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Thursday, September 9, 2010

U.S. Marines Free German-Owned Ship From Pirates

Sept. 9: Helicopters from the USS Dubuque, right, provide aerial watch as U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force, board and take control of German-owned vessel M/V Magellan Star, left. Photo: US Navy


U.S. Marines early Thursday boarded and took control of a German-owned commercial vessel that had been attacked and captured by pirates, in what appeared to be the first American-led military boarding of its kind amid the recent surge in piracy along the east coast of Africa.

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