[envisio]

The USNS Lewis and Clark was chased for about an hour on Wednesday morning by two pirates skiffs, but neither came closer than about one nautical mile to the U.S. vessel, the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said in a statement.

The small arms fire fell well short of the U.S. ship which speeded up to evade the skiffs

Thats embarrassing. Thats like watching my son run from a schoolhouse bully. Just sad.

[Onelifetogive]

Thats embarrassing. Thats like watching my son run from a schoolhouse bully. Just sad.

I'd say more like watching your middle school son run from a kindergarten bully...

[calex59]

Thats embarrassing. Thats like watching my son run from a schoolhouse bully. Just sad.

Any USNS ship is NOT an armed naval ship, but a merchant ship used to haul troops and supplies. They ran because they are not armed and the other option would have been to allow the pirates to board.

I notice the article fails to mention that and probably because they want most people to think the pirates scared a US naval warship away, just what you and others on this thread thought, you fell into their trap. Apparently you were never transported aboard a USNS vessel, such as the notable Patch and Gordon of days gone by!