USS Ashland (US Navy), hunde un esquife pirata en el Índico/USS Ashland [LSD 48] destroys a Somali pirate skiff, after taking small arms fire.

El USS Ashland LSD-48 sufrió un ataque procedente de un esquife con piratas somalíes a bordo y respondió en la misma medida. El USS Ashland (LSD 48), fue atacado en el golfo de Adén a 330 millas náuticas de Djibouti, y siguiendo las reglas de enfrentamiento disparó contra los piratas con su cañón MK-38 Mod 2, de 25 mm. El esquife se incendió y fué abandonado. Los piratas fueron rescatados posteriormente.
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The gator warship USS Ashland LSD-48 has come under attack from Somali pirates, and responded accordingly.
The USS Ashland (LSD 48), was fired upon by a skiff manned by suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden, approximately 330 nautical miles off the coast of Djibouti.
During the attack, the Ashland received small arms fire on the port side from the six man crew of suspected pirates aboard the skiff. The Ashland, in accordance with her rules of engagement, returned fire.
USS Ashland fired two rounds at the skiff from her MK-38 Mod 2, 25mm gun. The skiff caught fire and the suspected pirates abandoned the skiff. The Ashland deployed her rigid-hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) to assist the pirates who were in the water near their skiff.