A U.S. Navy spokesman says a German-owned ship has been hijacked in the pirate-infested waters between Somalia and Yemen. U.S. Navy 5th Fleet spokesman Lt. Nathan Christensen says pirates seized the cargo ship early Saturday in the Gulf of Aden about 150 nautical miles (280 kilometers) southeast of the coastal Yemeni city of Muqalla. The ship, the Motor Vessel Patriot, is Maltese flagged, Associated Press reported.