Some nice graphics showing the decline of piracy in the Indian Ocean and nearby waters, showing a dramatic decline.
(You might click on the charts and enlarge in order to read them clearly.)
Chuck Hill's CG Blog
Some nice graphics showing the decline of piracy in the Indian Ocean and nearby waters, showing a dramatic decline.
(You might click on the charts and enlarge in order to read them clearly.)
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
Interesting looking at the number of attacks on merchant vessels, and then looking at the successful “Pirating” of merchant vessels. It seems almost less than 40 percent of attacks end up in the ship being pirated. Whether thats due to military intervention or ship crews warding off the pirates…..
A big drop has been due to the use of armed guards on the ships. I think it is still true that no ship with an armed guard on board has ever been hijacked.
It is correct. Armed security details on board mean unsuccessful attack – so far.
And this is a CG problem how?
The CG has boarding teams assigned to the Navy vessels doing counter-piracy.
The Coast Guard was also involved in developing the best practices doctrine for merchant ships and developing the US position on armed guards
No, we have LEDETs assigned to CENTCOM who train Navy VBSS teams. We do not deploy as a service for the specific purpose of counter piracy, nor are we resourced to do so. This is the Navy’s mission and there is no CG Flag level Component Commander.
How come then the US Navy doesn’t ask the USCG to deploy a cutter for Anti Piracy ops like most countries do. I have notice that most NATO countries deploy either a corvette or a Frigate to run Anti Piracy ops. So how come then, the US Navy doesn’t ask the USCG to deploy a 378, NSC, 210 or 270 for Anti Piracy ops with a LPD as a command and control ship
Because they do not require a cutter. With the way we have cut back the fleet in the last ten years, we do not have one to spare anyway.
Chuck, I was trying to contact you but I am not sure how other than through the comment sections of your blog’s posts…
Anyways, it looks like DCNS found a (French) partner who specializes in less than 80m vessels (size that DCNS was staying out of up until now…) to become a “world leader” in maritime security ships…
http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=765
Thanks, I found this post that shows the type of ships they build.
http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/euronaval-2012/692-piriou-to-present-its-news-and-projects-at-the-euronaval-2012-show-from-22-to-26-october.html
Looks like their idea of an OPV is an Offshore Supply Vessel with a helicopter deck.
This may help DCNS in getting some orders but I don’t think that it will help them with the OPC bid, because they already have a US partner.
On the other hand, the little training ship they make might fill a need for one at Yorktown.
A training ship like that would be perfect for the US Naval Academy and the US Coast Guard Academy as well. For the US Coast Guard Academy, they can use a ship like that as an operational training cutter in addition to the USCGC Eagle. It can be used as a operational training patrol cutter.
Thanks for the feedback. I have added my e-mail address to the “About” page.