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The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War. [2]
Jun 6, 2018 · The Israeli Air Force notified the Israeli naval command that these two sightings were the USS Liberty. The ship was marked as neutral and removed from the threat board. Shortly afterward, the Israeli military received word that El-Arish was under naval bombardment.
Feb 9, 2010 · The intelligence ship, well-marked as an American vessel and only lightly armed, was attacked first by Israeli aircraft that fired napalm and rockets at the ship. The Liberty attempted to radio...
Aug 26, 2024 · The USS Liberty incident involved an attack on a United States Navy signals intelligence ship by elements of the Israel Defense Forces on June 8, 1967. In all, 34 people on the ship were killed, and roughly another 170 were wounded in an incident that has been called ‘one of the most bloody and bizarre peacetime encounters in U.S. naval history.’
After the air raid, Israeli torpedo boats identified the Liberty as an Egyptian naval vessel. When the Liberty began shooting at the Israelis, they responded with a torpedo attack, which killed 28 of the sailors.
Jun 6, 2017 · On June 8, 1967, an Israeli torpedo tore through the side of the unarmed American naval vessel USS Liberty, approximately a dozen miles off the Sinai coast.
Jun 8, 2022 · A barrage of torpedoes slammed into the ship's hull as Israeli aircraft dropped napalm and strafed her deck repeatedly. The attack lasted two hours, according to Bowen.
