Posted on 09/24/2008 2:39:47 PM PDT by Islander7
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday it appeared pirates had tried to attack one of its big military oil tankers.
A security team aboard the vessel opened fire on two small boats near Somalia after they ignored warnings and pursued the ship, a U.S. Fifth Fleet spokesman said.
"From all appearances it does look like it was a pirate attack and the incident is currently under investigation," he said by telephone from Bahrain.
He said the Military Sealift Command (MSC) oil tanker, the John Lenthall, which usually carries a range of fuels for the U.S. armed forces, was transiting outside Somalia's territorial waters when the incident took place.
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Navy tankers dont have any weaponry at all? Not a naval expert but wouldnt a navy tanker have some type of escort?
Exactly what I was thinking...these are nothing but terrorist Muslims...Jefferson dealt with them by dispatching them to Paradise, Allah and their 72 Virgins ... BTW has anyone asked if the virgins will be women? I’ve wondered how that could be since women are supposed to separate from the men in Paradise, taking care of the children and reading the Koran!
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“Navy tankers dont have any weaponry at all? Not a naval expert but wouldnt a navy tanker have some type of escort?”
You’d figure they’d have at least a couple 25mm auto-cannon mounts on each side.
It wasn't the Welcome Wagon. But they don't like prey that shoots back. I say double the security detachments, run up the holiday colors and let them know who they're making a run on. I doubt it will become a habit.
“i think the mcs is manned by civilians not navy...”
i still love the image.
“i think the mcs is manned by civilians not navy...”
i still love the image.
The John Lenthall is manned by a crew of 103; 82 civil service mariners and 21 Navy.
Somalia’s been a festering sore since Clinton screwed the pooch there in the ‘90’s...it’s going to have to be dealt with by someone, and that means the US..the Euros aint going to do it.
The Bofors gun was a twin-barrelled antiaircraft gun of WW2 vintage, made by the Bofors company of Sweden, I believe. Well-known piece of ordinance which still sees service to this day, in some smaller militaries...
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Kill the natives and then open it up to ‘40-acres and a mule’.
That colonized America... and look at us now - we’re the best nation on Earth!
Think of how much better we’ll be with a new territory ready for colonization.
I just hope our seamen got to introduce a towel head or 12 to allah and those 72 virgins.
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I wonder where exactly they were. When my ship was patrolling off the east Somali coast a few years ago we had to go pretty far back north to get fuel. No oilers came down to us. Of course they may have changed their SOP since then, or the oiler was off the north shore of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden.
Classic photo bump!
No, but the skiff captain did sleep in a Holiday Inn last night...
I’m not saying they sent the ship there for that purpose, but perhaps it was in transit anyway, and some clever frogman thought.....hmmmm....lets hunt over some bait.
Somebody else missed a dandy opportunity!
Mahmud! Hassan! Look my brothers, the infidels are removing the coverings from their tractors....AIIIIEEEE!
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