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SWO Action off Somalia Continues
By Bull Nav
This time in another vein.
Fox News is reporting that the USS CARTER HALL (LSD50) is engaging pirates off Somalia:
The U.S. Navy has fired warning shots across the bow of a Dutch ship that has been boarded by armed pirates off the coast of Somalia, FOX News has learned.
The USS Carter Hall also fired on three small boats that surrounded the commercial ship, the "Danica White," after her crew messaged for assistance after being boarded by pirates, the Navy said.
The CARTER HALL is part of the gator Navy, whose job is to carry around Marines (I am sure LTCOL P and Slab are familiar with it). They generally don't get into surface actions, but they could easily handle a situation like this as long as the suspect vessel does not outrun them. Since their armament is only small caliber weapons (.50 Cal and 25mm), this would mean that they had to be in close relatively proximity to the DANICA WHITE.
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there is a seastory that the troops were working on one of the first CIWS installations when the thing started tracking a water skier in the bay off of 32nd street in san diego.
i guess that the thing was tracking and the barrels were spinning and the whole works. the only thing that saved the situation from being a total bloody mess was that there were no rounds in the gun at all.
c
Manual operation of CIWS is certainly possible and has been done. However, given the speed and range of the vessel the .50 or 25mm would be my choice of weapon.
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Gee I wonder if a phalanx system could be used to target small surface craft;}
That would make a profound statement indeed.