U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors

cnn.com ^ | Fri January 6, 2012 | U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

(CNN) -- U.S. sailors from a carrier strike group whose recent presence in the Persian Gulf drew the ire of Iranian military officials have rescued 13 of the Middle Eastern country's sailors from a hijacked fishing boat, a military spokesman said Friday.

The destroyer USS Kidd came to the aid of the ship Thursday in the North Arabian sea, near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, according to the Navy.

The rescue prompted the captain of the freed ship to offer his "sincere gratitude," according to Josh Schminky, a Navy Criminal Investigative Service agent aboard the Kidd.

[Spok]

“iranian fishermen are not our enemy...we saved the crew of a fishing vessel.”

Exactly. If the ship was North Korean, the government would shoot them all to prevent their spreading seditious lies about American generosity. It may happen anyway.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

You're correct my bad. I don't know how but I read the article as our Navy assisting the Iranian Navy.In which our MSM (rarely reports if at all even exists)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Navy

It was fisherman therefore it is a righteous thing we did.

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[A.A. Cunningham]

120106-N-ZZ999-004 ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 6, 2012) A Sailor assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd's (DDG 100) visit, board, search and seizure team greets a crew member of the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai. Kidd's visit, board, search and seizure team detained 15 suspected pirates, who were holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for several weeks, according to the members of the crew. Kidd is conducting counter-piracy and maritime security operations while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

120105-N-ZZ999-002 ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 5, 2012) A U.S. Navy SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter provides support to a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team in a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100). The VBSS team boarded the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai after the dhow's master claimed he was being held captive by pirates. Kidd's VBSS team detained 15 suspected pirates who were reportedly holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for the last two months. Kidd is conducting counter-piracy and maritime security operations while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

120105-N-ZZ999-001 ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 5, 2012) A Sailor aboard a safety boat observes a visit, board, search and seizure team, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100), board the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai. Kidd's visit, board, search and seizure team detained 15 suspected pirates, who were holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for the last two months, according to the members of the crew. Kidd is conducting counter-piracy and maritime security operations while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

120105-N-ZZ999-003 ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 5, 2012) The guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) responds to a distress call from the master of the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai, who claimed he was being held captive by pirates. Kidd's visit, board, search and seizure team, boarded and detained 15 suspected pirates, who were reportedly holding the 13-member Iranian crew hostage for the last two months. Kidd is conducting counter-piracy and maritime security operations while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

[centermass_socrates]

Thanks for posting these pics. It did me good to see them. I have been plucked out of the waves myself....It is a big bad ocean out there, definitely.

[rmlew]

It is a shame that the ship involved is the latest USS Kidd, and not DDG-993, the last one. The older Kidd Class Destroyers were heavily modified Spruance Class Destroyers, essentially Flight 1 Ticonderoga Cruisers without the Aegis system, which were ordered by the Shah of Iran. After the revolution, this class was finished and kept by the US Navy. The irony of a ship originally built for the Shah and named Kouroush (Cyrus), rescuing Iranian sailors would have been lovely.

DDG-993 is now ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)

[Bringbackthedraft]

Yeah it is strange. We saved them but they will be our enemy again tomorrow........................................ In my short span of life on this planet I have learned that today’s enemies become our friends the day after tomorrow. One of my closer friends was in the Soviet Navy during the cold war. How about those dirty Japs and murdering Germans? I found friends from both of those countries after the war. I wear a shirt and I drink coffee that came from in Vietnam. I have Iranian friends living here, they are just like us. It saddens me to think that they can’t do anything about getting rid of the controlling Arab mullah gangsters. They want their country purged of them. Obama has his head up his butt when it comes to helping the Iranian decedents.

[Bringbackthedraft]

No decent sailor is ever going to abandon a fellow mariner in distress — even an enemy ................................. OH??? Do you know why the German Navy Admiral Raeder got off lightly at Nuremberg? There was some interesting testimony from American Admirals. It appeared that there were quite a few indecent American sailors in the Pacific Theater.

[Loud Mime]

There are many good people here from Iran.

Let me put it this way: Does everybody in the U.S. agree with Obama?

[RipSawyer]

Amen, brother! That was one of the first things the Navy taught me, you might blow the enemy ship out of the water but you don’t leave survivors floating around and you don’t leave them in captivity by pirates.

[Stonewall Jackson]

Rear Admiral Isaac Kidd was commander of Battleship Division One and flew his flag from the Arizona. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Kidd rushed to the bridge and was trying to expedite the sortieing of his ships when the ship exploded. The only thing ever found of him was his Navy Academy class ring, which was fused into the bulkhead by the heat of the blast and resulting fire.

The other ships in the Kidd-class were named after Admirals Callaghan and Scott, who were killed during the Night Battle of Guadalcanal (Admiral Scott was killed by not-so-friendly fire from Admiral Callaghan's flagship) and Admiral Chandler, who was killed when a kamikaze struck his heavy cruiser flagship off the Philippines.

[MaxMax]

At first I thought they were Iranian military sailors.
The sea has rules of honor.

[Romulus]

It appeared that there were quite a few indecent American sailors in the Pacific Theater.

In the heat of battle, lots of things happen that shouldn't happen. It's nothing to be proud of. Looking back afterwards, I'm sure quite a few had regrets.

[Romulus]

Honor applies between enemy warriors also. US naval personnel are not thugs or executioners. The belief that such behavior is inexcusable is part of what they’re fighting for — I hope.