With US help, ship crew defeats pirates (AP) / Wednesday, July 09, 2008

With US help, ship crew defeats pirates (AP)

October 31, 2007

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In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the guided missile destroyer USS James E. Williams is seen underway in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 17, 2005. The destroyer helped sailors who retook control of their vessel Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, in a deadly battle with pirates after the North Korean-flagged ship was hijacked off Somalia, the American military said.(AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Timothy Bensken)AP - A U.S. Navy destroyer helped sailors who retook control of their vessel Tuesday in a deadly battle with pirates after the North Korean-flagged ship was hijacked in the piracy-plagued waters off Somalia, the American military said.