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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/warship-shadows-hijacked-yacht.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle are thought to be on board hijacked yacht Quest (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-warship-shadows-hijacked-yacht.jpg" alt="Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle are thought to be on board hijacked yacht Quest (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>A warship shadowed a yacht with four Americans on board that was hijacked by Somali pirates, a pirate said, as the vessel was reported to be moving closer to the Somali coast.</p>
<p>The yacht Quest was captured on Friday off the coast of Oman, but was now in the waters between Yemen and northern Somalia, pirates and a Somali government official said.</p>
<p>One pirate who gave his name only as Hassan said a warship with a helicopter on its deck was near the Quest.</p>
<p>The pirate&#8217;s claim could not be independently verified and US officials did not release any information about the yacht. A US embassy spokesman said on Sunday officials were assessing options and &#8220;possible responses&#8221;.</p>
<p>A second pirate who gave his name as Bile Hussein and a Somali official in Puntland said the Quest was between Yemen and Somalia and heading closer to Puntland, a haven for pirates on Somalia&#8217;s northern tip.</p>
<p>In New York, the first secretary of Somalia&#8217;s United Nations mission, Omar Jamal, said he had received reports from Somalia that the boat was expected to make landfall soon.</p>
<p>Pirates have increased attacks on ships off the coast of East Africa, but Americans have rarely been targeted. The last attack against a US crew &#8211; in 2009 &#8211; ended with US Navy sharpshooters killing two pirates and rescuing the ship&#8217;s captain.</p>
<p>If the Quest reaches Somalia&#8217;s shores the four American hostages would probably be taken inland, where a fast resolution is much less likely.</p>
<p>The Quest is owned by Scott and Jean Adam, a couple from California. The other two Americans on board were identified as Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle, from Seattle, Washington.</p>
<p>The Adams have been sailing the world with a yacht full of bibles since 2004.</p>
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