"Bart Senior" .@. wrote...
They should have sunk the boat and chummed up the
water.

They would have if the boat hadn't stopped.

Capt. JG wrote:
Definitely.

The article says "fired a round across the bow" but not what
type of shot... 5"/54? 50cal BMG? 76mm? Any of those could
have sunk the boat, but the bigger shell probably would have
shredded it & left no evidence.

Problem- the pirates had been kidnapping people, I think the
Navy wanted to rescue the victims.

DSK