Tag: USS Pueblo
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Pueblo Incident: Two Failed Submarine Missions ©
In response to the January 23, 1968 North Korea seizure of the USS Pueblo and crew, the Johnson Administration sent an armada of ships and up to nine subs, both nuclear-powered and diesel/electric, into the Sea of Japan. The operation was known as “Formation Star,” the largest build-up of U.S. naval forces around the Korean…
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U.S.-Soviet Collaboration During The Cold War ©
Not since the British boarded the USS Chesapeake off the coast of Virginia in 1807 had an American Naval commander surrendered his ship in peacetime. The ship was the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), a 177-foot Technical Research Ship (TRS) with a crew of 83 officers and men. It was seized in international waters off the coast…