Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 9:48 pm
Tripoli patrol vessel identified a ship operating/sailing under UN Flag, without national flag. The suspected ship is believed to be from Eurasia. 6 miles behind is a Osa 1 ship which is followed by another Osa 1 (I.D. as Osa 2) by 4 miles on fly-by with a NH-90.
The Visby announced an inspection of the freighter, instructing to stop. The crew said they would get a Capt. he was sleeping at 6am. Reported that he had been drinking the night before. (believed to be a delay tactic. The ship did slow from 10 kts to 8 knots speed. The freighter is still 35 miles from Egyptian waters and then to transit the Red Sea. 4 Cobra helicopters were launched to assist with the boarding along with 6 NH-90 with Naval Infantry and Coast Guardsmen. 2 LCS ships left port and saw the suspected Eurasia ship within 45 minutes, 55 minutes for the second LCS.
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The Osa missile boats came down from the Adriatic Sea. A Slava is now known for have just entered the Med from the Adriatic along with a Udaloy. The are flying the Macedonian Flag,
. Encoded transmission from Osa 1, detected, encoded transmission from Montenegro,few minutes later on same frequency. Osa 1 increase speed to 30 knots toward the freighter. Acquisition radar on, Target radar lock on Visby craft. Two missiles fired at Visby to the north of the freighter. The Sea-RAM missiles fired, once, twice, thrice hitting both missiles several miles away. The Osa fired its 4 remaining missiles, the Visby fired the remaining 5 missiles hitting 2 incoming, its 57mm gun opened up. firing 3 rounds a second, hitting 1 missile. The remaining missile impacted the Visby. No survivors. Very large explosion, smoke seen for miles and miles. The LCS then fired 3 Harpoons at the Osa 1 target, Its forward turret fired rapidly, hitting a missile, the pop-up Harpoon came in from above destroying the Osa. Osa 2 fired all 6 of its missiles at LCS still 22 miles away to the east. The LCS fired 2 Harpoons at the OSA and 3 at the freighter. The LCS steered so that the missile launch from the Osa 10 miles from the frieghter was partially blocking line of site. 2 of the missiles from the Osa hit the frieghter, 1 his and destroyed a Visby and 2 hit and destroyed the LCS. 2 Harpoons hit and destroyed the OSA. Only survivors were 3 crew members from the large freighter. The helicopters were looking for survivors, did pick up the 3 crew members from the freighter.
. Those people did confirm the Eurasia freighter was to resupply their forces in Djibouti.
From Chicovia 8 F/A-18 C took off from an air base with 2 Harpoon missiles each. A P-3 aircraft flying out of Malta did provide targeting data on the Slava and Udaloy in the Med. The missile launch time was the F/A-18 was 48 minutes after take off. 3 planes fired at each ship with their two missiles. The P-3 carrying 2 Harpoons along with 4 Mk 46 torpedoes watched and evaluated the engagement from 60 miles away. The incoming Harpoons from the F/A-18s came in low. The ships fired SA-N-20, SA-N-22 at the Harpoons, knocking down 2 targeting the Udaloy and one targeting the Slava. Second missile launch sequence shot down two and two. The Udaloy close in weapons systems fired hitting 1 of the remaining Harpoons, The final Harpoon did its pop-up maneuver and slammed into the superstructure toward the stern, penetrating into the hanger and below decks before exploding, It tore through a KA-52 Helix in the hanger which cause a small fuel leak. The explosion ignited the fuel line for the helicopters which rushed fuel into maintenance area. more small explosions ensured, moving into the engine room, Large metal hit the turbine causing it to rip blades and coming to a halt after warping. The ship was able to make about 12 knots. Fire control teams went down in the area, bellowing black smoke was coming out when doors were opened. Large plumes of black smoke coming out of the open door of the hanger.
. The Slava gun systems hit one Harpoon, thus two hit the Slava, one hitting the third pair of anti-ship missiles on the port side. where the rocket fuel ignited and that increased the size of the explosion and other missiles fuel ignited and burned. The internal communication system went dead. The second Harpoon hit on the bow of the Slava just missing the front mount. The missile went down into the internal bowels of the ship detonating the ammo which ripped off the bow. The Slava did sink within 8 minutes. The stern was the last sight to be seen. Over 100 sailor were in the water.
The Visby announced an inspection of the freighter, instructing to stop. The crew said they would get a Capt. he was sleeping at 6am. Reported that he had been drinking the night before. (believed to be a delay tactic. The ship did slow from 10 kts to 8 knots speed. The freighter is still 35 miles from Egyptian waters and then to transit the Red Sea. 4 Cobra helicopters were launched to assist with the boarding along with 6 NH-90 with Naval Infantry and Coast Guardsmen. 2 LCS ships left port and saw the suspected Eurasia ship within 45 minutes, 55 minutes for the second LCS.
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The Osa missile boats came down from the Adriatic Sea. A Slava is now known for have just entered the Med from the Adriatic along with a Udaloy. The are flying the Macedonian Flag,
. Encoded transmission from Osa 1, detected, encoded transmission from Montenegro,few minutes later on same frequency. Osa 1 increase speed to 30 knots toward the freighter. Acquisition radar on, Target radar lock on Visby craft. Two missiles fired at Visby to the north of the freighter. The Sea-RAM missiles fired, once, twice, thrice hitting both missiles several miles away. The Osa fired its 4 remaining missiles, the Visby fired the remaining 5 missiles hitting 2 incoming, its 57mm gun opened up. firing 3 rounds a second, hitting 1 missile. The remaining missile impacted the Visby. No survivors. Very large explosion, smoke seen for miles and miles. The LCS then fired 3 Harpoons at the Osa 1 target, Its forward turret fired rapidly, hitting a missile, the pop-up Harpoon came in from above destroying the Osa. Osa 2 fired all 6 of its missiles at LCS still 22 miles away to the east. The LCS fired 2 Harpoons at the OSA and 3 at the freighter. The LCS steered so that the missile launch from the Osa 10 miles from the frieghter was partially blocking line of site. 2 of the missiles from the Osa hit the frieghter, 1 his and destroyed a Visby and 2 hit and destroyed the LCS. 2 Harpoons hit and destroyed the OSA. Only survivors were 3 crew members from the large freighter. The helicopters were looking for survivors, did pick up the 3 crew members from the freighter.
. Those people did confirm the Eurasia freighter was to resupply their forces in Djibouti.
From Chicovia 8 F/A-18 C took off from an air base with 2 Harpoon missiles each. A P-3 aircraft flying out of Malta did provide targeting data on the Slava and Udaloy in the Med. The missile launch time was the F/A-18 was 48 minutes after take off. 3 planes fired at each ship with their two missiles. The P-3 carrying 2 Harpoons along with 4 Mk 46 torpedoes watched and evaluated the engagement from 60 miles away. The incoming Harpoons from the F/A-18s came in low. The ships fired SA-N-20, SA-N-22 at the Harpoons, knocking down 2 targeting the Udaloy and one targeting the Slava. Second missile launch sequence shot down two and two. The Udaloy close in weapons systems fired hitting 1 of the remaining Harpoons, The final Harpoon did its pop-up maneuver and slammed into the superstructure toward the stern, penetrating into the hanger and below decks before exploding, It tore through a KA-52 Helix in the hanger which cause a small fuel leak. The explosion ignited the fuel line for the helicopters which rushed fuel into maintenance area. more small explosions ensured, moving into the engine room, Large metal hit the turbine causing it to rip blades and coming to a halt after warping. The ship was able to make about 12 knots. Fire control teams went down in the area, bellowing black smoke was coming out when doors were opened. Large plumes of black smoke coming out of the open door of the hanger.
. The Slava gun systems hit one Harpoon, thus two hit the Slava, one hitting the third pair of anti-ship missiles on the port side. where the rocket fuel ignited and that increased the size of the explosion and other missiles fuel ignited and burned. The internal communication system went dead. The second Harpoon hit on the bow of the Slava just missing the front mount. The missile went down into the internal bowels of the ship detonating the ammo which ripped off the bow. The Slava did sink within 8 minutes. The stern was the last sight to be seen. Over 100 sailor were in the water.