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Dec 23, 2015 · 47 Years ago today, 82 crew members of the USS PUEBLO (AGER-2) were released after 338 days in captivity in North Korea. On January 28, 1968, fourteen miles from North Korean land, the USS PUEBLO was attacked and captured by overwhelming forces from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The crew was detained and interrogated until ...
Jul 21, 2020 · A U.S. Army light freighter launched during World War II, the fifty-four-meter-long Pueblo had been recommissioned by the Navy in 1966s to serve as an “environmental research ship.”
USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class environmental research ship, placed into service during World War II, then converted to a spy ship in 1967 by the United States Navy. She gathered intelligence and oceanographic information, monitoring electronic and radio signals from North Korea.
- 20-23 January 1968
- Sea of Japan
At the time of her seizure, the Pueblo, an electronic surveillance ship, was trying to pinpoint the location of military radar and radio stations along North Korea’s rugged east coast. The 176-foot vessel was alone, with no U.S. combat jets or ships to protect her.
Sep 15, 2023 · The Pueblo was never decommissioned and remains the second-oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command. It is now open near The Victorious ...
Mar 26, 2024 · #OTD 1968, USS Pueblo was captured by North Korea. Forced to pose for propaganda photos, the crew displayed their middle fingers which they told their captors was a "Hawaiian good luck sign."
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Dec 23, 2018 · The crew and captain of the U.S. intelligence gathering ship Pueblo are released after 11 months imprisonment by the government of North Korea. The ship, and its 83-man crew, was seized by North Korean warships on January 23 and charged with intruding into North Korean waters.
