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1988 Anti-Shipping Activity Messages (ASAM)

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Anti-Shipping Activity Warning Messages

Date of Occurrence: 10/13/1988 Reference Number: 1988-29
Geographical Subregion: 71
Geographical Location: 3/30/00 N 105/36/00 E
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: M/S FUSUS
Description:  
M/V FUSUS ON LADEN PASSAGE FROM SINGAPORE TO JAPAN WAS ATTACKED BY FOUR ARMED PIRATES IN 3-30N 105-36E ON 13 OCT 88. ATTACK TOOK PLACE IN HEAVY RAINSQUAL. MASTER WAS LIFTED FROM HIS BED AT KNIFEPOINT AND HANDS AND FEET BOUND. MASTER WAS FORCED TO HAND OVER CONTENTS OF SHIP'S SAFE AND ALL PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND MONEY. PIRATES FLED WITHOUT NOTICE OF ANY OTHER CREW. USUAL PRECAUTIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN WHEN PASSING THROUGH THIS AREA. NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE REPORTED. CASH AND PERSONAL EFFECTS STOLEN EQUAL ABOUT US $5000.

Date of Occurrence: 09/15/1988 Reference Number: 1988-27
Geographical Subregion: 71
Geographical Location: 3/7/00 N 105/58/00 E
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: AN ARUN III VESSEL
Description:  
SINGAPORE STRAITS. AN ARUN III VESSEL (EITHER THE HOEGH GANDRIA OR THE GOLAR SPIRIT) IN 3-07N 105-58E WAS BOARDED EARLY IN THE MORNING AT THE PORT STERN BY FIVE PIRATES WITH KNIVES. THIS WAS UNSEEN BY THE LOOKOUT OR THE WATCH. MASTER WAS ROBBED AT KNIFEPOINT IN HIS CABIN AND FORCED TO OPEN SHIP'S SAFE. MASTER WAS TIED TO CHAIR PRIOR TO DEPARTURE OF PIRATES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

Date of Occurrence: 09/15/1988 Reference Number: 1988-28
Geographical Subregion: 91
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: SILVER MED
Description:  
1. THE SILVER MED, CALL SIGN D5KR, O.N. 6400, 5350 GROSS TONS WAS HIJACKED IN MANILA HARBOR ON 15 SEP 1988 BY EIGHT HEAVILY ARMED MEN THOUGHT TO BE DISAFFECTED PHILIPPINE NAVAL OFFICERS. TWENTY NINE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE ALLOWED TO SWIM ASHORE OFF PALAWAN ISLAND. THE OILER BEING A QUALIFIED ENGINNER WAS KEPT ON BOARD TO PROBABLY OPERATE THE ENGINES. INTENTION OF THE HIJACKERS IS UNKNOWN. 2. THE SILVER MED WAS SIGHTED IN SINGAPORE TERRITORIAL WATERS AT ANCHOR OFF SULTAN SHOAL ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1988 . NEW NAME PAINTED ON, CALLED - LAMBAMBA - . VESSEL SAILED ON 29 SEP 88 AND HEADED FOR KARIMUM BESAL, INLAND IN WEST SINGAPORE STRAITS, INDONESIA. INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. 3. THE SILVER MED WAS SIGHTED AT ANCHOR OFF KOTA-KINABALU SABAH ON 5 OCTOBER 1988 . INDONESIAN PORT AUTHORITY SENT A POLICE LAUNCH OUT, BUT THE VESSEL SAILED BEFORE ANY ACTION COULD BE TAKEN. 4.SILVER MED NOW RENAMED -SEAREX- APPARENTLY LOADED PLYWOOD DESTINED FOR HUANGPU AT SAMARINDA BETWEEN 10 AND 26 OCTOBER 1988 THEN SAILED FOR TANJUNG PRIOK ON THE 26TH OF OCTOBER 1988 BUT DID NOT ARRIVE AT THAT PORT. POSSIBILITY IS THAT SHIP DISCHARGED CARGO BECAUSE OF SOME FREIGHT PROBLEM AT ZAMBOANGA, PHILIPPINES. 5. FILIPINO MILITARY AUTHORITIES RECOVERED THE -SILVER MED- NOW RENAMED -STAR ACE- OFF PORO POINT ON THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE MAIN PHILIPPINE ISLAND OF LUZON (JAN 1989).

Date of Occurrence: 09/04/1988 Reference Number: 1988-24
Geographical Subregion: 22
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: THIEVES
Victim: ZOELLA LYKES
Description:  
CALLAO PERU. 4 SEPT 1988. ZOELLA LYKES BOARDED BY THIEVES WHILE WORKING CARGO IN PORT. CARGO OF CERAMIC ART GLAZE BROKEN INTO. THIEVES ACCOSTED BY POLICE WHILE ATTEMPING TO LOWER CARGO TO GET AWAY BOAT. PARTIAL LOT RECOVERED.

Date of Occurrence: 08/18/1988 Reference Number: 1988-23
Geographical Subregion: 71
Geographical Location: 3/29/00 N 105/30/00 E
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: SEALAND VOYAGER
Description:  
18 AUGUST 1988. SOUTH CHINA SEA. THE SEALAND VOYAGER ENROUTE SINGAPORE TO HONG HONG WAS BOARDED BY FIVE PIRATES AT 0400 LOCAL TIME IN 3-29 N 105-30 E (APROX. 150 MILES NORTH OF SINGAPORE) THE SHIPS' SAFE WAS RAIDED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

Date of Occurrence: 08/03/1988 Reference Number: 1988-25
Geographical Subregion: 22
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: SS STELLA LYKES
Description:  
GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR. 3 AUG 1988 THE SS STELLA LYKES WHILE ALONGSIDE DOCK WAS BOARDED BY SEVEN TO EIGHT PIRATES . THEY WERE DISCOVERED AT 2300 LOCAL TIME BREAKING INTO A 20 FOOT CONTAINER ATOP NUMBER 4 HATCH. VESSEL WAS CLEARED AND ARMED GUARDS ALLOWED ONBOARD, TAKING UP STATIONS ON DECK. PIRATES WERE ON BOARD FOR ONLY A FEW MINUTES. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

Date of Occurrence: 07/21/1988 Reference Number: 1988-22
Geographical Subregion: 63
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: PASSENGER FERRY
Description:  
THURSDAY 21 JULY, 1988. BAY OF BENGAL BANGLADESH. PIRATES WEARING ANIMAL MASKS ATTACKED A PASSENGER FERRY IN THE BAY OF BENGAL ON 21 JULY 1988, INJURING AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE, FIVE OF THEM SERIOUSLY. ABOUT 20 PIRATES ARMED WITH REVOLVERS AND KNIVES STOPPED THE VESSEL ( NAME OF VESSEL NOT GIVEN IN SOURCE REPORT) SOON AFTER IT SAILED FROM CHITTAGONG FOR SANDWIP ISLAND IN SOUTH BANGLADESH. THE PIRATES STOLE CASH AND ORNAMENTS WORTH $50,000 FROM THE 300 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

Date of Occurrence: 07/11/1988 Reference Number: 1988-20
Geographical Subregion: 54
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: UNIDENTIFIED TERRORISTS
Victim: CITY OF POROS
Description:  
ATHENS, GREECE. 11 JULY 1988. THREE GUNMEN WHO APPARENTLY BOARDED THE 200 FOOT GREEK CRUISE FERRY CITY OF POROS WITH OTHER PASSENGERS OPENED FIRE WITH SUBMACHINE GUNS AT 2030 LOCAL TIME. THE FERRY ENROUTE FROM THE ISLAND OF AEGINA TO A MARINA IN THE ATHENS SUBURB OF PALEO FALIRON (A DISTANCE OF 16 MILES) WAS CARRYING 500 PASSENGERS INCLUDING EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN TOURISTS. THE GUNMEN RANDOMLY DISCHARGED THEIR AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND TOSSED HAND GRENADES ONTO THE DECK AND AT THE FERRY'S SMOKE STACK, KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE AND WOUNDING ABOUT 100. MANY PASSENGERS JUMPED OVERBOARD AND SOME WERE DISMEMBERED BY THE SHIP'S PROPELLER. THE GUNMEN ESCAPED AFTER THE ATTACK ON A SPEEDBOAT THAT PULLED ALONGSIDE THE FERRY ABOUT 3 MILES OFF THE COAST OF AEGINA. SHIPS IN THE VICINITY RUSHED TO THE AREA AND BEGAN PLUCKING PASSENGERS FROM THE WATER WHILE THE FERRY STEAMED AT FULL SPEED TO THE MAINLAND.

Date of Occurrence: 07/02/1988 Reference Number: 1988-26
Geographical Subregion: 71
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: IVER CHASER
Description:  
2 JULY 1988. SINGAPORE STRAITS. IVER CHASER WAS PROCEEDING AT A SPEED OF 15 KNOTS OFF HORSBURGH LIGHTHOUSE AT THE TIME THE PIRATES BOARDED. PIRATES WERE IN A FAST BOAT AND PUT A LINE OVER THE STERN OF THE IVER CHASER. LOOKOUT AND WATCH DID NOT SEE THE BOARDING OF THE PIRATES. THE FOUR PIRATES DIRECTED THEIR ENTIRE ATTENTION TO THE MASTER AND HIS STATEROOM AND DEPARTED AFTER TAKING SOME VALUABLES AND DRUGS FROM THE MASTER'S CABIN. MASTER WAS LEFT TIED AND GAGED..

Date of Occurrence: 06/23/1988 Reference Number: 1988-19
Geographical Subregion: 53
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: SHIPYARD WORKERS, VALLETTA MALTA
Victim: COPPER MOUNTAIN
Description:  
THURSDAY 23 JUNE, 1988. VALLETTA, MALTA THE U.S.-FLAG TANKER COPPER MOUNTAIN UNDERGOING REPAIRS AT THE SHIPYARD IN VALLETTA WAS SEIZED BY SHIPYARD WORKERS ALLEGEDLY SYMPATHETIC TO THE OPPOSITION SOCIALIST PARTY. THE 80,000 DWT TANKER WAS TOWED TO THE MOUTH OF VALLETTA'S GRAND HARBOR AND MOORED ACROSS FROM THE BREAKWATER THUS BLOCKING THE HARBOR TO SHIPS LARGER THAN TUGBOAT SIZE. THE OPPOSTION GROUP WAS ATTEMPTING TO THWART A VISIT OF BRITISH WARSHIPS CLAIMED TO BE CARRYING NUCLEAR ARMS. THE COPPER MOUNTAIN WAS MOVED ON FRIDAY JUNE 24, 1988 OPENING THE HARBOR. THE COPPER MOUNTAIN WAS UNOCCUPIED DURING THE INCIDENT. NO INJURIES OR THEFTS WERE REPORTED.

Date of Occurrence: 06/08/1988 Reference Number: 1988-17
Geographical Subregion: 22
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: SS MALLORY LYKES
Description:  
8 JUNE 1988, PORT OF GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR. SS MALLORY LYKES AT ANCHOR 1400 LOCAL TIME, SS MALLORY LYKES BOARDED BY PIRATES WHO BROKE INTO THREE LOCKED LOCKERS AND STOLE PAINT , LINE AND OTHER ITEMS. THE PIRATES ALSO BROKE INTO A CONTAINER BUT NOTHING WAS STOLEN. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

Date of Occurrence: 06/01/1988 Reference Number: 1988-12
Geographical Subregion: 93
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: CHINESE FISHING VESSELS
Description:  
CHINA, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, JUNE 1988 SOURCES INDICATE THAT ARMED PIRATE ATTACKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE EAST CHINA SEA OFF THE COAST OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 1988 PIRATES HAVE PLUNDERED CATCHES OF FISH, ASSAULTED AND KIDNAPPED FISHERMEN AND BLOWN UP A NUMBER OF FISHING VESSELS. A NUMBER OF PIRATES USE THREATS TO FORCE FISHERMAN INTO SELLING THEIR FISH AT REDUCED PRICES. CHINESE OFFICALS HAVE CAUGHT SIX PIRATE SHIPS BASED IN THE FUJIAN PROVINCE DURING MAY AND JUNE OF 1988.

Date of Occurrence: 05/26/1988 Reference Number: 1988-16
Geographical Subregion: 22
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: SS STELLA LYKES
Description:  
26 MAY 1988, PORT OF GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR, SS STELLA LYKES AT ANCHOR IN THE RIO GUAYAS, LOWER ROADS, AWAITING CLEARANCE AND BERTH. PIRATES BOARDED SS STELLA LYKES WHILE ANCHORED BETWEEN 1215 AND 1250 LOCAL TIME. BY THE TIME THE PIRATES WERE DISCOVERED AND CHASED OFF THE SHIP, 70 GALLONS OF PAINT HAD BEEN STOLEN AND SEVERAL CONTAINERS HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. PORT AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED.

Date of Occurrence: 05/13/1988 Reference Number: 1988-11
Geographical Subregion: 71
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: SWAN REEFER
Description:  
INDONESIA. BANGKA STRAIT. 13 MAY 1988. BANGKA STRAIT BETWEEN BANGKA ISLAND AND SUMATRA. FOUR PIRATES BOARDED THE RO-RO SWAN REEFER AND ROBBED IT OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND DAMAGED SOME CONTAINERS ON BOARD. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NOTE: A SIMILAR ATTACK OCCURED ON 27 APRIL 1988 IN THE BANGKA STRAIT AGAINST RO-RO KLANG REEFER.

Date of Occurrence: 05/01/1988 Reference Number: 1988-15
Geographical Subregion: 22
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: SS ALLISON LYKES
Description:  
01 MAY 1988, PORT OF GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR SS ALLISON LYKES DOCKED. 0018 HOURS LOCAL TIME. SMALL CRAFT WITH NO LIGHTS CAME ALONGSIDE SS ALLISON LYKES BY THE NUMBER 4 HATCH. PIRATES ATTEMPTED TO BOARD SHIP BUT RETREATED WHEN THE CREW SET OFF A PARACHUTE FLARE NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED

Date of Occurrence: 04/27/1988 Reference Number: 1988-10
Geographical Subregion: 71
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: KLANG REEFER
Description:  
INDONESIA. BANGKA STRAIT. 27 APRIL 1988. BANGKA STRAIT BETWEEN BANGKA ISLAND AND SUMATRA (EXACT POSITION NOT GIVEN IN SOURCE REPORT). RO-RO KLANG REEFER WHILE HEADING SOUTH FROM SINGAPORE WAS ATTACKED BY FOUR PIRATES AT DAWN. THE CAPTAIN OF THE KLANG REEFER REPORTED THAT ALTHOUGH THE SHIP'S CREW HAD BEEN VILIGANT IN KNOWN DANGER SPOTS THEY DID NOT MAINTAIN THE USUAL PRECAUTIONS IN THE BANGKA STRAIT BECAUSE IT WAS DAWN. THE PIRATES CRAFT WAS NOT SEEN BY THE BRIDGE WATCH. THE PIRATES ROBBED THE MASTER'S CABIN OF PERSONAL BELONGINGS, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND A FLARE PISTOL, ALL TOTALLING ABOUT US$ 15,000. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NOTE: A SIMILAR ATTACK OCCURED ON MAY 13 1988 IN THE BANGKA STRAIT AGAINST RO-RO SWAN REEFER.

Date of Occurrence: 04/14/1988 Reference Number: 1988-8
Geographical Subregion: 62
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: IRAN
Victim: USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS
Description:  
THE US NAVY GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE USS SAMUEL B ROBERTS (3500 TON) HIT AN UNDERWQTER MINE AND SUFFERED FLOODING THE ENGINE ROOM. TEN CREW MEMBERS WERE HURT.

Date of Occurrence: 04/14/1988 Reference Number: 1988-14
Geographical Subregion: 22
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: SS STELLA LYKES
Description:  
PORT OF GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR. SS STELLA LYKES AT ANCHOR. 0600 LOCAL TIME 14 APRIL 1988 CREW MEMBER IS BOUND AND GAGED ON FANTAIL. PIRATES BREAK INTO THREE CONTAINERS AT NUMBER 8 HATCH. 0620 LOCAL TIME, PIRATES ARE DISCOVERED AND LOWER THEMSELVES ON LINES SECURED TO PORT QUARTER RAILS TO THEIR BOAT AND GET AWAY. NO INJURIES OR STOLEN GOODS REPORTED.

Date of Occurrence: 04/14/1988 Reference Number: 1988-21
Geographical Subregion: 57
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: PIRATES
Victim: INGA BASTIAN
Description:  
WEST COAST AFRICA. NIGERIA. BONNY RIVER. THE INGA BASTIAN WAS BOARDED AND LOOTED BY PIRATES AT THE ENTRANCE TO BONNY RIVER ON 14 APRIL 1988. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

Date of Occurrence: 03/22/1988 Reference Number: 1988-6
Geographical Subregion: 62
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: IRAN
Victim: STAVROS G.L.
Description:  
GREEK TANKER STAVROS G.L. WAS ATTACKED BY IRANIAN SEA RAIDERS ON ITS WAY TO THE SAUDI TERMINAL OF RAS TANURA SENDING 10 OF 29 CREW MEMBERS TO A LIFEBOAT. US NAVY FRIGATE JACK WILLIAMS RUSHED TO RESCUE WHILE SLAVAGE TUGS BATTLED THE BLAZE.

Date of Occurrence: 03/22/1988 Reference Number: 1988-7
Geographical Subregion: 62
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: IRAN
Victim: TANKER HAVGLIMT
Description:  
IRANIAN GUNBOATS AND A HELICOPTER KILLED 2 SEAMEN USING ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADES, AND INJURED NINE OTHERS ON THE 38,534 TON AMMONIA TANKER HAVGLIMT. BRITISH DESTROYER HMS EXETER SENT A MEDICAL TEAM TO HELP CREW. MOST INJURIES WERE FROM INHALATION OF AMMONIA. THE TANKER IS REGISTERED IN SINGAPORE.

Date of Occurrence: 02/15/1988 Reference Number: 1988-2
Geographical Subregion: 54
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: SUSPECTED TERRORISTS
Victim: SOL PHRYNE
Description:  
PORT OF LIMASSOL, CYPRUS (34-40N 33-03E) 15 FEBRUARY 1988. THE SOL PHRYNE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ONE OF HER FUEL TANKS AS A RESULT OF AN UNDERWATER EXPLOSION. WATER ENTERED THE TANK CAUSING THE SOL PHRYNE TO LIST. NO CASUALTIES WERE REPORTED. THE VESSEL WAS TO CARRY PALESTINIAN DEPORTEES AND HUNDREDS OF JOURNALISTS AND FOREIGN OBSERVERS TO ISRAEL. THREE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EXPLOSION. POSITION GIVEN FOR REFERENCE ONLY NOT ACTUAL LOCATION OF INCIDENT.

Date of Occurrence: 01/22/1988 Reference Number: 1988-1
Geographical Subregion: 71
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: UNIDENTIFIED PIRATES
Victim: PATRICK G.
Description:  
MANILA BAY, PHILIPPINES FRIDAY, 22 JANUARY 1988 ARMED MEN TOOK OVER THE TANKER PATRICK G. AND THREW THE CREW OVERBOARD. THE CAPTAIN AND ANOTHER CREWMAN WERE RESCUED BY FISHERMEN. ONE CREWMAN WAS FOUND DEAD ON 23 JAN 1988 AND TWO REMAINED MISSING ON MONDAY 25 JANUARY 1988. THE TANKER PATRICK G. WAS FOUND ABANDONED OFF THE SUBURBAN MANILA TOWN OF PARANAQUE LATE SATURDAY 23 JANUARY 1988 , BUT ITS CARGO OF BUNKER OIL WAS MISSING. THE REY PATRICK G3, SISTER SHIP TO THE PATRICK G.,HAD BEEN EARLIER REPORTED MISSING BY THE COAST GUARD, WAS FOUND TO HAVE ONLY ITS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT DAMAGED. A BARGE OWNER WAS BEING HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE HIJACKING.

Date of Occurrence: 12/27/1987 Reference Number: 1988-3
Geographical Subregion: 56
Geographical Location:
Aggressor: CHRISTIAN LEBANESE FORCES
Victim: INGE WEBB - VANUATU FLAG
Description:  
THE VESSEL INGE WEBB WAS STOPPED BY CHRISTIAN LEBANESE FORCES OFF THE COAST OF LEBANON. CREW WAS DETAINED AT MILITIA HEADQUARTERS IN EAST BEIRUT FOR ROUTINE CHECK.