The M/V Verbena was still ablaze and the mariner was flown by a U.S. helicopter based on the USS Philippine Sea to another nearby ship for medical treatment, the U.S. military's Central Command said.

The ship was attacked in the Gulf of Aden last week by the Yemen-backed Houthis using cruise missiles, and the distress call indicated that Verbena was abandoning the ship, The US Army's Central ...