Norfolk-based Navy ship that helped rescue US ship captain due back in Virginia watersSeptember 21st, 2009 Ship that helped rescue captain returns to Va.NORFOLK, Va. — The guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge has returned to Virginia after a deployment that included the dramatic rescue of an American ship captain held by pirates.
Ship captain rescued from pirates enjoys vacation aboard the Queen MaryAugust 20th, 2009 Captain rescued from pirates visits Queen MaryLONG BEACH, California — "It was no Queen Mary," the captain of the American cargo ship who surrendered himself to Somali pirates said about his five days as a hostage in a small lifeboat. Four months later, Capt.
Lifeboat in sea captain's rescue from Somali pirates going to Florida museumAugust 13th, 2009 Fla. museum gets lifeboat from pirate rescueWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida museum dedicated to Navy SEAL history will receive the lifeboat where a sea captain captured by Somali pirates was held and eventually rescued.
Obama hosts Oval Office meeting with US captain once held hostage by Somali piratesMay 9th, 2009 Obama hosts US captain once held by Somali piratesWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has met with the captain of a U.S. cargo ship who was held hostage by Somali pirates last month.
Capt. held by pirates didn't immediately know shots that killed captors came from US NavyApril 28th, 2009 Pirate hostage didn't realize he was being rescuedMONTPELIER, Vt. — The cargo ship captain held by Somali pirates didn't know at first that the gunshots that killed his three captors came from the U.S.
Rescued captain held hostage by pirates says he thought he'd never get out of lifeboatApril 25th, 2009 Ex-hostage says he thought he'd die on lifeboatMONTPELIER, Vt. — Former hostage Richard Phillips says he thought he'd never get out of the lifeboat where Somali pirates held him after an aborted hijacking attempt.
Sea captain who was held hostage getting hero's homecoming todayApril 25th, 2009 Freed hostage to get homespun homecoming in Vt.JERICHO, Vt. — A week after returning home, the U.S.
APNewsBreak: Source says community celebration planned in Vt. for hijacked captainApril 23rd, 2009 AP source: Celebration planned for pirate hostageMONTPELIER, Vt. — A person familiar with the plans says a homecoming party is planned this weekend in Vermont for the ship captain who was taken hostage by pirates.
Navy Seals kill three Somali piratesApril 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - Navy Seals killed three Somali pirates and rescued an American ship captain in a daring operation in the Indian Ocean on Sunday. The encounter ended a five-day hostage standoff between United States naval forces and a small band of brigands in a covered orange lifeboat off the Horn of Africa, reports the New York Times.
Hijacked lifeboat with US captain near Somali shore: ReportApril 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Somali pirates were reported to have obtained fuel for their hijacked lifeboat and were moving within 35 km of Somalia's shore late Saturday with the kidnapped US captain of a US-operated cargo ship, ABC news and CNN reported. Navy officials have said they would not allow the small lifeboat, in which captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama is being held hostage, to reach the shore, CNN reported.
Somali elders in fresh attempt to free US captainApril 12th, 2009 NAIROBI - Somali elders Sunday began a fresh attempt to secure the release of an American captain being held hostage by pirates on a lifeboat surrounded by US Navy warships, reports said. The move comes a day after other pirates seized an Italian tugboat - the seventh vessel taken in the last nine days.
US captain kidnapped by pirates freed: ReportApril 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US captain kidnapped by Somali pirates has been freed, according to the US broadcaster CNN Sunday. The exact circumstance of the release of Richard Phillips, kidnapped Wednesday when pirates attempted to seize his cargo ship, were unclear.
Somali pirates foil US captain's escape attemptApril 10th, 2009 NAIROBI/WASHINGTON - Somali pirates recaptured the captain of a US-operated ship after he jumped into the Indian Ocean from the lifeboat he was being held hostage on, media reports said Friday. CNN, citing an unnamed US defence official, said that Richard Phillips leapt from the lifeboat in a daring attempt to swim to a US Navy destroyer, which is within visual range of the pirates.
US Navy gearing for standoff with Somali piratesApril 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States is gearing up for a standoff with the band of Somali pirates who hijacked a US-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, as a Navy warship reportedly arrived at the scene early on Thursday. The crew of the Maersk Alabama were able to regain control of the vessel on Wednesday, but the pirates escaped with the captain as captive, FOX News reported.
US cargo ship's captain held hostage: ReportApril 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The captain of the US-operated cargo ship that was hijacked off the coast of Somalia Wednesday has been taken hostage, a crew member confirmed. Captain Joseph Murphy was being held by the pirates on the ship's lifeboat and was alive, second mate Ken Quinn told CNN.
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