Washington/Nairobi  - Richard Phillips, the American captain dramatically rescued from pirates on Sunday, arrived in the Kenyan port of Mombasa Thursday aboard a US Navy destroyer escorting a second US freighter attacked by pirates.

Phillips is captain of the Maersk Alabama, whose crew repelled an attempted pirate hijacking. The captain was held hostage for five days on a lifeboat.

He was freed Sunday when five US Navy snipers killed the three pirates holding him.