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

Capt. Richard Phillips' ship, the Maersk Alabama, was stormed by pirates 350 miles off Somalia on Wednesday morning. He was "resting comfortably" on the USS Boxer after his rescue Sunday night ...

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 ...