1 posted on
11/07/2005 3:49:25 PM PST by
SandRat
To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; AirForceMom; ..
Navy comes to aid of Cruise Ship.
2 posted on
11/07/2005 3:49:57 PM PST by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Just thinking out loud here. Why doesn't a cruise ship have a means of defense? I mean, it wouldn't take all that much for a 50 mm cannon to be mounted for ship defense.
The thought of a Somalai pirate trying to swim 100 miles to shore just makes me all warm inside.
3 posted on
11/07/2005 3:51:57 PM PST by
Hodar
(With Rights, come Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: SandRat
Interesting, that explains why the RPGs "stuck" instead of exploded.
To: SandRat
I think that deck guns would tend to make some of the passengers a bit nervous.
Although they do offer Skeet off the fantail...
5 posted on
11/07/2005 3:55:44 PM PST by
Yo-Yo
To: SandRat
during a Nov. 5 attack by pirates near the coast of Somalia Typical MSM. Leaving out the "Amish" again. I think it's time to start racial profiling.
6 posted on
11/07/2005 3:57:11 PM PST by
neodad
(Rule Number 1: Be Armed)
To: SandRat; Travis McGee; archy
PUCA mission complete....Big Watch Little Pecker Club Clock says it's now ......... Oh Beer Thirty !
8 posted on
11/07/2005 4:01:23 PM PST by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: SandRat
All about Seaborne Spirit...
MASH HEREPretty nice...but I like Crystal
9 posted on
11/07/2005 4:09:15 PM PST by
GRRRRR
(America is a better place because of people like us...)
To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...
The U.S. Navy responded Nov. 7 to a request to dispose of suspected unexploded ordnance left over from a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) that struck the cruise liner Seabourn Spirit during a Nov. 5 attack by pirates near the coast of Somalia. Members of U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, Detachment 4, were already in Seychelles to provide support to a previously scheduled port visit by USS Gonzalez. The EOD team met Seabourn Spirit at sea prior to its arrival in port.
Two RPG rounds had struck Seabourn Spirit while the vessel evaded the pirates’ attempt to board.
16 posted on
11/07/2005 7:53:02 PM PST by
Calpernia
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