Not 200 years. I was in Subic in May 1975 when the SS Mayaguez, a container ship owned by Sealand, a U.S. company was captured by Cambodian pirates and taken to an island at Kampong Saom.
The U.S. sent Marines from Thailand and ships, including the USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier, from Subic to retrieve the ship and crew. A civilian volunteer recovery crew from a civilian ship in Subic boarded the Mayaguez from a Destroyer that went alongside.
The Mayaguez crew, which had been removed from the ship, were being returned to the ship by boat after the Cambodians realized they were being attacked by the U.S.Marines, Navy ships and aircraft. The Mayaguez and crew made it out intact but the Marines took heavy casualties when their heliocopters landed on the island, which was heavily defended.
Google the SS Mayaguez to read about the whole fluster cluck.
Wow.. Thank you for the info.. ‘Not in 200 years’ was what I heard on FoxNews (I should know better by now than to quote them). These pirates might not fear our President.. but they better fear our brave Marines! I’ll read up on the SS Mayaguez.