In article KalHd.120158$6l.42333@pd7tw2no, says...


I believe you may be referring to the Achille Lauro incident back on October
7, 1985, but that took
place in the Mediterranean.
http://www.specialoperations.com/Ima...2/achille.html

Unless there was another one that I am not aware of and cannot locate any
references to it via
Google.

"Gogarty" wrote:
Earlier in this thread I mentioned a highjacked cruise ship in the western
Atlantic outside the Caribbean that all the resources of the US Navy and
several others could not find for several days. Does anyone recall that
incident?

No, the Achille Lauro incident was quite different and much later. There was
never any doubt where that ship was at all times.

I'll find it. I remember it well. It was such a huge embarrassment to the US
Navy.