We never thought we’d be in the anti-piracy business but now we are indirectly linked to the latest anti-piracy tactics undertaken by the U.S. Navy as the ships we are currently building have been called into this service.
The USNS LEWIS AND CLARK (T-AKE 1), ostensibly a general purpose and replenishment-at-sea cargo ship, is currently serving as a sea-going base of operations for the Navy’s anti-piracy efforts in the waters off of Somalia.
Once the pirates are located by the ship-based Navy helo crews, they will be detained aboard the ship in a make-shift brig down in one of the cargo holds until which time they can be turned over to Kenya for prosecution.
Video below from NBC has the story.
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Any of those pirates start acting up, we're sure the Cargo Mate will not have a problem accommodating them in the Freeze/Chill hold.
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