A captain's duty : Somali pirates, Navy Seals, and dangerous days at sea
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
A captain's duty : Somali pirates, Navy Seals, and dangerous days at sea
AUTHOR:
Phillips, Richard, 1955-
Talty, Stephan
ISBN:
9780857502469
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Bantam Press, 2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
286 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 20 cm
ABSTRACT:
8th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for the author, captain of the United States-registered cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east coast of Africa, armed Somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter. This book tells his story.
SUBJECT:
| Phillips, Richard, 1955- |
| Maersk Alabama (Ship) |
| Hijacking of ships -- Aden, Gulf of. |
| Merchant mariners -- United States -- Biography |
| Ship captains -- United States -- Biography |
BIBSUMMARY:
8th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for the author, captain of the United States-registered cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east coast of Africa, armed Somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter. This book tells his story.