 The pirate mothership was likely a small steam powered vessel fitted out as a naval trawler which are regularly used by Somali pirates.The ship was confiscated by the Americans according to news reports and pirates were put in "Nicholas" brig, to await court either in Kenya or the United States.That same day, the destroyer , as flagship of Combined Task Force 151, was involved in a pirate attack on a Sierra Leone-flagged tanker, MV "Evita".