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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. USS Liberty incident Part of the Six-Day War Damaged USS Liberty on 9 June 1967, one day after attack Date 8 June 1967 Location Mediterranean Sea near the Sinai Peninsula 31°23′N 33°23′E / 31.39°N 33.38°E / 31.39; 33.38 Result See Aftermath of the attack Participants 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.
The Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel's Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship is a 2009 book about the USS Liberty incident, a deadly Israeli attack on the American intelligence gathering ship USS Liberty during the Six-Day War in June 1967 written by the investigative journalist James Scott, the son of one of the junior officers on board the US ship at the time.
Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles ...
The attack happened some 70 miles (110 kilometers) southeast of Aden, where the drone smashed into a vessel there, said the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which oversees Mideast waterways.
A second U.S. official said the rotation is similar to the U.S. sending the USS Bataan assault ship into the waters around Israel shortly after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, with the vessel remaining ...
On 8 June 1967, USS Liberty, a United States Navy electronic intelligence vessel sailing 13 nautical miles (24 km) off Arish (just outside Egypt's territorial waters), was attacked by Israeli jets and torpedo boats, nearly sinking the ship, killing 34 sailors and wounding 171.
The USS Liberty incident was a "friendly fire" incident between Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy torpedo boats and a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, on June 8. The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, sailors, two Marines, and one civilian), wounded 174 other crew ...