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orthoclad

(5,210 posts)

7. Ah, so we can have another USS Liberty

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 03:56 PM

Sep 2024

an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.[2] The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marines, and one civilian NSA employee), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.[3] At the time, the ship was in international waters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident