The boatswain’s mate, who grew up in Egypt, was awarded for his gutsy role in responding to a pirate attack on a commercial ...

El Haroun, 38, received one of the association’s Surface Warfare Operational Excellence Awards for his gutsy role in responding to a Somali pirate attack on a commercial tanker in the Gulf of Aden.

On April 8, 2009, the US-flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked while it was passing along the coast of Somalia. The ...

Mogadishu, Somalia — A pirate group fired shots towards a bulker as part of a two-hour pursuit in the Gulf of Aden. The master of the unnamed Palau-flagged ship reported being followed by several ...

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Two fishing vessels and a dhow were hijacked off the coast of Somalia between February 7 and March 16, indicating that piracy ...

When Somali pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama in 2009, they thought they’d struck gold. What they didn’t expect? The full force of the U.S. Navy. This is the true story of Captain Richard ...