker. If she had done that (gone chasing after a pirate that was in all likelyhood tinier and faster than her), she would have left the M/V vulnerable to an attack from another quarter. Not a good thing.
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:11:08 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(WinDoze XXXES. Adult-rated, ready for the desktop! It STILL sucks -but the sound effects are better)
To: exnavy
A DDG is capable of making about 34 or 36 knots.
I don't believe the 34-36 knots, but I don't believe it will do 70-110 knots either. A DDG will exceed 40 knots however.
Regardless, they are awesome ships.
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:12:09 PM PDT
by
chainsaw
To: Billthedrill
They might have engaged the bad guys with their 5"
They don't have 5" anymore. It's 3" with a range of 25 miles.
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:14:08 PM PDT
by
chainsaw
To: chainsaw
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Paul Harvey had this story and said the Tigris, being a steel hull, ran over and knifed the pirate vessel----still watching for more detail.
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:17:44 PM PDT
by
cherokee1
(skip the names---just kick the buttz)
To: Utilizer
I can see that. I hope the Gonzalez lit them up real good with the .50 cals.
To: cherokee1
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Why did they let the attackers go? Weird. It is not inconceivable that the pirates are currently fish food and their vessel is in pieces at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
The navy has a way about these things. Secure the smoking sponson and nobody sees anything. A few chiefs and officers report that the ship hightailed it out of there after they fired "warning" shots. Who would ever know?
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:21:24 PM PDT
by
Drew68
(IYAOYAS! Semper Gumby!)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:22:23 PM PDT
by
Mark17
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
God Bless the USS Gonzalez and all HER Sailors!
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posted on
06/08/2005 4:23:05 PM PDT
by
JOE43270
(JOE43270 America voted and said we are One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All.)
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