A Brief for Whitey
i guess the three dead pirates weren’t enough…….
An American ship was attacked Tuesday in yet another brush with pirates off the coast of Somalia, but despite damaging the vessel, the pirates’ hijacking attempt failed.
The new attack, which occurred around noon EDT, comes less than a week after another U.S. flagged-ship, the Maersk Alabama, was stormed by pirates in an unsuccessful hijacking that set off a high-profile hostage standoff, ending Sunday with the U.S. Navy freeing the captain by force.
On Tuesday, the Liberty Sun, with a crew of about 20 U.S. citizens, reported to the U.S. Coast Guard that they were being attacked by pirates. The Navy dispatched the USS Bainbridge, the same warship that came to the rescue of the Maersk Alabama last week.
But by the time the warship arrived several hours later at the scene of the attack on the Liberty Sun, the pirates were gone.
The pirates had fired rocket propelled grenades and automatic weapons at the ship, Liberty Maritime Corporation of Lake Success,