US warship watches Somali pirates with US hostageELIZABETH A. KENNEDYMATT APUZZO
Another US ship, the Liberty Sun, was attacked by armed pirates, but escaped them with slight damage to thevessel6. The crew of the Maersk Alabama flew home to the US from the Kenyan city of Mombasa, but their captain's own return was delayed as he was still on the USS Bainbridge, t...
There were two Fiji expeditions: the first in 1855 and the second in 1859. The first expedition responded to damages on American property that occurred during the Fijian civil war. A US warship with a detachment of marines was sent to obtain compensation from Seru Cakobau, the self-proclaimed ...
The best possible result of such a fight was the destruction of a single Union warship, but remaining at large on the seas meant multiple warships would be drawn away from the blockade to pursue the raider. This, and the destruction of Northern merchantmen and their cargoes, was the real m...
Churchill dispatched a warship, HMS Superb, and brought hundreds of troops by air and sea to secure key sites. An outraged Cheddi Jagan appealed by telegram to Britain's opposition Labour party for help. Leader Clement Attlee replied curtly: "Regret impossible to intervene." From 1945-54 the...
Park Service has restored the interior of the fort. The visitor center features a film with important segments about the Massachusetts 54th Colored Regiment (portrayed in the movie “Glory” and Robert Smalls, a slave who captured a Confederate warship. A 20 minute film runs on every 1/2 ...
He saw Texas as already independent of Mexico, and he sent Santa Anna back to Vera Cruz aboard a US warship. In 1837, the United States officially recognized Texas as independent. Mexico refused such recognition. France established a trade agreement with Texas and recognized it as independent ...
Glitch, a fearful young man who had teamed up with Skeletor hoping to gain courage, is thrown out of Snake Mountain and befriended by the Eternians. Complication sets in when Glitch's father arrives in a warship and Skeletor tricks him into believing that the King stole his son. 88. Three...
US Warship to Confront Pirates; Somalis Flee with Skipper after Crew Fights Back
Read the full-text online article and more details about "US Sends Warship to Save Captain ; Pirates Flee with Skipper after Crew Retake Ship" by Harris, Ed - The Evening Standard (London, England), April 9, 2009By HarrisEd