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Somali Pirates Thwarted By U.S. Navy Giantess

March 12, 2010

(AP) The threats to international shipping by Somali pirates were diminished yesterday when a U.S. Navy giantess thwarted the attempted seizure of an oil tanker. Somali pirates had just seized a Greek owned oil tanker in the heavily traveled Gulf of Aden, when the U.S. Navy unleashed their latest weapon in the war on piracy.

Commander John Sutton, a Navy spokesman said the Greek vessel had been enroute to Singapore when it had been boarded at around 1600 hours. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Jamie Price was immediately dispatched to the area where the vessel had been seized. As Lieutenant Price approached the ship, panicked pirates were observed scrambling back to their own vessel. Two pirates jumped overboard into the sea. Rather than give chase, Price stayed with the tanker to prevent another attack. She scooped the two pirates out of the water and placed them on the tanker's deck to await arrest.

Reached for comment aboard the tanker, Third Mate Marcos Piniero said,"When they saw her approaching, the immediately went to abandon ship. They didn't want anything to do with her. We were very, very happy to see her".

Piracy has been an ongoing problem near the Horn of Africa, with an international armada of naval vessels having seemingly little effect, as seizures had doubled in the past year. Officials were quietly optimistic that the introduction of Price as well as other Navy giantesses would help put an end to the problem.

In a wire photo, Lieutenant Price was shown escorting the vessel back to safe waters.