USNS Lewis and Clark is the first-of-class T-AKE dry cargo and ammunition ship, part of the more than 40 ships within the US Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force. From Information Dissemination:
Am I embellishing the title? This report from CNN isn't satire.
Two pirate skiffs pursued the Lewis and Clark for more than an hour as it headed north, the Navy said. They got as close as one nautical mile from the ship.
The Lewis and Clark sped up and tried to escape the pirates, and the ship's security team issued verbal warnings to the approaching skiffs, the Navy said.
The suspected pirates, who were then two nautical miles behind the Lewis and Clark, fired small arms at the ship. They fell a mile short of the ship's stern, the Navy said.
The Lewis and Clark sped up and the skiffs stopped their chase.
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My Comment: On the heels of what has happened off the Chinese coast, the U.S. Navy clearly has problems in protecting their intelligence and/or support ships.