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I too wish we would send more than a single vessel, but I would not under estimate this ship. Here's the list of goodies: Armament: Missiles: Flight I: 90 cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Flights II and IIA: 96 cell Mk 41 VLS Tomahawk (missile) RIM-66M Standard medium range SAM (has an ASuW mode)[citation needed] RIM-161 Standard Ballistic missile defense missile for Aegis BMD (15 ships as of March 2009[6]) RIM-162 ESSM (4 per cell) SAM (DDG-79 onward) RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC RIM-174A Standard ERAM added in 2011 2 x Mk 141 Harpoon Missile Launcher SSM (not in Flight IIA units)[7] Guns: 1 or 2 × 5-inch (127-mm)/54 Mk-45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun) (DDG-51 through −80); or 1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/62 Mk-45 mod 4 (lightweight gun) (DDG-81 onwards) 2 × (DDG-51 through −84); or 1 × (DDG-85 onwards) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannons Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (six Mk-46 or Mk-50 torpedoes, Mk-54 in the near future)

Agree- she’s far from being a skiff with a ma deuce on it.

Once again here, as with Baltimore et. al, it’s not the firepower on scene. It’s the leadership making a wise and decisive choice to use it appropriately and in accordance with US national interest.

We have a leadership issue.

In other words, we could have a CVN group offshore, and the hostages would still be screwed, I’m sorry to say.

Thanks for posting this. The fire power of our modern DDS's is incredible. "I would not under estimate this ship. Here's the list of goodies: Armament: Missiles: Flight I: 90 cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Flights II and IIA: 96 cell Mk 41 VLS Tomahawk (missile) RIM-66M Standard medium range SAM (has an ASuW mode)[citation needed] RIM-161 Standard Ballistic missile defense missile for Aegis BMD (15 ships as of March 2009[6]) RIM-162 ESSM (4 per cell) SAM (DDG-79 onward) RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC RIM-174A Standard ERAM added in 2011 2 x Mk 141 Harpoon Missile Launcher SSM (not in Flight IIA units)[7] Guns: 1 or 2 × 5-inch (127-mm)/54 Mk-45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun) (DDG-51 through −80); or 1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/62 Mk-45 mod 4 (lightweight gun) (DDG-81 onwards) 2 × (DDG-51 through −84); or 1 × (DDG-85 onwards) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannons Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (six Mk-46 or Mk-50 torpedoes, Mk-54 in the near future)." Of course if Obozo, Kerry and the Muslim Brotherhood in charge of the Outhouse limit what our sailors can use in a battle, none of this counts:

“I too wish we would send more than a single vessel...”

You can take it to the bank that there is at least one attack sub, probably two, on semi-permanent station in the area. They just rotate them out occasionally. And I seriously doubt Buckwheat even knows it.

Hey, you had me at one Navy rapid fire five inch. Just bring candy and flowers, and maybe a couple brewskis. The USS Farragut can sting. And they don’t have to close the 60 miles. All they need is “the word.”