What were they thinkin' ??
 

Somali pirates opened fire on the Guided Missile Frigate U.S.S. Nicholas. These ships carry more firepower than a WWII Battle ship.

Kind of like kicking a Bull in the Nards, but much less productive.

There just ain't a cure for Stupid. GO NAVY !

Just an example of God putting a filter on the gene pool.

Was there a happy ending with us sinking them?

Hmmmm...No hot links in your post for inquiring minds, so here's CBS's unbiased report...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...n6354292.shtml

Bwahahahahaha!!!

heh, heh

I'm not sure about other locales, but around here a "skiff" is about 8' or maybe 10' long...What are these imbeciles doing in the *ocean* with a boat that small??? :rolleyes:

...And what is a "mothership" to a skiff??? A houseboat??? :confused:

Firing an expansive missle on a scrap pirate boat is not cost effective.

Alvin,

They wouldn't have fired a missile. They would have used M60 or .50 cal. machine guns, or possibly a Phalanx chain gun. This ship is also armed with a 5"x54 auto loading gun mount.

Using 2 or 3 .50 cal machine guns on a Skiff would severely dampen their day, and you might say it would ruin it completely. Even an M60 would make a mess.

"And what is a "mothership" to a skiff??? A houseboat???"

"Beer Barge":rolleyes: A fishing trawler.

Ron

A Missile may be "EXPENSIVE" but cannot be expansive

Good point on spelling. I am astonished that I have spelled it wrong for many years.

As gas price being so high, driving such a big warship around the world must cost something. What does this ship burn?..... not coal, I did not see chimney and black smoke.

It has twin 2500 H.P. gas turbine engines that burn JP5 or JP7 jet fuel, which is basically kerosene. The older ships were steam powered and burned bunker(black)oil.

Steam powered ships that burned bunker oil were not supposed to smoke at all. In fact they kept a close eye the stacks , and when they saw either black or white smoke , they would contact the boiler room and tell them "Your burning black" or "Your burning white" so that they could adjust the mixture. Smoke gives your position away.

When I watch an old war movies showing ships beltching plumbs of smoke I kind of get a chuckle out of it. It's like telling enemy ships, "Shoot here".

Ron

I'm kinda suprised that we dont have one or two of our subs patrolling that area, and when the pirates decide to pull a job, that we don't sink them.

Just a thought

Newluger

expansive would imply a device which would grow to gigantic
 

proportions and leave a BIG hole in the ocean.....

P.S. i would hope anything expensive in the way of a missile
 

would also be expansive.............

When I was a kid Squid riding the diesel boats (1963-1966), all that we had on westpac was M2 .50cals. That did work very well on bumboats and sampans. However, our old Boats were made to run on top and provided a somewhat stable gun platform. The new Boats are made to run under and are a big roller on the surface. Torpedoes and missiles are too expensive for a "skiff". The standard small arm, mouse gun, just can't do it. That is why the "targets" get the glory. Remember, only Two kind of vessels in our Navy, Submarines and targets. Best to all,
pitsword

Ron,

The Navy took the missile launchers from the Hazard Class frigates. They only have guns now.

Mike:eek:

Attached are some pics of the sad fate of the USS Buchanan (DDG-14), which was used for target practice (not sure exactly what weapon/weapons caused the damage). Mount 51 (5", 54 Cal.) is visible in the pic of the Port Bow. The 5", 54's (rapid fire) replaced the 5", 38's of WW2 fame. Wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of either!
Best Regards, Don

When we were on the gun line, we had a hang-fire in mount 52. Primer was punched, but it didn't go bang.

After about a 30 min. wait, a 3rd Class Boatswain's Mate named Ike Issacson volunteered to climb into the mount and extract the hot canister. He carried it out and threw it over the side. When we got back, he was awarded the Navy Commendation medal for valor.

Make them walk the plank!

Arrrrrrr


Jerry