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Jul 20, 2010 · On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence vessel, is engaged in a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast when it is intercepted by North Korean patrol boats.
- Missy Sullivan
Sep 6, 2024 · Pueblo Incident, capture of the USS ‘Pueblo,’ a Navy intelligence ship, and its 83 crewmen by North Korean patrol boats off the coast of North Korea on January 23, 1968. The United States, maintaining that the ‘Pueblo’ had been in international waters, began a military buildup in the area.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
USS Pueblo is still held by North Korea. In October 1999, she was towed from Wonsan on the east coast, around the Korean Peninsula, to the port of Nampo on the west coast.
- 20-23 January 1968
- Sea of Japan
Jun 12, 2018 · On January 21, 1968, a group of North Korean commandos fought their way into Seoul in an attempt to assassinate the South Korean president, Park Chung-hee, at his official residence, the...
- Sarah Pruitt
Jan 23, 2012 · There is only one US Navy ship in the world held by a foreign nation - the USS Pueblo, a spy ship which was captured by North Korea on 23 January 1968. Its crew were held prisoner by North...
Dec 2, 2019 · Operating in international waters off the coast of North Korea, USS Pueblo was a signals intelligence ship conducting a mission when it was attacked by North Korean patrol boats on January 23, 1968. Forced to surrender, Pueblo was taken to North Korea and its crew imprisoned.
It has been 20 years since the North Koreans boarded and captured the intelligence gathering ship, USS Pueblo (AGER-2), on 23 January 1968, taking her 83-man crew as hostages for 11 months. By 22 December when the crew was released, a sailor who was seriously wounded when the ship was seized had died in captivity.
