Maersk Alabama Lifeboat Photos
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The guided-missile
destroyer USS Bainbridge tows the lifeboat from the Maersk-Alabama to
the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, in background, April 13, 2009,
to be processed for evidence after the successful rescue of Capt.
Richard Phillips. Phillips was held captive by suspected Somali pirates
in the lifeboat in the Indian Ocean for five days after a failed
hijacking attempt off the Somali coast.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Megan E. Sindelar
A team from the
amphibious assault ship USS Boxer tows the lifeboat from the
Maersk-Alabama to the Boxer, April 13, 2009, to be processed for
evidence after the successful rescue of Merchant Marine Capt. Richard
Phillips. Phillips was held captive by suspected Somali pirates in the
lifeboat in the Indian Ocean for five days after a failed hijacking
attempt off the Somali coast.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen
U.S. Navy officials hoist
the lifeboat from the Maersk-Alabama aboard the amphibious assault ship
USS Boxer, April 13, 2009, to be processed for evidence after the
successful rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips. Phillips was held captive
by suspected Somali pirates in the lifeboat in the Indian Ocean for
five days after a failed hijacking attempt off the Somali coast.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen