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Navy Ship Nears Pirates Holding U.S. Captain

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

April 9, 2009

According to an April 9 Reuters report, a U.S. Navy destroyer reached waters off Somalia to help free an American ship captain taken hostage by pirates in the first incident of seizure of U.S. citizens. Gunmen briefly hijacked the 17,000-tonne Maersk Alabama freighter on April 8, but the 20 American crew retook control after a confrontation far out in the Indian Ocean.

(Source: Reuters)

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