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Updated: 10:28 AM Sep 18, 2009
Ship that Helped Rescue Maersk Alabama Captain Coming Home to VA
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) The Navy ship that assisted in the rescue of an American ship captain held hostage by pirates last April is returning to its home port in Norfolk next week.
Posted: 5:47 PM Sep 17, 2009 |
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The Navy ship that assisted in the rescue of an American ship captain held hostage by pirates last April is returning to its home port in Norfolk next week.
The Navy announced Wednesday that the guided-missile destroyer Bainbridge will return from a seven-month deployment Monday.
The Bainbridge responded when the merchant vessel Maersk Alabama was seized by pirates off the coast of Africa. The merchant ship's captain, Richard Phillips, was held hostage for several days in a lifeboat before Navy SEAL snipers aboard the Bainbridge shot and killed three pirates and rescued Phillips.
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