Extra points to the Iranian who knew enough English to get the Americans to power up the five inch gun.
RADIO CONVERSATION WENT THIS WAY:
Iranian gunboat: "Yankee crusader warship, in the name of Allah we command you to be boarded!"
USS Hopper: "Unidentified vessel on this net, identify yourself"
I.B.: "We are the Revolutionary Guard's supreme navy and we're coming to destroy you!"
USS Hopper: "Lay to, and come about you are too close to a United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyer!"
I.B.: "Prepare to die, we are going to explode you!"
USS Hopper: Ding, ding, ding, ding,...now man battle stations surface warfare...ding, ding, ding
I.B.: "Squawk, crackle, squeek,(cross talk) Praise the Prophet, commander Adullah, their gun is swinging around at us, their missile silo doors are opening... er, Yankee warship, don't fire, we were just joking!