I'm hypothetically a millionaire/billionaire and I'm going through a midlife crisis and want to purchase for myself a rated warship so i can go blow up Somali pirates and/or Chinese illegal fishing boatsWhich flag do I sail under(officially when I'm not flying the skull and crossbones), and what are my chances of getting a letter of marque from the U.S. Congress? Where do I resupply?
>>62083961>Panama or Liberia>None>You're a fucking pirate; plunder.
>>62083994Aa gay as it is to say, Fpbp
Bring back Sea Shepherd or what ever tv show. >Fuck with China>get NGO money>get tv money>get Greta Thumberg pushyBet ya won't fag
>>62084052This. Say you're "doing it for the environment" (you really are) and the left will leave you alone.
>>62083961i saw a prototype british warship for sale on a used yacht website a while back. it looked like one of those LCS style ships. if you really want to CYA, start a private security firm and try to get contracts with glowie agencies to do off the book work and they'll help make people look the other way while you're doing gangster shit on the open sea
>>62084096found ithttps://www.navaltoday.com/2018/10/23/former-experimental-royal-navy-trimaran-on-sale-in-uk/
>>62084112>we've got Independence Class at homeIt would be deeply funny to go pull an Omar on pirates on such a ludicrously identifiable and unique ship, be sure to name it some badass pirate name like The Somali Musketeer
>>62084112Where are the fun toysMight be the first challenge, where to get a boaty gun
>>62083961>rated warshipFind like-minded people, start your own small """fishing business""" with a few boats, stick an M2 browning on the front of the boat you'll be on, rip out the AIS shit, and go chink hunting off the Argentine coast in the dead of night. They'll never see it coming.
>>62084052Sea Shepherd is so fucking based
>>62083961>>62084140Alternatively, if you're really fucking rich, you can bribe CSSC into building you a nuclear submarine fully laden with the newest chink weaponry. Become racist captain Nemo.>>62084160die hippie nigger I hope the Japanese chop your head off with a katana bataan style
>>62083961US Navy has decommissioned a few Freedom-class LCSes & is looking for buyers, if they strip the 57mm ask Bofors for a quote on a 40mm L70 turret, also I suggest you buy some Notwegian "bicycle handlebar" -style mounts for the fiftycals to replace the standard mount has you using the standard spade grips.
Might be able to find something at one of the ship graveyards. Worse case you get parts to fix one, but maybe someone threw away something more or less in 1 piece that needs an engine refit or something like that.You could also rat rod it and just piece together a ship from all the ones at the graveyard and make something truely...unique.
>>62084160Sea Shepherd is gay. I am Norwegian and i eat whale regularly. Anyone who has a problem with that can walk the plank.
>>62084172>>62084202Not wanting to board and sink chinese fishing vessels while fucking environmental girls.Get with the times old man
>what are my chances of getting a letter of marque from the U.S. Congress?nonebut you might get a few contract offers and equipment is known to fall into the ocean from time to time.
>>62084240Fight chinese soft power with American media money
>>62083961Elon, we all know you just wanna sink boats carrying Chinese EVs. It's cool, we support you.
>>62084052>>Fuck with ChinaIt was Japan.
>>62083961If you have money and want to go the vigilante route, get a submarine. In fact, Jules Verne had written a book about this.
>>62084414Same thing
>>62083961>he didn't get the corvette in his twentiesNothing more pathetic than an old man getting his first warship.
>>62084139There are lots of oerlikon 20mm, 40mm Bofors and their Soviet equivalents spread through Africa and the middle east (hell there are even some boomers that own them privately and take them to range days), they would be quite reasonable for a ship of that size and ammo is comparatively plentiful/affordable.I'd be surprised if there's anything significantly bigger that's both available and suitable for naval use that isn't already attached to a boat.
>>62083961This one sold for 100k€ and it did go to Somaliahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_minelayer_PohjanmaaAfter the new Pohjanmaa class corvette comes, next on the list to go are Hämeenmaa-class minelayers and Rauma-class missile boats
>>62084080They have to get a taste. 10% should be more than enough. The environment gag is a smoke screen. It's about paying your "taxes".
>>62084414 yeah yeah whatever this thime though it'd be china
>>62083994Pirating with a fleet of destroyers would be kino as fuck
>>62084172You could not pay me any amount of money to board a submarine made by fucking chinks.
>>62084160If your idea is to throw stink bombs at a ship that processes whales, you’re dumb.
