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  1. USS Pueblo (AGER-2) - Wikipedia

    • 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. On 23 January 1968, the ship was attacked and captured by a North K… See more

    Initial operations

    The ship was launched at the Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, on 16 April 1944, as the United States Army Freight and Passenger (FP) FP-344. The Army later redesignat… See more

    Pueblo incident

    On 5 January 1968, Pueblo left Yokosuka in transit to the U.S. naval base at Sasebo, Japan; from there she left on 11 January 1968, headed northward through the Tsushima Strait into the Sea of Japan. She left with sp… See more

    Class and type(as built) Army Freight and Supply (FS) · Navy Camano-class cargo ship (AKL) · (as converted) Banner-class environmental research ship
    Type(as built) Light Cargo Ship · (as converted) Intel-Gathering Vessel
    Tonnage345 tons dwt
    Displacement550 tons light, 895 tons full
    Aftermath

    Pueblo was taken into port at Wonsan and the crew was moved twice to prisoner-of-war (POW) camps. The crew members reported upon release that they were starved and regularly tortured while in North Korean cus… See more

    Tourist attraction

    Pueblo is a tourist attraction in Pyongyang, North Korea, since being moved to the Taedong River. Pueblo used to be anchored at the spot where it is believed the General Sherman incident took place in 1866. In lat… See more

    Offer to repatriate

    During an August 2005 diplomatic session in North Korea, former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Donald Gregg received verbal indications from high-ranking North Korean officials that the state would be willing to repatriate P… See more

    Lawsuits

    Former Pueblo crew members William Thomas Massie, Dunnie Richard Tuck, Donald Raymond McClarren, and Lloyd Bucher sued the North Korean government for the abuse they suffered at its hands during thei… See more

    Representation in popular culture

    The 1968 Star Trek episode "The Enterprise Incident" was very loosely based upon the Pueblo incident. In the episode written by D. C. Fontana, Captain Kirk takes the Federation starship USS Enterprise, apparently … See more

     
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  2. USS Pueblo captured | January 23, 1968 - HISTORY

    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 …

  3. Pueblo Incident | Definition, Summary, & Facts

    Oct 17, 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’ …

  4. Crew of USS Pueblo reunites, 55 years after capture by …

    Sep 15, 2023 · Pueblo crew members present at the reunion Thursday included Don Peppard, 86; Bob Chicca, 79; and Rick Rogala, 76. All of them suffered severe physical injuries while being held hostage.

  5. The Time the U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over a Highjacked …

  6. North Korea Once Captured and Detained the Crew of …

    Jun 12, 2018 · The January 1968 capture of the U.S.S. Pueblo during a spy mission in international waters cost the life of one American sailor and began a grueling 11-month imprisonment for the other 82...

  7. USS Pueblo incident: US court awards $2.3 billion to …

    Feb 26, 2021 · A US federal court has awarded $2.3 billion in damages to several crew members of the USS Pueblo and their surviving families, more than 50 years after North Korea seized the American naval...

  8. Remembering North Korea's Audacious Capture Of The USS Pueblo

  9. Pueblo (AGER-2) - NHHC

    May 5, 1990 · USS Pueblo (AGER-2) was built as a general purpose supply vessel for the Army Transportation Corps as FP-344. She was launched on 16 April 1944 and was delivered to the Army on 5 July 1944. She...

  10. Act of War: Hijacking of the USS Pueblo - HistoryNet

    Feb 9, 2018 · On the afternoon of Jan. 23, 1968, an emergency message reached the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise from USS Pueblo, operating in the Sea of Japan. A North Korean ship, the message reported, was harassing …

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