They really do need to stick Marine detachments back on those ships.
One thing that would’ve been different had the pirates actually tried to board, though—the Maersk Alabama had a crew of, what, twenty? These 24,000-ton beasts have a crew of around 170, including dozens of military personnel. Even if the Lewis and Clarks’s crew only had small arms—hell, even if they only had baseball bats—those pirates would’ve been in for a shock to suddenly run up against that many people.
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