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The Liberty was one of the US Navy’s most advanced intelligence gathering ships of the era. Many personnel onboard were assigned to the CIA and NSA, with a Navy crew to operate and maintain the ship. The Liberty was a refurbished WWII-era Victory-class cargo ship whose only armaments were four deck-mounted .50 BMG machineguns to repel boarders.

At the time of the attack, the Liberty was off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula during what is now known as the Six Day War, fought from 5-10 June 1967. After repeated flyovers by lsraeli-flagged jets, the Liberty was suddenly fired on by unmarked warplanes and a group of torpedo boats. One torpedo blew a 40-foot-wide hole on the starboard side, while hundreds of cannon shells pierced the superstructure and napalm set fire to the ship.

Thirty-four personnel were kilIed and 171 wounded, more than two-thirds of the ship’s complement. In the aftermath of the attack, the IsraeIi government declared the Liberty had been misidentified as an Egyptian vessel, although she was flying the American flag for the duration of the attack and had standard US hull classification markings easily visible.

President Lyndon Johnson accepted lsrael’s explanation of mistaken identity, and an abbreviated US Naval Court of Inquiry completed the following month also did not find the attack to be deliberate.

lsrael eventually made several multi-million-dollar payments to the US Navy and the families of those killed in the attack, although survivors like Phil Tourney received nothing more than a $200 clothing reimbursement.

Video credit: NPR

Throwback to 2018 when the cast was having way too much fun behind the scenes 😂 I completely forgot about this clip. Time really flies.

I remember watching this for the first time in middle school…😭💔

Does anyone know what this could be? It wasn’t there the night before, but I woke up in the morning and noticed it. It’s literally right next to where I sleep, like only an inch away from my bed.