Posted on 12/24/2021 7:59:29 AM PST by texas booster
U.S. 5th Fleet ships seized approximately 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a stateless fishing vessel during a flag verification boarding in accordance with customary international law in the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 20.
U.S. Navy patrol coastal ships USS Tempest (PC 2) and USS Typhoon (PC 5) found the weapons during a search conducted by embarked U.S. Coast Guard personnel. The illicit weapons and ammunition were later transported to guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) where they await final disposition.
The stateless vessel was assessed to have originated in Iran and transited international waters along a route historically used to traffic weapons unlawfully to the Houthis in Yemen. The direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer of weapons to the Houthis violates U.N. Security Council Resolutions and U.S. sanctions.
The vessel’s five crew members identified themselves as Yemeni nationals and will be returned to Yemen.
After removing the crew and illicit cargo, U.S. naval forces determined the stateless vessel was a hazard to navigation for commercial shipping and sank it.
Guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) seized dozens of advanced Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, thousands of Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, and hundreds of PKM machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers from a stateless vessel transiting the North Arabian Sea in May.
In February, guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) seized a cache of weapons off the coast of Somalia, including thousands of AK-47 assault rifles, light machine guns, heavy sniper rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and crew served weapons. The inventory also included barrels, stocks, optical scopes and weapon systems.
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet
PC 5 (Five Boat) was our sister boat. I was on Six Boat (Sirocco) for three years. Loved every second of it. We were still SPEC OPS then. Did some interesting things...
Looks like a live shot of the (now) sunken dhow.
Are those things ever used for anything except smuggling?
That's a lotta crap the dhow is carrying. And we ask our guys to touch it?
Are you sure? Wouldn't AOC and the White House rather bring them to the USA as special refugees?
Nice overhead shot of the dhow.
in accordance with customary international law in the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 20.
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search conducted by embarked U.S. Coast Guard personnel.
***Coast Guard? Isn’t their bailiwick supposed to be the US Coasts?
I wonder if they will be resold through Atlanta Cutlery? The sale could offset the budget deficit.
I’ll take a Type 56, or three.
Yeah, I suspect that the crew should have advised the Navy that they were Mexican nationals and asked for asylum.
The Navy wouldn’t believe them but someone in Congress or on PBS would scream for repatriation.
And gift cards plus Medicaid for life.
Has the statute of limitations passed where you can share some stories of derring-do?
*beeeeeeyooooooowwwwwww*
*screeching tires*
“Yes, officer, what is it?”
“May I see your license and registration, please?”
As I mentioned in another thread, why not handcuff the smugglers to the boat and scuttle it.
I was gonna say! Will there be a sale?
No, the Navy has sent the CG all over the world.
Some is for cross training of the crews, and some is because the CG has a different, nonmilitary mission.
Maybe some other coasties can chime in here.
That’s fine. However it should be noted that the 9/11 Saudis despite acquiring over $ 1 trillion worth of American military equipment cannot overcome irregulars in adjacent Yemen and create stability. Watching Biden beg these corrupt, cowardly lowlifes to pump more oil is repulsive.
Thanks for the story ... ;)
Nope. Never will. I can say we worked with the best in the world (multiple countries and services) and visited places no other sailors have been since WWII or before.
CG has been sent to dozens of countries, at least since the ‘60s.
I would guess it’s ‘coast guard’ due to the type of ships and training.
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