U.S. Navy Arrives on Scene of Hijacked American Ship

Fox News ^ | 4/8/2009

[Ramius]

What innocents who die?

[mylife]

I was waiting for a fast attack sub to show up.

[Kirkwood]

Blackwater doesn’t exist any longer. That company is called Xe.

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks Fragg!

Bainbridge has been a traditional name for Navy ships....there've been four of them.

[eaglestar]

“We are deeply concerned and we are following it very closely,” Clinton said.

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A fleet Chinese Nuclear Subs could wash up on the shores of San Francisco and she’d probably say the same thing.

[ThirdMate]

Depends also on the type of cargo the vessel carries.

I have sailed on tankers loaded with 40,000 barrels of gasoline and jet fuel, and you were not allowed to carry a cell phone or lighter on deck. The wrenches and tools were non-sparking bronze.

Engaging in a gunfight would be mutually assured destruction.

Frgds,
3/M

[ArmstedFragg]

Dawn’s coming over there. I suspect we’ll be hearing something soon.

[DrewsMum]

“Give them our most gifted leaders in exchange for the captain: Nancy Pelosi and Barney Fag”

I am not sure I hate even the terrorists that much...to do that to them... ;0)

[BIGLOOK]

That's gonna be a tough titty solution, My. Last I'd heard, the Skipper of the Alabama was in a life boat with the pirates.

However....a bump in the night might do the trick.

Feed 'em to the SEALS.

[FoxInSocks]

And I have a real difficult time calling Obama an “American”.

No, he's the archetypal American't.

[myaccount2009]

We need to send in an entire fleet and show these pirates who’s boss

[Phileleutherus Franciscus]

We need to send in an entire fleet and show these pirates who’s boss

The only way to make that work (even with a fleet) is to queue up the merchant ships and make them convoy under guard.

Or nuke the place to glass...

[Rebelbase]

“One semi-well aimed tactical nuke will permanently stop this bullshit.”

And enlarge a Somali harbor.

[Ramius]

And enlarge a Somali harbor.

I believe that could be called the new Sea of Kenya.

or something. :-)

[keat]

Hmmm. Title indicates that a naval vessel has arrived on the scene than proceeds to offer no evidence that this is the case.

[Rebelbase]

Obama Bay?

[BARLF]

Thank you!

[zaphod3000]

USS BAINBRIDGE DDG-96 CLASS - ARLEIGH BURKE Flight IIa As Built. Displacement 8373 Tons (Full), Dimensions: 509' 5" (oa) x 66' 11" x 20' (Max) Armament: 1 x 5"/62 RF, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), 96 VLS Cells, 2 SH-60B helicopters, 8 Harpoon Missiles, 6 x 12.75" TT. Machinery: 100,000 SHP; 4 GE LM-2500 Gas Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 30+ Knots, Range 4400 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 370. Operational and Building Data: Christened at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine 13 November 2004 Commissioned 12 November 2005 at Ft. Lauderdale. Active unit of the US Navy. Homeported at Norfolk, VA.

[A.A. Cunningham]

That would be difficult to pull off in light of this.

[El Gato]

It is unclear, however, how the standoff will end, given that Western countries in the past have faced legal difficulties in pursuing such pirates in international waters.

What "legal difficulties". Piracy has always been a violation of international law. It doesn't matter who the pirates are, what nation they are from (or protects them!). Warships of all nations are obliged to go after pirates.