On Monday, five Somali pirates were sentenced to life in prison, plus 80 years each in Norfolk’s U.S. District Court.
Last November, Mohammed Hasan, Gabul Ali, Abdi Dire, Abdi Gurewardher and Abdi Umar were convicted of federal piracy charges after firing on the USS Nicholas on April 1, 2010.
The Nicholas was on patrol off the coast of Somalia at the time of the attack.
The piracy conviction was the first of its kind in almost 200 years.
Last week, a federal grand jury indicted 13 Somali nationals and one Yemeni on piracy charges for the February hijacking of a yacht with four Americans on board.
The yacht's owners, Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Rey, CA, and passengers Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle, were all shot to death.
The four had been distributing Bibles in Africa.
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