Vella Gulf
"Vella Gulf" was identified as one of the U.S. Navy ships surrounding , a Ukrainian-owned, Belizean-registered ship carrying 33 T-72 tanks, RPGs and other munitions, after she was seized by pirates off Somalia on 25 September 2008. Several photographs used by news services were sourced as having been taken onboard "Vella Gulf". Ultimately the ship was not recaptured, and a ransom was paid.