April 02, 2010
BRINGING A KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT
From the local paper: a few nights ago, Somali pirates in a skiff decided to pick a fight with a medium-sized ship around midnight, apparently expecting that the merchantman would do the usual -- heave to, be boarded, and the ship and her crew ransomed off at a nice profit. Unfortunately for the pirates, the ship they picked happened to be USS Nicholas, a Perry-class frigate. The skiff was destroyed in short order and the mother ship intercepted and captured.
Posted by LMC at April 2, 2010 07:02 PM | TrackBackComments
That's no moon....
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