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  • U.S. Navy Ships Return Fire on Suspected Pirates

    03/18/2006 11:21:12 AM PST · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 115 replies · 3,144+ views
    www.news.navy.mil ^ | 3/18/2006 12:18:00 PM | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command
    ABOARD USS CAPE ST. GEORGE, At sea (NNS) -- USS Cape St. George (CG 71) and USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) returned fire on a group of suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean, killing one and wounding five, approximately 25 nautical miles off the central eastern coast of Somalia in international waters at 5:40 a.m. local time, March 18. Cape St. George, a guided-missile cruiser, and Gonzalez, a guided-missile destroyer, were conducting maritime security operations in the area as part of Combined Task Force 150, a maritime coalition task force currently led by Royal Netherlands Navy Commodore Hank Ort, when they...