This Sunday, April 12, 2009 photo released by the U.S. Navy, shows Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, below, standing alongside Cmdr. Frank Castellano, commanding officer of the USS Bainbridge, after being rescued by U.S. Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia.
a daring
rescue by U.S. Navy Seals that ended a five-day standoff between the world's most powerful Navy and Somali pirates
The USS Bainbridge, a guided missile destroyer sent to the scene where pirates captured a vessel with a U.S. crew off Somalia's coast.