I think she was a fairly decent looking ship when built, but the Sea Shepherd all black scheme certainly does make them look like the pirates that they say they are.
When I took this picture Paul Watson was standing right next to me, and I sent him an earlier photo of Cleveland Amory (ex CCGS Thomas Carleton) which is posted on their web site. It had painted diagrams on the side for all the "kills" they had registered, just like a fighter plane - it listed a number of whalers they had rammed, etc., Scary people.