When Pirates Attacked 2 American Warships

When Pirates Attacked 2 American Warships | March 2006

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Жыл бұрын

In March 2006, the USS Gonzalez and the USS Cape St George were conducting a board and search operation on a suspicious vessel in the Indian Ocean. As two American boarding teams approached the craft, small arms fire began to be received from pirates stationed on the vessel, forcing the boarding teams to disengage and return to the safety of the warships; however, the unexpected then happened, as the pirates switched their fire onto the two warships themselves, marking the first time in the 21st Century that a US Navy ship had come under fire from an enemy vessel.
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@livethforevermore Жыл бұрын

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@jasonvazquez2563 Жыл бұрын

Destroyer and a Tico Cruiser, big difference

@exrep0182 Жыл бұрын

Sounds very interesting 🤔 👀

@goofyone4043 11 ай бұрын

Somali's obviously aren't too bright...LOL

@richardschwartz5797 11 ай бұрын

The problem is. Is that we have been become so "weak" in the minds of any agressor that they are not intimidated in approaching our forces. VERY SAD

@siroswaldfortitude5346 10 ай бұрын

I think our navy should just blow them out of the water, and leave them to the sharks. Arresting them is not a deterrent. @@richardschwartz5797

@TheGlasspix Жыл бұрын

Abdul now an instant uncontested Darwin award hall of famer.

@kleuafflatus Жыл бұрын

I'd say it's a tough competition with the stowaways who attacked the crew of a ship in the English channel literally outside of the British SBS base lol

@RadioactiveSherbet Жыл бұрын

@@kleuafflatus Maybe they had no idea where they were? Dunno.

@bostonrailfan2427 Жыл бұрын

@@kleuafflatus nah, those deserve to be praised: on-the-job training is rare, they gave the SBS commandos a great training chance 🤣

@edwinsalau150 Жыл бұрын

@@kleuafflatus Was Maggie p.m. at the time? For their sake I hope not!

@edwinsalau150 Жыл бұрын

It must be a relative that we have in the United States Congress from Minnesota!

@ghostshadow8419 Жыл бұрын

USS Cape St. George: "They scratched my paint!"

@spartan078ben Жыл бұрын

And the ship took it personally...

@krafterz12 Жыл бұрын

Tis but a scratch

@stephenmccalley8346 Жыл бұрын

Yes, deck division was not happy.

@haz1013 2 ай бұрын

They are not attacking cargo, cruise or tanker ship but THE BOSS.😂😂😂 Ooops!!!

@ricwalker6600 Жыл бұрын

For everyone wondering: the 12 Pirates were exchanged for hostages of a freight ship that went missing in January the same year. i had to quite dig deep for that one. But of course this happened behind closed doors and was covered up quite nicely. Officially the USA does not make deals with terrorists and pirates. but behind the scenes... well, if innocents can get back to their loved ones, its worth in my book.

@otpyrcralphpierre1742 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that. Thank you for your work on this, I'm sure it took a Lot of time.

@CJ-1776 Жыл бұрын

good info. Yeah 12 useless pieces of trash in exchange for innocent people is a trade I'd make every day. That coast is so infested with these rodents that sending 12 of them back is pretty insignificant.

@otpyrcralphpierre1742 Жыл бұрын

@@CJ-1776 I would have sent them back with a remote-control hidden destruct button. BOOM! Take out their Peeps, too.

@josevarela3913 Жыл бұрын

Unless there’s a basketball player involved.

@collincaperton6718 Жыл бұрын

@Otpyrc Ralph Pierre that would completely destroy up any trust either side has for eachother to be able to make proper exchanges, if this were to happen not only would it be a war crime but we would never be able to negotiate an exchange again

@jrwhite7916 Жыл бұрын

The epitome of "bringing a knife to a gun fight"... "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" also comes to mind.

@eaglepeakalpha Жыл бұрын

I love how you put the word damage between apostrophes when describing the 'Damage' done to USS Cape St George

@bostonrailfan2427 Жыл бұрын

it’s still damage even if it’s nothing some filler and paint won’t fix then again, they’re probably just going to repaint and put markers where the dings were to commemorate the event

@ATBatmanMALS31 Жыл бұрын

@@bostonrailfan2427 the black shoe navy sure does have a hard on for remembering battle damage ... in the airwing, we just hoped the next damage wouldn't be in the same spot (harder to repair)...

@joebloe1401 Жыл бұрын

🦍🐒🐵APES NOT TOO SMART, EH!!!! 😄🙂🙃

@nikel- Жыл бұрын

Well, it is still a damage. I imagine some people furiously repainted the whole thing

@shingoku999999 Жыл бұрын

Lol dents and chips in the paint. Wtf were the skinnies thinking?

@robbabcock_ Жыл бұрын

Wow! There's an IQ test for you, attacking a destroyer with an RPG!😂

@RadioactiveSherbet Жыл бұрын

I mean, I dunno if these guys are given target profiles of warships & cargo vessels, but Jesus Christ, surely it would be rather obvious that something is up when 2 vessels are in formation with each other... and then open fire with machine guns. Maybe that should've been enough of a clue that continuing the engagement was *NOT* the best idea. haha

@edwinlamont4187 Жыл бұрын

Maybe they'd read about Lieutenant Mills and his lads on what they did to the ARA Guerrico at South Georgia in 1982!

@Fuhrerjehova Жыл бұрын

@@RadioactiveSherbet If I see a ship with canons on it I will not engage it with small arms and RPG fire. I don't need to know if it's a Swedish coastal corvette or a US destroyer, because I will be fucked either way.

@RadioactiveSherbet Жыл бұрын

@@Fuhrerjehova Nationality was not my point. It was simply warship vs. civilian ship. You are absolutely right, though. A warship is a warship... and RPGs & small arms vs a warship is like a knife to gunfight.

@allen6173 Жыл бұрын

@@RadioactiveSherbet A butter knife.

@bazzer124 Жыл бұрын

As a Navy vet I can only shake my head at the blatant stupidity of attacking a fully armed US Navy vessel with small arms. Bravo Zulu to all hands! Cheers....

@Dilllonm Жыл бұрын

its like attacking the death star except you guys dont have a exhaust port

@bazzer124 Жыл бұрын

@@Dilllonm and they don't have x-wing fighters! Cheers....

@CASA-dy4vs 2 ай бұрын

@@Dilllonmor, attacking an entire flotilla of Anti Air directed ships in a small piper cub

@sachaput Жыл бұрын

When I was in the US Navy in the mid'80s, we were attacked by three small craft off of Beirut in the early morning. They had slipped by our escort vessels and were within a few thousand yards. With our 5" guns and short-range missiles, all three were destroyed. One of the scarier hours I spent while serving.

@joyamador5992 Жыл бұрын

Why not just kill all of them ?

@danielcarlson800 Жыл бұрын

Last mistake those pirates WILL EVER MAKE!!!!!

@goodshipkaraboudjan Жыл бұрын

Ship?

@joyamador5992 Жыл бұрын

@@rezakarampour6286 Israel admit mistake. Not intentional.

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

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@Sapper21b10 Жыл бұрын

If only the stupidity of the pirates was just a little more lethal.

@Part_121_Wannabe Жыл бұрын

Those pirates are desperate, not stupid.

@bostonrailfan2427 Жыл бұрын

@@Part_121_Wannabe the one killed was probably their “leader” AKA the thug threatening them and their families forcing them into the job

@K0gashuk0 Жыл бұрын

It would have been nice if they were not too close for the five inch.

@allen480 Жыл бұрын

@@K0gashuk0 I call bullshit about the 5” being too close to use and I am very disappointed in the COs of both ships. They should have blown the Somalis to Mars!

@peterni2234 Жыл бұрын

@@allen480 no offense, but if that’s the thoughts you and I have, there’s ain’t no way either one of us is getting close to the fire control system.

@havocmwf Жыл бұрын

The real insanity isn't the pirates attacking two destroyers, it's the fact that the pirates were returned to their home country after being well-fed and cared for no doubt.

@bongodrumzz Жыл бұрын

and hopefully repatriated from 10,000 feet without parachutes?

@jacquesblaque7728 Жыл бұрын

Hardly. Those ex-pirates likely would spread the word that those gray-ghost ships' small arms (.50 cal M-2s) are badass. Shoulda fired a few rounds from 5"-54s.

@TheDunks209 Жыл бұрын

The U.S. ships were probably thankful. To them it was like a live action training drill.

@jonathanbair523 Жыл бұрын

Kinda makes you wonder what we are doing with are Navy there if they can't enforce the law of the sea on one of the most clean cut cases of pirates... Only case I can think of that is more clean cut is when the Pirates went to raid a war ship... I think that was a Dutch Friget...

@poonlenghenryyap2923 Жыл бұрын

@@TheDunks209 they probably framed d pirates after attacking the pirates.

@IsfetSolaris 9 ай бұрын

The pirates: "Ah yes, let's use our handheld weapons to attack a pair of warships with primary weapon emplacements and .50 caliber machine guns. I can't see how this could possibly end poorly!"

@ricksimmons7168 Жыл бұрын

The pirates need to go back to ship identification class.😂

@MrNemesisNuke Жыл бұрын

4 min video huh? Guess that’s how long the pirates lasted lmao

@TheOrangePatriot Жыл бұрын

i wish i lasted 4 mints

@joebloe1401 Жыл бұрын

🦍🐒🐵APES NOT TOO SMART, EH!!!! 😄🙂🙃

@masteroogway1586 Жыл бұрын

@@joebloe1401 thats a little racist but you know what fuck it i dont care

@John117-BlueTeam Жыл бұрын

Oh god, that got me rolling🤣

@Alexis_Gz Жыл бұрын

@@joebloe1401 funny thing you come from one😂

@Zachomara Жыл бұрын

Just for clarification, the destroyers could have used their main guns in a direct line of fire. However they were in what at the time they considered "minimum engagement zone" because they didn't want to risk having the explosion rain shrapnel down on the US ships.

@Dilllonm Жыл бұрын

basically even a-fraction of their full power was more a danger to themselves than the pirates full power lol

@KawaiiSoulB42 Жыл бұрын

The main guns of the destroyer would killed all the pirates.

@TheThewulasvegas Жыл бұрын

Raining men…

@patrickdoyle9369 Жыл бұрын

Didn't what to risk shrapnel raining down onto a war ship !!! ... HELLO it's a war ship... That's like having a brawl in a pub bar and worrying about glass being broken.. Who gives a shit about shrapnel when you're under fire.. Or taking up boxing and not wanting to get cut.. . And trust me i wouldn't have let them go, only to go back to what they're doing again, with more information on what to do next time.. I'd had sent them to the bottom of the sea ASAP. Too bloody soft, that's the problem...

@megapromo3771 Жыл бұрын

My brother was in the navy and they faced a similar situation with pirates. When the pirates tried to surrender, they kept shooting, ensuring there were no survivors.

@daddybob6096 Жыл бұрын

@Mega Promo. Way to go. ( Veteran Infantry Soldier. New Zealand.)

@k1ngpac631 Жыл бұрын

I dont think you shoulda admitted your brother commited a war crime on youtube. 🤣

@weeblordgaming6062 Жыл бұрын

@@k1ngpac631 Geneva Conventions? More like Geneva suggestions

@tpitman Жыл бұрын

The ideal response would be to sink their craft and let 'em swim home.

@edwinsalau150 Жыл бұрын

@@k1ngpac631 They were shooting and fire was returned! Not a crime doofus! They had so little consideration for their tribal members!

Жыл бұрын

My father was on Gonzalez when this happened and our family is still good friends with the Commander. I remember him telling this story when I was young but I forgot most the details. Wonder how many memories this video could spark...

@theshittybowman Жыл бұрын

Make sure to share with your father; that’s pretty cool!

@foerdie Жыл бұрын

What a cool job to have, i wanted to join the Malaysian Royal Navy but my grandma didn’t let me to do so haha

@joebloe1401 Жыл бұрын

🦍🐒🐵APES NOT TOO SMART, EH!!!! 😄🙂🙃

@minadadehiwala Жыл бұрын

lmaoooooooooooooooooo

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

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@woodybenjam Жыл бұрын

If you're going to be dumb then you gotta be tough.

@greenktoo Жыл бұрын

Then they are without a doubt, the toughest I've ever seen lol.

@miketalas7998 Жыл бұрын

AAAH Daammit You Scratched my boat!!!

@robertgoss4842 Жыл бұрын

One can feel only admiration and respect for our Navy guys, in their restraint and their fighting skill in this incident. Anchors aweigh.

@t3nosanfran803 Жыл бұрын

And these pirates really learned their lesson, went home and lived saintly lives. Yeah, right!

@greenktoo Жыл бұрын

They could have literally and legally blown then all away. Good restraint.

@maverick4177 Жыл бұрын

The miss judgment of all miss judgments 😂

@AadamSaleem0 Жыл бұрын

This guy is so underated

@Thaitanium73 Жыл бұрын

By who?

@justjordiano Жыл бұрын

And his accent is elite

@2ndcomingofFritz Жыл бұрын

Underrated*

@insert_handle_here8457 Жыл бұрын

@@2ndcomingofFritz 🤓

@victortonelli5670 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this sir.

@theoverlyuaediphonecharger9963 Жыл бұрын

Not going to lie that paint on the cruiser probably cost more than any money the pirates would ever get

@rumrain838 Жыл бұрын

The bosses get all the money, those grunts get paid little for doing all the work.

@aaronlopez492 Жыл бұрын

I think the Captain of the Pirate vessel needs to book an appointment to see his optometrist ASAP 🤓

@bostonrailfan2427 Жыл бұрын

it’s probably him who died

@vmitchinson Жыл бұрын

See a brain surgeon to get a brain implant.

@somethingponosheci4742 Жыл бұрын

“when they realised that they couldn’t defeat 2 warships”

@rhondakennedy819 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service to all the men & women serving. People don't really understand what it's like serving on a ship. I salute you all! Watch your 6. Be kind to one another. Be safe out there people. Love to all

@harrishunter9923 Жыл бұрын

When your a low level character and accidently attack a high level character in a pvp area

@Rob_F8F Жыл бұрын

Ask any Boatswains Mate, damaging the paint work is a capital offense.

@joshklein7842 Жыл бұрын

I can just imagine a Chief on the ships annoyedly telling the Capt, "Ya, their shooting at us, sir."

@scotthenderson292 Жыл бұрын

Casualty report for the enemy? 1 dead, 5 wounded, and their ship blew up. What are the casualties for us? Sir..... sir.... What is it? I'm sorry sir.... they.... they dented your ships paintwork. Good lord.....

@spiffygonzales5160 Жыл бұрын

@@scotthenderson292 "I paid good money to get a painting of Jessica Alba in her prime in a Bikini on my ship! No prisoners!!!"

@seanhartnett79 Жыл бұрын

@@scotthenderson292 we lost $10,000 worth of paint.

@jeffcgardner Жыл бұрын

Actually, it was the XO.

@howardsmith9342 Жыл бұрын

I want to hear the captain say "Ramming speed!"

@slammedc2003 Жыл бұрын

It is still mind boggling to me how many pirates are operating on the open seas to this day. The US Navy and many other countries navies conduct VBSS operations dealing with pirates at least once a week. The amount of times small arms are shot towards the RHIBs is ridiculous. Nothing some 25mm can't handle from the big ships though.

@benelias3556 Жыл бұрын

Yes there is way too much pirates traffic but that's because they don't deal with them with deadly force they did it would cease

@francisbrewster4948 10 ай бұрын

"Pirates" are poor fishermen Poor fishermen are part-time pirates ...... its been this way for thousands of years hey dude Remember that Julius Caeasar when he was younger, he was captured by pirates in the Mediterranean ---- later with the Empire's resources he eliminated them

@terrybryant 11 ай бұрын

These pirates have devastating effect on travelers of civilian vessels. They murder and kidnap and much worse. These people for the most part are remorseless and ruthless. They should have ben left to swim home.

@jasonhumphries9434 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Those pirates were either brave or stupid to take on 2 Navy war ships.

@VikingTeddy Жыл бұрын

Drunk and high most likely. And probably had never come up against any meaningful opposition. But once things start exploding and their comrades dropping, fear and adrenaline snapped them out of any delusions

@MooseMeus Жыл бұрын

stupid.

@deusvult6920 Жыл бұрын

RHIBs arent "warships" it's actually in the name. Rigid Hull Inflatable BOAT. It's still dumb to attack 1 warship especially when that ship's entire purpose is "destroy"er

@a.mathis9454 Жыл бұрын

@@deusvult6920 they attacked 2 US warships USS Gonzales and USS Cape St George. USS Cape St George even had battle damage.

@a.mathis9454 Жыл бұрын

@@deusvult6920 see 2:08

@geennaam2712 Жыл бұрын

This is probably one of the best content creators on this website, keep it up sir.

@toshtenstahl Жыл бұрын

He certainly gives the best goosebumps.

@b58hustler71 Жыл бұрын

If only he could pronounce words correctly, like Ticonderoga. He butchered the hell out it.

@foamer443 Жыл бұрын

Just think, if the two US ships had been of WWII vintage the amount of fire power that could have brought to bare would have been far more than these modern ships. With the number of AAA gun mounts from .50 to 40mm there wouldn't have been 12 pirates to pick up.

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

Search . ' The Day Israel Attacked USS Liberty .

@foamer443 Жыл бұрын

@@rezakarampour6286 And that has what to do with the 2006 incident or my comment?

@zahylon5993 Жыл бұрын

Light Cruisers and above would have been decimating. The Cleveland-class has 12 6" guns, a few 5" turrets and many AA guns. it would have been devasting.

@markredgrave6282 Жыл бұрын

A Fletcher class destroyer might have been able to bring numerically more light caliber weapons to bear but a single Arleigh Burke or even a cold war era guided missile destroyer like a Charles Adams class, my dad was the skipper of the Henry B.Wilson and it's sister ship The Cochrane was his flagship as Comdesron25, could single handily sink an entire WW2 era Carrier task force.

@Patriot1227 Жыл бұрын

Unbelievable: incompetent us decision to simply return them back home , now puts future us lives in danger. (No fear when the result is a free ride back home) absolutely despicable!

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

Search KZfaq . ' The Day Israel Attacked USS Liberty .'

@miguelservetus9534 Жыл бұрын

It seems that they were exchanged for Western hostages held by Somalis. And one of the pirates did die. Life and leadership are complex. Otherwise any one could be successful.

@blueboats7530 Жыл бұрын

And then the surviving pirates were made to paint of the damage they caused using only Q-Tips

@BennyLlama39 Жыл бұрын

Too bad the ships' crews didn't use Pirate Brain Matter Gray to temporarily patch the paint. 😈

@ckiimyirhnski1056 Жыл бұрын

The hell, they just let them go after they captured them? Why?

@ca9968 Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!! Show a weak hand, get taken advantage of later...it seems to be something the west just hasn`t figured out about the inhabitants of the 3rd world yet... The only language they speak and understand is that of the heavy hand!

@ozzosk Жыл бұрын

I'm guessing financial or intelligence reasons

@rabarberellum1017 Жыл бұрын

Probably legal reasons. If they capture them, they'll be held responsible for them, and due to the fact these are probably stateless people, or are deemed to be as such by there own country who don't want these persons, the US would be obliged by international treaties to take them to the US. And because there are no extraditing treaties with most of these countries, the US would be stuck with them. So it would be a free ticket for the pirates to the US, whether this is to prison or otherwise.

@robertsears8323 Жыл бұрын

I am very mad they let them go also. But it it because the stupid worthless POS Navy is full of pussies that don't know how to do there jobs. F them for not wiping out those evil thugs.

@robertsears8323 Жыл бұрын

@@rabarberellum1017 That is why they should have wiped them out.

@erickim2025 Жыл бұрын

I don't understand the logic of releasing the pirates but I guess the display of power & compassion may serve a greater good WELL DONE USN

@Haveagrated Жыл бұрын

Eric, if you Digital deep you will find all 12 were exchanged for crew members of ships hijacked previously that year. This is why it has happened on a neutral, non combatant ship (I believe a Dutch ship). However you won't find any official info as US navy or government will not make any deals (officially) with any pirates. Read between the lines and you got the answer why. Thanks 😊

@GamerFromJump Жыл бұрын

My brother was a crew member on the _Cape St. George_ a little before this. It was still a story when he was in.

@bryonslatten3147 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact. The Russian Navy doesn’t care if pirates put their hands up. They keep shooting until the boat is on fire or sunk.

@fredscratchet1355 Жыл бұрын

What Russian Navy?

@goodshipkaraboudjan Жыл бұрын

Fun fact - no source for that.

@jrodrig2013 Жыл бұрын

The Moscow University hijacking of 2010 says otherwise.

@bryonslatten3147 Жыл бұрын

@@goodshipkaraboudjan several KZfaq videos on that.

@deanmason5827 Жыл бұрын

@@bryonslatten3147 Well if it was on a YT video it must be true, fun fact, Elon Musk just landed on Mars. LMAO

@lex1945 Жыл бұрын

Let's attack 2 U.S. warships. What could go wrong?

@robertsears8323 Жыл бұрын

Noting as they all got let go. Makes me want to do the same thing as nothing bad will happen.

@bigbk3278 Жыл бұрын

@@robertsears8323if u wasn’t dumb you’d kno why but ok🤣

@bostonrailfan2427 Жыл бұрын

@@bigbk3278 he’s a psychopath who wanted them dead, he enjoys killing just for the sake of killing

@tyrannosaurusimperator Жыл бұрын

There's pretty decent odds they'll run into each other.

@jcjrsmith Жыл бұрын

Attacking two US Navy warships with nothing but small arms is known as having a "massive Balls-to-Brains Ratio."

@TAllyn-qr3io Жыл бұрын

As a sonar tech aboard a destroyer, I was the gunner of a .50 cal. team, while on station in the Persian Gulf. Saw plenty of stupid acts against our ship, as this is when Iraq was a friendly and Iran was an enemy. Mines in the gulf didn’t help either.

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

Search . ' The Day Israel Attacked USS Liberty .

@emiliospowerballer1441 Жыл бұрын

Imagine being so dumb, drunk and fierce at the same time that you start shooting at a US warship

@tevlargaming5440 Жыл бұрын

US Navy: So anyways we started blasting!

@Nativeaboriginal Жыл бұрын

Yeah nah if i was the commander in that boat i woulda been like “execute order 66” when they started waving their hands 😂

@stephenmccalley8346 Жыл бұрын

I was onboard the Cape St George that day and on watch when it started, I still remember it quite well.

@rogerkay8603 Жыл бұрын

Loving your content. Soon as an LFM video pops up I'm in. Thank you.

@gtpflug2987 Жыл бұрын

LFM? Lonely French Maid?

@liamr3989 Жыл бұрын

Left slight chips in the paintwork love it!

@jesusisalive3227 Жыл бұрын

So you fire on one of our ships and we just say oh you guys and return them home? You know those 12 pirates were back on the water just as soon as they got home waiting for another ship to terrorize!

@JimWhitaker Жыл бұрын

Yes but perhaps better to have really stupid people back in their own land and damaging their own performance.

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

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@eq1373 Жыл бұрын

@@rezakarampour6286 what does that have to do with anything at all?

@coachafella Жыл бұрын

They were traded for hostages. Also, who better to let their pirate friends know that attacking US warships is really bad idea?

@1Barsamian Жыл бұрын

Nothing surprises me. The world is nuts. I cannot imagine what the pirates were thinking when attaching a warship with the size and power of those vessels.

@joywebster2678 Жыл бұрын

But do the pirates many u educated teen gang members know the difference in ships they see through drug addled minds? They want money or hostages, that's why they make a living boarding commercial boats, holding the sailors and cargo hostage. Companies paid the Ransoms. Now tne warships patrol, and to the desperate and mindxsktered you just climb aboard threaten and take hostage....not sure when they realize this isnt a load of canned goods!

@MrShpoulsen Жыл бұрын

There should be military courts on these vessels and pirates should be made to walk the plank.

@robertsears8323 Жыл бұрын

No need for that. Just have the gunner not be pussies and keep shooting till the pirates are all underwater for good. No need to waste good courts on things that are not even human.

@StevenKeery Жыл бұрын

Simon Poulsen: Ar! Jim lad, the sharks have to eat too.

@weeblordgaming6062 Жыл бұрын

@@robertsears8323 isn’t that a war crime

@robertsears8323 Жыл бұрын

@@weeblordgaming6062 Who cares?

@weeblordgaming6062 Жыл бұрын

@@robertsears8323 probably the Geneva Conventions

@thomasboelens8937 Жыл бұрын

Blessing us with 2 video's in one day🥳

@newoldvideos989 Жыл бұрын

Chipped the Paint ?! LMAO !!! Love It !

@nicolelala10 2 ай бұрын

Talk about "Poking the bear"! I can see the Americans telling the pirates as they were let go, "You fellas be sure and tell all your friends what happens when you attack one of ours. Have a nice day now."

@jerrynewberry5050 Жыл бұрын

I give the pirates credit for bravery. Not so much for brains though.

@MrAwsomenoob Жыл бұрын

Those must be the bravest or stupidest pirates I've ever seen.

@karenrussell2091 Жыл бұрын

As Forest Gump was asked "Are you nuts or just stupid?" That would apply to the pirates in this scenario.

@tonymarchese92 Жыл бұрын

So it would seem

@acxgr6457 Жыл бұрын

Trying to hijack a NAVY warship is like robbing a police station.

@sibes4 Жыл бұрын

They should have made sure none of the pirates made it out to talk about it.

@stephensands3485 Жыл бұрын

Not the most clever folks those pirates

@joshuaa2278 Жыл бұрын

Love these videos.

@Marlana-bh3ty 3 ай бұрын

The definition of fuck around and find out 😂

@acatslife3579 Жыл бұрын

It’s funny seeing videos where pirates mess with navy ships just to lose really quick before it’s even started

@Hardrock1a Жыл бұрын

What’s funny to me about this, they play it off as if the Navy ships didn’t have time to get the systems up or something, bull! I can guarantee that there were gunners mates that had the 5 inch guns trained and begging for permission to fire. One 5” round would pretty much obliterate the dhow.

@wizardemrys Жыл бұрын

I think it was because they were too close, at short range the large cannon barrel can’t aim down enough to hit the target

@williamromine5715 Жыл бұрын

@@wizardemrys Yeah, that's what he said in the video. Hardrock1a must have missed that point.

@bostonrailfan2427 Жыл бұрын

can’t depress that low(save the BS, it’s a proven issue dating back over a century) and the missiles useless as they were too close…only option left were the bushmasters and .50 cals along with the master-at-arms’ weapons. they chose the .50s to do it but had the bushmasters ready in case they got farther away.

@bostonrailfan2427 Жыл бұрын

@@wizardemrys exactly…they can’t get any of the three 5” guns low enough so had to use the Bushmasters and .50 cals

@lieutenantkettch Жыл бұрын

@@bostonrailfan2427 Probably didn't even use the Bushmasters. Just the .50 cals and small arms.

@96SN95 Жыл бұрын

Pirates: Small boat Pirates: 2 skiffs US Navy Warships: The audacity of this bish!

@danoa8859 Жыл бұрын

Bringing a knife to a sword fight is an understatement

@stevegarcia9098 Жыл бұрын

my cousin went to school with freddy gonzales, this warship's namesake. god rest his soul for his bravery in nam.

@edwinsalau150 Жыл бұрын

go to rectory and get a Mass Card! better than naming of the ship! give it to the family!! Don’t put your name on it just leave it at the door during the holidays! May he rest in peace! Semper Fi!

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

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@NoobPTFO Жыл бұрын

Those pirates found that the more fucking around lead to them finding out Also, Jesus Christ, either it’s the lighting or that RPG really got rust on it in 3:47

@MattMerica76 Жыл бұрын

It’s likely rust.

@goodshipkaraboudjan Жыл бұрын

Yep, rust.

@seanhartnett79 Жыл бұрын

Yeah sounds like it is more a danger to the pirates

@mayajrj Жыл бұрын

Short sighted pirates They obviously needed their eyes testing

@celebritytributes Жыл бұрын

The fact that they were not prosecuted and sent back home is astonishing, for a moment I thought the seas were that little but safer, but nope back to business as usual. Should have let them swim to shore, not rescue them

@collincaperton6718 Жыл бұрын

They were also exchanged for hostages that were taken in January of that year they weren't just given up for shits and giggles.

@Oldsparkey Жыл бұрын

Those pirates had the same mentality and thought process our folks did when they released them. Really sends a message about what will happen when you attack A American Warship. they give you aid , food , water and even a way to get home. Give me the old days when we would of just sunk all of the pirates and gone on our merry way.

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

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@songhan1586 Жыл бұрын

should have just left them at sea and wait for the sharks to show up and film the whole thing.

@tokencivilian8507 Жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who thinks ships on such anti-piracy patrols would benefit from an old school quad 40mm Bofors mount, for just such a contingency.

@bostonrailfan2427 Жыл бұрын

they have the 25mm bushmaster and .50 cal M2s for these small ships…anything bigger is overkill and mostly useless since they can’t depress low enough to use

@gavinbailey3012 Жыл бұрын

To even dare shoot at the us navy takes balls

@jacquesblaque7728 Жыл бұрын

Balls, yes. Brains, no. Bend over and grab your ankles, Ahmed. Give our regards to Allah.

@craigchabot3002 Жыл бұрын

What were the pirates thinking? An fragile dhow against 2 modern destroyers lunacy!

@kenbrovost9653 Жыл бұрын

Also 4 M2's, 2 m60 or 240B's and a mk38 25mm definitely got their attention I'm sure

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

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@kenbrovost9653 Жыл бұрын

Will do my friend, always on the lookout for more stuff like that

@kenbrovost9653 Жыл бұрын

I'm watching it right now and just from the beginning it sounds intriguing Honestly I've never heard of this before thank you

@Sandstrom765 Жыл бұрын

U.S Navy = 12 Pirates detained, 1 Pirate KIA Pirates = We scratched your paint a little

@TheCulturedMan34 Жыл бұрын

Congrats thats the closest thing to damage sustained outside of nature

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

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@seanhartnett79 Жыл бұрын

Yep

@its_smil3y12 Жыл бұрын

"upon realizing they stood no chance against the warships" - like yeah, not shit, that's the point of warships guys

@raymondfinch5269 Жыл бұрын

Went unpunished to do it again? Insanity!

@eriklunden5218 Жыл бұрын

Great video! [One tip, might want to pick up a pop filter for your microphone. Those S's were like a snare drum in my ear.]

@stacybaldwin3346 Жыл бұрын

Personally I don't think they should have stopped firing when the pirate's threw up their hands.

@brenster21 2 ай бұрын

This isn't the 18th century. If you surrender in an armed conflict, you should be treated as a prisoner of war or in the pirates case tried in a court. Not killed on the spot. We should strive to better than our enemies not stoop to their level.

@CGR89 Жыл бұрын

“They were too close to use their main armaments” it would also be difficult to justify using millions of dollars in the main arms of these ships to obliterate a couple of small boats when maybe a thousand dollars of small arms fire did the trick.

@arieldelarosafl Жыл бұрын

Not even it was like 500 bucks of ammo 💀

@johnn1250 Жыл бұрын

They should have sail away far enough to use the pirates for target practice.

@bostonrailfan2427 Жыл бұрын

one 5” shell would have blown them out of the water: literally! and you poopoo it but it’s actually legitimate training and usage. but in reality, it’s overkill and taking out small attacking crafts are what the smaller guns are meant for

@SMart7751 Жыл бұрын

Well, to the pirates I’d say, “Play stupid games, and win stupid prizes.”

@donaldrhine548 Жыл бұрын

Pirates attacking an American warship is like bringing a knife to a gunfight

@kegginstructure Жыл бұрын

Yeah, don't you hate it when someone chips the paint on your boat?

@AirForceChmtrails Жыл бұрын

"Millions for defense but not one cent for tribute! " Senator Robert Goodloe Harper (1765 - 1825) said this regarding payment of tribute to pirates.

@rezakarampour6286 Жыл бұрын

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@AirForceChmtrails Жыл бұрын

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@Windows98R 8 ай бұрын

last group of pirates attacked a Spanish navy resupply ship, at least it kind of looked like a cargo ship in their defense. these guys saw that and said "we can beat that" and went for a destroyer...

@chadhutcheson6492 5 ай бұрын

That was a wild day on the Cape!

@scrappy7797 Жыл бұрын

Not prosecuting them at least and sending them back to their country just tells the rest that nothing will be done to them as pirates/terrorists; but let pirate bodies wash up on shore will send the appropriate message.

@jimjones7821 Жыл бұрын

Thats very true.

@TheLaura2105 Жыл бұрын

very good!

@joshuamarcy8990 Жыл бұрын

Chipped paint and small dents... "We almost had them rrrrrr" 😂

@bf6159 Жыл бұрын

MarDet used to toss 55gal drums in the ocean while underway and during maneuvers, to utilize as targets for mounted and unmounted medium and small arms. Even a small boat is much larger than a 55gal drumb. Sadly, we no longer eliminate threats, we treat them as victims, provide them with compensation, and send them on their way.

@edwinsalau150 Жыл бұрын

marine Corps 59 to 71. aboard an LST When we first got the M60 machine gun! on deck stripped it down the first time. stock came off and I pulled out the retainer for the mainspring which promptly flew overboard!No fam fire was conducted that day and I was on mess duty!

@nielsf2743 Жыл бұрын

A pity that they simply didn’t ensure all 12 pirates could not offend again.

@Golfzilla70 Жыл бұрын

well, perhaps they lived to "tell the tale" of how hopelessly outgunned they were. And thereby perhaps reducing pirate activity in the area? Just being optimistic here :)

@seanhartnett79 Жыл бұрын

That was it. But the Somali pirates appear to be down.

@bobballew6351 11 ай бұрын

Thank you service members for your bravery and coming home

@kenashworth7672 Жыл бұрын

Having served in the US Navy, I know what sort of weapons our ships have (quite deadly ones), how many (a whole lot), and the chance of surviving them in a no-holds-barred conflict (none), reading the title was enough to get a rough idea of how effective that pirate attack was - as in it wasn't. The US Navy is by far the best-trained, best-equipped, and deadliest force to ever sail the seas of this planet, and the idea anyone has a prayer of doing more than annoying us is laughably absurd. I also knew before reading this we are not bullies, and if possible we would react with the minimal force required to neutralize the threat at hand without reducing that threat to atoms (which is well within our means). The moral of the story: don't be an idiot and attack us... or you may find out why these small ships are called destroyers.

@KevinSchwinkendorf Жыл бұрын

I just hope and pray that the US Navy will do as well against the communist Chinese when they invade Taiwan. Taiwan has the most advanced microchip manufacturing capabilities in the world and we cannot allow them to fall into the hands of a brutal communist regime such as the CCP.

@outrider425 Жыл бұрын

After that they let them go after feeding them well to make sure they were fed when they attacked the next ship 😂Go Navy

@linda6987 Жыл бұрын

All I can say is DUH! Seriously? A rubber raft or small dingy against 2 American war ships? Not the sharpest tools in the shed. Well done you - To the two warships! Thank you for the share! ♥️🤍💙🇺🇸♥️🤍💙🇺🇸♥️🤍💙🇺🇸

@joywebster2678 Жыл бұрын

A Dhou isn't a rubber dingy.

@gayprepperz6862 Жыл бұрын

"Stupid is as stupid does." ~ Forrest Gump

@joehughes5177 Жыл бұрын

What exactly were the two pages inside the armor of the .50 cal mount? Engagement rules? Instructions for use?

@cliffords.8341 Жыл бұрын

Unbelievable! Pirates attack two U.S. Navy ships, one pirate is killed and twelve captured, wounds attended to, probably given food and water, just to be given a free ride back to their home country and not charged for their crime. This sends a message to other pirates that there's no penalty if you attack a U S. Navy ship, survive and are captured. I don't understand this decision at all.

@keithmoriyama5421 Жыл бұрын

It's the new leftist doctrine to combat racism... no crime or charges to walk into a store and steal $900. No jail-bail for 2nd degree murder!