To: nickcarraway
Not a gun ship.
14 posted on
05/07/2009 10:44:59 AM PDT by
spodefly
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To: spodefly
I looked up USS Lewis and Clark on wikipedia. It’s a Ben Franklin Class atomic sub. Someone got the ship’s name wrong.
To: spodefly
This vessel has considerable firepower in the form of crew served automatic weapons mounted on the rails of the upper floors of the bridge superstructure. Both M-2 heavy machine guns and 40mm grenade launchers will ruin your day.
Either of these weapons can laydown enough suppressive fire to make these "pirates" abandon the attack and save their bullets for less hardened targets.
34 posted on
05/07/2009 10:53:22 AM PDT by
STD
(No Longer Dazzled by Omama)
To: spodefly
Not a gun ship. Then put some guns on it. Big ass guns.
49 posted on
05/07/2009 10:59:04 AM PDT by
dead
To: spodefly
Even if it’s not a gun ship they should have run the bastards over.
85 posted on
05/07/2009 11:26:40 AM PDT by
raybbr
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To: spodefly
Hep me out here.
A US Navy vessel and it's not armed? No Phalanx? No quad 50s, no nuthin? No M-16s, no pistols? Is this one of those all-female ships?
WTF, over?
91 posted on
05/07/2009 11:34:05 AM PDT by
Kenny Bunk
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To: spodefly
Any ship could be a “gun” ship.....
All US Naval vessels operating in dangerous waters should have some mounted guns and crew that could operate them.....
108 posted on
05/07/2009 11:58:53 AM PDT by
nevergore
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To: spodefly
No it is not a gun ship but as a former US Navy man I can tell you they have weapons on board. On top of that THEY HAVE THE HIGH GROUND and could have blasted them to bits. Why they didn't turn around and blow them out of the water is beyond me. "Obamessiah the Weak" must have standing orders for us to tuck our tails and run away.
Disgusting
To: spodefly
How hard would it be to arm it with a few 50 Cal’s, and maybe a few Dragon missile launchers?
138 posted on
05/07/2009 4:39:07 PM PDT by
Kozak
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To: spodefly
If not able to deal with pirates- needs escort that can. With the threat of terrorists and others that wish to do us harm we should not have a Navy ship out there without the means to defend itself.
150 posted on
05/07/2009 9:14:10 PM PDT by
Tammy8
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