2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2017 The Dai Hong Dan incident took place on 29 October 2007, when the North Korean cargo vessel MV Dai Hong Dan (대홍단호) was attacked and temporarily seized by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

A group of Somali pirates boarded and captured the North Korean cargo ship Dai Hong Dan, originally launched at Chongjin in 1978.

According to North Korean sources, the ship had unloaded its cargo in the Somali capital when seven armed pirates (disguised as guards) boarded the ship, detaining the 22 sailors of the crew in the steering room and an engine room.

[3] The following day, responding to the vessel's distress signal, the US Navy guided missile destroyer USS James E. Williams approached the ship, and deployed an SH-60B helicopter and a VBSS (Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure) team to secure the scene.

The crew stormed the bridge and the engineering spaces, leaving one pirate dead in the action.