PHOTOS: Somali pirates

Capt. Richard Phillips, left, arrives on a plane in South Burlington, Vt., Friday, April 17, 2009. He is greeted by his wife, Andrea, center, and daughter, Mariah, right.  (Toby Talbot / Associated Press)

Maersk Alabama captain Richard Phillips, center, arrives at Moi International airport Mombasa, Kenya, Friday for the flight home.   (Sayyid Azim / Associated Press)

Members of the crew of the Maersk Alabama walk on the tarmac with their families as they debark a plane April 16, 2009 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.   (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Members of the crew of the Maersk Alabama wave as they debark their plane at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.   (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

Andrea Phillips, wife of sea Capt. Richard Phillips, leaves a press conference a day after Phillips was rescued by U.S. Navy SEALS from pirates near the coast of Somalia April 13, 2009 in Burlington, Vermont.   (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The 17,000-ton, Danish-owned Maersk Alabama, the first US vessel to be hijacked by Somali pirates, docked at Mombasa port of Kenya, 11 April 2009 with the 19 American crew-members who were able to overpower the pirates and regain control of their ship.  (Sarah Elliott / EPA)

After receiving news that their captain was free, crew members of the Maersk Alabama celebrated on deck. The ship had reached its port destination of Mombasa, Kenya.  (Sayyid Axim / Associated Press)

Crew members of the Norwegian-registered Bow Asir stand on deck after they arrived in the port of Mombasa.The owner of the Norwegian tanker says it has been released by pirates, two weeks after it was seized off the Somali coast, and all 27 of its crew members are unhurt.The 23,000-ton Bow Asir was captured 250 miles off the Somali coast March 26 when 16 to 18 pirates carrying machine guns boarded it and took control.  (Karel Prinsloo / Associated Press)

Wives of Filipino sailors, Doris Deseo, left, and Catherine Boretta, right, show pictures of their husbands Carlo, second from left, and Rodell, second from right, to the Associated Press as they visit the office of a shipping agency in Manila, Philippines, to get updates on negotiations to free their hostage husbands in Somalia. “The families of hostages are afraid of any rescue attempt because it might put the lives of the hostages in danger,” said Boretta, whose husband Rodell has been held captive by Somali pirates on the MT Stolt Strength for nearly five months.  (Aaron Favila / Associated Press)

French naval personnel negotiate with Somali pirates holding the yacht Tanit. In a later operation to free the captives, a hostage and two of the captors were killed.  (French Navy / EPA)

A vessel docked in Mombasa, Kenya, has a “pirate scarecrow” prominently displayed on the top deck. These scarecrows have recently begun to appear on vessels in the past couple of months in hopes of detering Somali pirates.  (Sarah Elliott / EPA)

Four suspected Somali pirates are held in a Kenyan police station at the port of Mombasa. Seven suspected Somali pirates were picked up on March 29 by Greek and Spanish forces who then handed them over to a German frigate. The seven are accused of firing on the German oil tanker, FGS Spessart, off the coast of Yemen.  (Stringer AFP/Getty Images)

German Military Police escort one of the seven suspected Somali pirates to the Port Police station in Mombasa, Kenya.  (Stringer / EPA)

A Danish navy sailor stands guard at a display of confiscated weapons from suspected Somali pirates onboard the HDMS Absalon (L 16) as it sails in the Gulf of Aden.  (Mazen Mahdi / EPA)

A boat of the German navy (Bundesmarine) stops a boat with suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia’s coast. A Hamburg district court issued arrest warrants for the nine Somali pirates who were taken into custody by members of the crew of the frigate Rheinland-Pfalz.  (Bundeswehr / Piz Djibouti / Handout, EPA)

Seo Byung-soo, right, the South Korean captain of the Japanese owned-Panama registered MV Chemstar Venus that was seized by armed Somali gunmen on November 15, 2008 in the Gulf of Aden, is greeted by his family members at Incheon International Airport. All 23 crew members of the Japanese-owned ship were released on February 13, 2009.  (Lee Jin-man AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the special force of Turkish navy ship Giresun perform during a farewell ceremony in Aksaz Navy Base near the coastal town of Marmaris. The Turkish frigate set sail to join an international coalition against Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Anatolia news agency reported.  (Kenan Gurbuz AFP/Getty Images)

Port workers look on as a military vehicle is unloaded from the MV Faina and loaded onto a rail wagon at the port of Mombasa, Kenya. Somali pirates seized the Faina, laden with several dozen tanks and other heavy weapons, off the Horn of Africa on Sept. 25, 2008. The ship and crew were released in February 2009 after pirates sped off in skiffs with a 3.2 million dollar ransom that had been dropped to the ship’s deck by parachute.  (Stringer / Associated Press)

Crew members of the Ukranian ship MV Faina, in khaki camouflage, are welcomed by their family members after arriving at the Kiev’s Boryspil International Airport.  (Efrem Lukatsky / Associated Press)

Crew members of the MV Faina leave the vessel after the ship docked at Mombasa, Kenya.  (Sayyid Azim / Associated Press)

U.S. Navy Lt. J.G. Jonathan Hulecki, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87), assists the crew members of Motor Vessel Faina by carrying food and supplies. Somali pirates released the Faina after holding the ship hostage for more than four months off the Somali coast.  (U.S. Navy / Getty Images)

Sailors from the Norfolk-based destroyer USS Mason climb aboard Motor Vessel Faina to conduct a health and comfort inspection of the crew as well as provide them with food, water and medical support.  (MC1 Michael R. McCormick / Associated Press)

U.S. Navy fleet ocean tug USNS Catawba provides fuel and fresh water to Motor Vessel Faina following its release by Somali pirates.  (MC1 Michael R. McCormick / Associated Press)

Three Filipino crew members of the Greek vessel Centauri pray after the ship docked at the port of Mombasa, Kenya. The ship was held by Somali pirates for more than two months and released Nov. 27, 2008, with all 25 Filipino crew unharmed.  (Stringer / Associated Press)