USS Nicholas Captures Pirates

Five Suspected Somali pirates were taken into custody Thursday after firing on a U.S. Navy battleship deep in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles off the East African coast.

In what appeared to be an ill conceived attack for ransom, pirates shot small arms rounds at the guided missile frigate USS Nicholas before the Nicholas responded, sinking the small pirate skiff and taking it’s two passengers into custody at around 3 a.m. The Nicholas crew, home-ported in Norfolk, Va., was also able to capture two suspected pirates onboard the nearby mothership.

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