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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
ex
USS Liberty (AG-168)
(1963 - 1964)
   
NIRY
  
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
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Individual Awards
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Belmont
Class Technical Research Ship:
Laid
down, 23 February 1945,
at Oregon
Shipbuilding
Corp., Portland, OR.
Delivered
to Maritime Commission, May 1945
Acquired by
the US
Navy in February 1963
Converted to a
Miscellaneous Auxiliary
Named Liberty
(AG-168), 8 June 1963
Reclassified
Technical
Research Ship (AGTR-5)
Commissioned
USS
Liberty (AGTR-5)
<>1
April
1964 at,
Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.,
CDR. Daniel T. Wieland, Jr., in
command
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Liberty:
The
quality or state of being free which was the dominant ideal
and
aspiration of the American patriots during the Revolutionary War.
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USS Liberty (AGTR-5) underway in
Chesapeake Bay, 29 July 1967, upon her return from the
Mediterranean
Sea. She had
been attacked and seriously damaged by Israeli air and
surface forces while operating off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967,
during the "Six-Day War", and was subsequently repaired at Malta. 34
killed, 171 wounded US Navy Photo # K-39927 From the collection of
Frank
Guilfoy via USS Oxford (AG-159/AGTR-1)
Decommissioned,
and
struck from the Naval Register, 28 June 1968;
Laid up in the
Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk, VA.
Transferred to the
Maritime Administration in December 1970 for
disposal, sold for
scrapping in 1973
USS Liberty was
awarded the Presidential Unit
Citation and
Captain McGonagle, the Commanding Officer, received the
Medal of Honor
Specifications:
Displacement
7,725 t.(fl)
Speed
16
kts. |
Length 455'
Beam 60'
Draft
23' |
Complement 358
Armament
four .50 cal. machine guns
Propulsion steam turbine, single shaft, 8.500shp |
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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)'s Commanding
Officer CDR. William L. McGonagle, USN, points out damage inflicted on
the ship's superstructure when Israeli forces attacked the Liberty
off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. The photo was taken on 16 June,
two days after the ship arrived at Valletta, Malta, for repairs. US
Navy photo No's. NH 97476 and NH 97474 from the collections of the US Naval
Historical Center. by Bill
Gonyo
USS Liberty
(AGTR-5)'s FLAG
By Mark Pellegrini December 28, 2007
at the US National Cryptologic Museum.
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USS Liberty
turns to port during
Israeli torpedo boats' attack on 8 June 1967
USS Liberty
(AGTR-5)'s Commanding Officer
CDR.
William L. McGonagle, USN,
in
his cabin on board the ship, 11 June
1967.
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