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Just days after Iranian and American military officials traded warnings over a U.S. Navy vessel's departure from the Persian Gulf, the United States Navy has rescued 13 Iranian fishermen and their fishing dhow from Somali pirates in the north Arabian sea, the Pentagon said Friday. And in a side irony that punctuates the rare instance of Iranian-American co-operation, the rescue operation was carried out by a ship belonging to the very U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group that Iranian army officials had earlier boasted of evicting from Gulf waters.
Kidd (DD-661) was launched 28 February 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, NJ; sponsored by Mrs. Isaac C. Kidd, widow of Rear Admiral Kidd, and commissioned 23 April 1943, Commander Allan Roby in command. During her initial cruise to the Brooklyn Naval Shipyards, she sailed across New York Harbor the Jolly Roger on the foremast. Subsequently, during outfitting, her crew adopted the pirate captain William Kidd as their mascot, and commissioned a local artist to paint a pirate figure on the forward smokestack.
Originally posted by eyeinoz
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Originally posted by eyeinoz
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Originally posted by newyorkee
Somalia......they have to be kidding......if the world really wanted to get rid of the Semolina pirates.....1-2 frigates and 1 cruiser could do the job.....just sink ALL their vessels and then give them small fishing boats.....
if anyone shoots at you....they are pirates......if they don't...they are fishermen.....so what's the big deal.....I always see news about Semolina pirates.....we really can't rid ourselves of them.....like we don't know where they are ....who they are....or maybe they are too good for our billion dollar fleets......hmmmmmm