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The "Second Ensign" flown during the attack. Israel Defense Forces' investigative reports say their pilots and torpedo boat commander saw no flags during the attack. Damaged USS Liberty one day after attack (9 June 1967) An auxiliary ship of the Egyptian Navy. Various details regarding the attack are the subject of controversy:
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Why Did Israel Attack USS Liberty? Israel and the United States have been allies for decades. However, during the 1967 Six-Day War, a conflict in which the U.S. vowed to remain neutral, Israel launched a devastating strike on a U.S. naval vessel in international waters. Thirty-four were killed, 171 injured, and the ship suffered severe damage.
Feb 9, 2010 · 1967. Israel attacks USS Liberty. During the Six-Day War, Israeli aircraft and torpedo boats attack the USS Liberty in international waters off Egypt’s Gaza Strip. The intelligence ship, well ...
- Missy Sullivan
The USS Liberty incident involved an attack on a United States Navy signals intelligence ship by elements of the Israel Defense Forces on June 8, 1967. In all, 34 people on the ship were killed, and roughly another 170 were wounded in an incident that has been called ‘one of the most bloody and bizarre peacetime encounters in U.S. naval history.’
Jun 8, 2007 · Israel says its forces did not identify the ship as a US vessel. The attack, which lasted at least 40 minutes, resulted in the deaths of 34 of Mr Brummett's fellow crewmen, at least 170 injured and catastrophic damage to the ship. Alarmingly, the assault had been carried out not by enemy forces, but by the US' closest regional ally, Israel.
USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was a Belmont -class technical research ship (i.e. an electronic spying ship) that was attacked by Israel Defense Forces during the 1967 Six-Day War. She was originally built and served in World War II as a VC2-S-AP3 type Victory cargo ship named SS Simmons Victory. [2][3] Her keel was laid down on 23 February 1945, under a ...
By Al Hemingway. On June 8, 1967, the USS Liberty, a cargo ship built at the end of World War II and converted to an electronic surveillance vessel in 1964, was patrolling 14 miles off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula. Just days earlier, Israel had gone to war with Egypt, Syria and Jordan, and the Israelis already had their Arab foes on the run ...
