U.S. Marines Free Commercial Container Ship From Pirates
September 09 2010
Early Thursday, U.S. Marines stormed and took control of a German-owned commercial vessel that had been captured by Somali pirates, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The 24 Marines involved were from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, attached to the amphibious warship Dubuque, a Navy spokesman said. The MV Magellan Star was reportedly hijacked Wednesday.
There were no reported casualties among the boarding party or ship's crew. Nine pirates were detained, U.S. military...
Please log in to continue reading.
Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.
Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…
- More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
- Nearly every country's armed forces
- Militant organizations
Try Military Periscope free for seven days
Your online source for military news, weapons, and nation's armed forces worldwide
Military Periscope FEDLINK information
Service ID: UC
Contract Number: LCFDL24D0002
Military Periscope is a product of GovExec.
600 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 510,
Washington DC, 20037, USA.
customerservice@militaryperiscope.com
©Military Periscope 2025
All rights reserved. Redistribution of the content is prohibited without prior consent of Military Periscope.