Crew wins deadly pirate battle off Somalia
The crew members of a North Korean freighter regained control of their ship from pirates who hijacked the vessel off Somalia, but not without a deadly fight, the U.S. Navy reported Tuesday.
art.williams.navy.jpgThe USS James E. Williams ordered pirates to give up their weapons, the Navy says.When the battle aboard the Dai Hong Dan was over, two pirates were dead and five were captured, the Navy said.
Three wounded crew members from the cargo ship were being treated aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams.
The captured pirates were being held aboard the North Korean vessel, the Navy said.
The increase in piracy in recent years is a real cause for concern, and something we should probably be doing more about. That said, the U.S. Navy is the biggest force combating this danger, and it is something we don’t get a whole lot of thanks for.
