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  • USS Gonzalez Wards Off Attack on Civilian Mariners in Indian Ocean

    06/08/2005 3:56:01 PM PDT · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 46 replies · 1,577+ views
    Navy Newsstand ^ | 6/8/2005 | USS Gonzalez Public Affairs
    INDIAN OCEAN (NNS) -- U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), currently operating as part of Task Force 51 in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, helped ward off an attack on motor vessel Tigris June 6 in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia. The guided-missile destroyer received word of the attack via a bridge-to-bridge radio report from Tigris. The crew of the motor vessel, who escaped uninjured, reported they were under attack and being fired upon. “The master [of Tigris] sounded extremely scared and provided Gonzalez his position and requested immediate assistance,” said Cmdr. Jeffrey...