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The pirates probalby destroyed their boat, I guess, because they didn't think they'd need it after boarding the cargo ship. More from AP, FBI assisting in efforts to rescue US ship captain

"The U.S. Navy summoned the FBI in crisis atmosphere Thursday for advice on how to rescue a cargo ship captain held hostage in the Indian Ocean by pirates who seized his vessel off the coast of Somalia."..............

.........."The FBI was summoned as the Pentagon substantially stepped up its monitoring of the hostage standoff, sending in P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft and other equipment and securing video footage of the scene.

Defense Department officials would not say Thursday morning just how close the USS Bainbridge was to a small lifeboat where Phillips was being held near the Maersk Alabama.

But one official, speaking on grounds of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said the pirates "could see it with their eyes." Another official said there were several other vessels in the vicinity, but it was unclear whether any were the so-called "mother ship" that pirates use to drop them at hijacking sites."...........

According to the Boston Herald, things are changing, Crewman’s father: Cargo ship heading to Kenya

"The father of a Massachusetts-native who was aboard a cargo ship overtaken by Somali pirates says the crew has left the tense stand-off in the waters off the coast of Africa and the ship is en route to safety in Kenya.

Capt. Joseph S. Murphy II, whose son Capt. Shane Murphy, was among the 20 crew members aboard the Maersk Alabama yesterday when pirates overtook the ship, told CNN this morning that his son should be home by next week.

Murphy said that the company that owns the ship, Maersk Line, Limited, told him that the crew is on its way to Mombasa, Kenya, accompanied by armed guards.

“I was told that they are heading to Kenya,” Murphy told CNN. “They have placed an 18-man armed guard force on the ship to ensure they get there safely. The company has gratuitously agreed to change out the entire crew.”

He said his son should be home by the middle of next week.

Somali pirates are holding the ship’s captain, Richard Phillips, 53 of Vermont, captive in a lifeboat. A U.S. Navy war ship and FBI hostage negotiators are at the scene.