Captain Phillips
The irony of the entire incident was that the US Navy ship, the USS Bainbridge, had a historic connection with pirates in that the ship is named for the Commander of the only ship lost to pirates in the Barbary Wars. William Bainbridge and his crews were captured by the Barbary pirates and spent 19 months in the hands of the Pasha of Tripoli.
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