USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)
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USS Bainbridge is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to carry the name. Bainbridge is named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge
USS Bainbridge on 25 September 2007
As seen from a ScanEagle UAV, Bainbridge and the Maersk Alabama lifeboat, 9 April 2009.
Bainbridge sailors provide aid to the crew of Kokuka Courageous after the June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident.
Richard Phillips is an American merchant mariner and author who served as captain of the MV Maersk Alabama during its hijacking by Somali pirates in April 2009.
USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)
…hijacking attempt of the U.S.-flagged freighter MV Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates in April, 2009, which ended with the release of the vessel's master, Captain Richard Phillips, on 12 April 2009. After crewmen of the captured cargo vessel managed to retake the ship, the pirates retreated, taking the ship's master hostage in a…
Phillips in 2010
The 28-foot lifeboat where Phillips and the four Somali pirates were held up as seen from a US Navy Boeing ScanEagle UAV.
Phillips was held captive in the lifeboat by Somali pirates for five days.
Phillips publicly thanks sailors for his dramatic rescue at sea.