Uss Liberty Agtr5

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This post is dedicated to the USS Liberty (AGTR5) and her crew, of whom 35 were killed and 171 wounded, on June 8, 1967, when she was attacked by aircraft and torpedo boats of the Israeli armed forces during the Six Day War.

Rescue units dispatched to her aid from the sixth fleet were cancelled by President Johnson and Sec of Defense Robert MacNamara so as not to cause a clash with Israel, and she was left to fend for herself.


Eternal Father, Strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bid'st the mighty Ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
O hear us when we cry to thee,
for those in peril on the sea.
-Navy Hymn