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A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips, Stephan Talty

A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George K. Wilson (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.7listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 8.7 hours of listening.

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30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea is an audiobook by Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by George K. Wilson, released April 19, 2010, on the Memoirs and Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.7 hrs
Narrated by
George K. Wilson
Released
April 19, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
ISBN
9781400186860

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea as an audiobook?

A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea?

A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea is narrated by George K. Wilson.