MV Liberty Sun is a ship unsuccessfully attacked by Somali pirates on 14 April 2009.

The French frigate Nivôse captured 11 of the pirates who had attacked Liberty Sun.

Bainbridge had on board Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama hijacking, shortly after he had been freed in an operation which left three pirates dead and one captured.

One of the pirates, Abdi Garad, told AFP news agency that they had intended to destroy the ship and its crew.

We also assigned a team with special equipment to chase and destroy any ship flying the American flag in retaliation for the brutal killing of our friends.