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 …

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 intercepted by North Korean patrol boats.

Jan 16, 2025 · 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’ had been in international waters, began a military buildup in the area.

Jan 28, 2014 · On January 23, 1968, the Navy's U.S.S. Pueblo was coasting in the waters off the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The boat had been sent by Rear Admiral Frank L. Johnson and its mission,...

When Commander Lloyd M. “Pete” Bucher surrendered his ship, the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), to North Korean gunboats in 1968, he became one of the most notorious figures in U.S. Navy history. Bucher gave up his vessel without firing a shot, the first U.S. sea commander 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...

The humiliating seizure of the American spy ship Pueblo on January 23, 1968, by North Korean gunboats proved both an enormous intelligence setback and a searing indictment of America’s Cold War policy.

Nov 12, 2020 · USS Pueblo (AGER-2) was forcibly captured by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on January 23, 1968. Pueblo was off the coast of North Korea in international waters when it was shot...

May 29, 2018 · The Pueblo incident involved the 1968 seizure and hijacking of the USS Pueblo by North Korean military forces. The Pueblo , a naval intelligence ship, was conducting offshore surveillance of North Korean radar and radio installations when it …

Dec 2, 2019 · The USS Pueblo Incident was diplomatic crisis that took place in 1968. Operating in international waters off the coast of North Korea, USS Pueblo was a signals intelligence ship conducting a mission when it was attacked by North Korean patrol boats on January 23, 1968.