Back حادثة يو إس إس ليبرتي Arabic USS Liberty hadisəsi AZ یواس‌اس لیبرتی حادیثه‌سی AZB Liberty-Zwischenfall German Okazintaĵo de la USS Liberty EO Incidente del USS Liberty Spanish حمله به یواس‌اس لیبرتی FA Incident de l'USS Liberty French תקרית ליברטי HE Insiden USS Liberty ID

USS Liberty incident

USS Liberty incident
Part of the Six-Day War

Damaged USS Liberty on 9 June 1967, one day after attack
Date 8 June 1967
Location
Mediterranean Sea near the Sinai Peninsula[1]
31°23′N 33°23′E / 31.39°N 33.38°E / 31.39; 33.38
Result See Aftermath of the attack
Participants
 Israel  United States
Commanders and leaders
Captain Iftach Spector
Lieutenant Commander Moshe Oren		 Commander William L. McGonagle
Strength
2 Mirage IIIs
2 Mystère IVs
3 motor torpedo boats		 1 Technical research ship
Casualties and losses
None 34 killed
171 wounded
1 ship heavily damaged
USS Liberty incident is located in Sinai
USS Liberty incident
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Location within Sinai
USS Liberty incident is located in Egypt
USS Liberty incident
USS Liberty incident (Egypt)

The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (a 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] The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marines, and one civilian NSA employee), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.[3] At the time, the ship was in international waters north of the Sinai Peninsula, about 25.5 nautical miles (47.2 km; 29.3 mi) northwest from the Egyptian city of Arish.[1][4]

Israel apologized for the attack, saying that USS Liberty had been attacked in error after being mistaken for an Egyptian ship.[5] Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity.[6] Others, including survivors of the attack, have rejected these conclusions and maintain that the attack was deliberate.[7][8] Thomas Hinman Moorer, 7th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, accused President Lyndon B. Johnson of having covered up that the attack was a deliberate act.[9]

In May 1968, the Israeli government paid US$3.32 million (equivalent to US$29.1 million in 2023) to the U.S. government in compensation for the families of the 34 men killed in the attack. In March 1969, Israel paid a further $3.57 million ($29.6 million in 2023) to the men who had been wounded. In December 1980, it agreed to pay $6 million ($22.2 million in 2023) as the final settlement for material damage to the ship plus 13 years of interest.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Wikimapia.org Tag". Archived from the original on 14 December 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  2. ^ Gerhard & Millington 1981, pp. 1–2, 5, 25–26, 28
  3. ^ Gerhard & Millington 1981, pp. 28–29, 52
  4. ^ Gerhard & Millington 1981, p. 26
  5. ^ Cristol, A.Jay (2013). The Liberty Incident Revealed: The Definitive Account of the 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship. Naval Institute Press. pp. 61, 113–114. ISBN 978-1-61251-387-4.
  6. ^ Gerhard & Millington 1981, p. 57
  7. ^ Crewdson, John (2 October 2007). "New revelations in attack on American spy ship". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  8. ^ Ofer, Aderet (11 July 2017). "'But sir, it's an American ship.' 'Never mind, hit her!' When Israel attacked USS Liberty". Haaretz.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference ap2003-10-23 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Gerhard & Millington 1981, p. 64

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