62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards as Victory ship[citation needed]
358 officers and enlisted for USS Liberty
Armament
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. gun as Victory ship
1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal. gun
8 × 20 mm Oerlikon
4 x M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun as USS Liberty
Aircraft carried
none
Notes
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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 Maritime Commission contract at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation of Portland, Oregon.[2]
In 1967, Israeli air force and naval units attacked the research ship during the Six-Day War. Israel later apologized for the attack, stating it had mistaken Liberty for an Egyptian ship, although the reason for the attack has been disputed. USS Liberty would eventually be decommissioned some time after the attack, was sold for scrapping in 1973 as it had been damaged beyond feasible repair.
USSLiberty (AGTR-5) was a Belmont-class technical research ship (i.e. an electronic spying ship) that was attacked by Israel Defense Forces during the...
The USSLiberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (spy ship), USSLiberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft...
had served in the United States Navy in that war as animal transport USSLiberty (ID-3461). She was also notable as the first ship constructed at Federal...
the Israeli attack on the USSLiberty. Bamford theorizes that the Israeli Defense Forces were concerned that the USSLiberty, a signals intelligence collection...
chapters in Body of Secrets is titled “Blood” and is about the 1967 USSLiberty incident. In this chapter, Bamford details the attack and its immediate...
Nostalgia. "Liberty Ships". these bulk storage ships were USS Peter H. Burnett (IX-104), USS Antelope (IX-109), USS Don Marquis (IX-215), USS Triana (IX-223)...
was known as the Grunt Padre. The USSLiberty incident was an attack on a neutral U.S. Navy spy ship, the USSLiberty, by Israeli jet fighter planes and...
USS Georgetown • 1963–1969 USS Jamestown • 1963–1969 Belmont class (Victory ship type) USS Belmont • 1964–1970 USSLiberty • 1964–1968 Three smaller ships...
In this capacity, he oversaw the official investigation of the 1967 USSLiberty incident. As a staunch supporter of Israel, he was perplexed by the Israeli...
Operation Cyanide: Why the Bombing of the USSLiberty Nearly Caused World War III, (2003) suggesting that USSLiberty attack by Israel, with the connivance...
and Government. Moorer came to the conclusion that the attack on the USSLiberty in 1967 was a deliberate act on the part of the Israelis and that President...
There is speculation amongst survivors of the 1967 Israeli attack on the USSLiberty and their supporters that a U.S. Navy submarine observed and filmed the...
of the “USSLiberty Veterans Association” and has written many articles in support of survivors of the 1967 Israeli attack on the USSLiberty. He spoke...
received the Medal of Honor for his actions while in command of the USSLiberty when it was attacked by Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean on June 8...
missile hit. It was received by USS Waddell, which was in the area and USS Conyngham with two-thirds of its crew on liberty in Bahrain. Waddell and Conyngham...
Historian". "USSLiberty Inquiry – Commentary by Major Officials". "Experts on the USSLiberty". Scott, James (June 2, 2009). The Attack on the Liberty: The Untold...
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