Spy Ships

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4 November 2007

SPY SHIPS

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Retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Thomas Moorer, pauses during a news conference on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003 in Washington. Moorer was part of an independent commission of inquiry into the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that claims to have found proof of a cover up by the government. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) [Image]
Navy Capt. William L. McGonagle is shown in this June 8, 1967 photo. McGonagle, who received the Medal of Honor for heroism as skipper of the USS Liberty when Israel unleashed a deadly attack on the intelligence-gathering ship in 1967 died March 5, 1999. He was 73. (AP Photo)

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This is an undated photo of the British trawler Gaul, suspected of being a spy ship, which vanished in 1974. The wreckage the ship has been discovered in Norway's Arctic, nearly a quarter-century after it mysteriously vanished, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The fate of the fishing trawler Gaul - believed by many to actually be a disguised intelligence vessel spying on the Soviet Union - has been the subject of a book, a television documentary and years of speculation. (AP Photo) [Image]
The Russian cruiser "Admiral Golovko" of the Black Sea Fleet is docked at the fleet's base in Sevastopol, Ukraine, Crimean peninsula, Saturday, April 3, 1999. The Liman, an intelligence-gathering vessel of the Fleet, left Sevastopol Friday for the Adriatic Sea to shadow NATO vessels participating in airstrikes against Yugoslavi. Six other warships of the fleet, including the Golovko will leave in the next days "to sail through the Bosporus to monitor NATO actions to enhance Russia's security", according to Igor Sergeyev, Russian Defense Minister. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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** FILE ** The USS Pueblo, shown underway at sea, was captured late Jan. 22, 1968, by North Korean patrol boats who took it into Wonsan. There were 83 men aboard the vessel. Photo was released Jan. 23, 1968, by the U.S. Defense Dept. Negotiations to eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons remain in limbo, but the North Koreans are giving hints they might be ready to end another long-lingering problem with the United States by returning the captured spy ship USS Pueblo (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, File) [Image]
** FILE ** The USS Pueblo as it appeared in this 1968 file photo, before its capture by North Korean sea and air forces. Negotiations to eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons remain in limbo, but the North Koreans are giving hints they might be ready to end another long-lingering problem with the United States by returning the captured spy ship USS Pueblo. (AP Photo/U.S Navy, File)

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Crew members of the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo are led into captivity after the vessel was seized by North Korean patrol boats in the Sea of Japan in Jan. 1968. The photo was released in July 1988 by reunion organizer Robert Chicca, when the crew held a get together in San Diego 20 years after the seizure. (AP Photo) [Image]
Crew members of the U.S.S. Pueblo, an intelligence-gathering ship captured Jan. 23, 1968 by North Korean gunboats in international waters near Wonsan, pose for an undated photo delivered to a relative of one of the crewman. Seated from left: Howie Bland, Legget, Calif.; Don Peppard, Phoeniz, Ariz.; Jim Layton, Binghampton, N.Y.; and Monroe Goldman, Lakewood, Calif. Standing, from left: Ron Bernes, Russell, Kan.; Harry Iredale, Suitland, Md.; Doug Scarborough, Anderson, S.C.; and Charles Law. The photo was delivered to Law's Uncle, Earl W. Hopkins, in Tacoma, Wash. Several of the prisoners display an obscene gesture which they said they used as a "salute" to their North Korean captors. (AP Photo)

Following Pueblo information and photos from:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/ager2.htm
USS Pueblo (AGER-2, originally AKL-44), 1967-____
USS Pueblo, an 850-ton environmental research ship, was built at Kewaunee, Wisconsin, in 1944 as the the U.S. Army cargo ship FP-344. She was transferred to the Navy in April 1966 and renamed Pueblo. Initially designated a light cargo ship (AKL-44), she soon began conversion to a research ship and was redesignated AGER-2 shortly before commissioning in May 1967. Following training operations off the U.S. west coast, in November 1967 Pueblo departed for the Far East to undertake electronic intelligence collection and other duties.
On 23 January 1968, while off Wonsan, North Korea, Pueblo was attacked by local forces and seized. One crewmember was killed in the assault and the other eighty-two men on board were taken prisoner. The North Koreans contended that the ship had violated their territorial waters, a claim vigorously denied by the United States. After eleven months in captivity, often under inhumane conditions, Pueblo's crew were repatriated on 23 December 1968. The ship was retained by North Korea, though she is still the property of the U.S. Navy. She was exhibited at Wonsan and Hungham for three decades and is now a museum at Pyongyang, the North Korean capital city.
For additional images related to this ship, see:
U.S. Army cargo ship FP-344 (1944-1966);
USS Pueblo -- On Board Views;
USS Pueblo -- Seizure by North Korea, January 1968; and
USS Pueblo -- Repatriation of Crew, December 1968.
See Google Earth satellite photo of Pueblo docked at Pyongyang and other photos:
http://www.mishalov.com/pueblo.html
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USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
In port, circa 1967.
This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center in January 1968.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

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USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
Off San Diego, California, 19 October 1967.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
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USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
Off San Diego, California, 19 October 1967.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

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In this video frame grab taken from AP Television News, schoolchildren get on board the captured spy ship USS Pueblo, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. North Korean navy captured the Pueblo in 1968, off the east coast of Korea. Since 1998, it has been moored on Pyongyang's Taedong river. (AP Photo/AP Television News) **TV OUT ** [Image]
In this video frame grab taken from AP Television News, schoolchildren onboard the captured spy ship USS Pueblo, listen to speech from Pak In Ho, right, who North Korean authorities said is a North Korean Navy veteran involved in its capture, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. North Korean navy captured the Pueblo in 1968, off the east coast of Korea. Since 1998, it has been moored on Pyongyang's Taedong river. (AP Photo/AP Television News) **TV OUT **

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A suspected North Korean spy boat, raised from a depth of 90 meters (300 feet) in the East China Sea, is being moved onto an operation ship during its salvage operations by Japan's Coast Guard on Wednesday, September 11, 2002. This week, on the eve of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's unprecedented visit to the North Korea, Japan raised the mystery ship after a four-month effort. Though a full inspection has yet to be finished, the media is abuzz with tantalizing tidbits of what has been found aboard. (AP Photo/Kyodo, Kota Kyogoku) [Image]
A North Korean spy vessel sunk in a gunbattle with Japan Coast Guard last December in the East China Sea is salvaged Sept. 11, 2002, off Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. The photo was released by Japan Coast Guard in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, as the Japanese government announced that Japan has determined that the ship was a North Korean spy vessel and intends to ask Pyongyang for an explanation. (AP Photo/Japan Coast Guard, ho)

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North Korean soldiers watch USS Pueblo, which was seized by North Korean navy off the Korean coast in Jan. 1968, near Taedonggang river in Pyongyang, Thursday, June 22, 2006. North Korea's Korea News Service said the U.S. navy intelligence ship is open to the public as part of the country's anti-U.S. campaign. North Korea captured the ship, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (AP Photo/Korea Central News Agency via Korea News Service) ** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT ** [Image]
This Maritime Self-Defense Force photo, released early Wednesday, March 24, 1999 in Tokyo, shows one of two unidentified boats being on the run in the Japanese waters on Tuesday, March 23. Japanese destroyers fired warning shots early Wednesday, March 24 at two unidentified ships that intruded into Japanese waters and then fled north into the Sea of Japan despite repeated orders to stop. (AP Photo/Maritime Self-Defense Force/Kyodo)

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The Glomar Explorer, a spy ship steeped in secrecy and credited by legend with pulling a Soviet submarine from the depths of the Pacific, is towed under the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay to Hunters Point in San Francisco Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1996, where it will be eventually be drydocked for repairs and hull cleaning. The 619-foot-long vessel was berthed Wednesday, Nov. 6, at a salvage yard where some heavy gear will be removed before it is converted to an oil rig. (AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Vince Maggiora) [Image]
The Glomar Explorer, decks covered with gear, is anchored off Oiowalu, Hawaii in August 1974. This ship is owned by Howard Hughes' Summa Corporation. (AP Photo)

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The Glomar Explorer moves up the Willamette River at Portland, Ore., Friday, Feb. 14, 1997, on its way to drydock for a four-month renovation. Originally built for the Central Intelligence Agency, the ship gained fame in the 1970's for its clandestine recovery of pieces of a Soviet submarine that sank northwest of Hawaii. After 17 years in mothballs near San Francisco, it will be converted into the world's largest oil drilling ship. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Steven Nehl) [Image]
Life guards and yatchmen watch during the arrival of Howard Hughes' Glomar Explorer off Catalina Island, May 8, 1975. The Ship reportedly used by the CIA last summer to recover part of a Russian subamarine, was positioned off the Island. Residents of the Island said crewmen were secretive, but did say the Glomar would leave the area today. (AP Photo)

Following information and photos of USS Liberty:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/agtr5.htm
USS Liberty (AGTR-5), 1964-1970
USS Liberty, a 7725-ton Belmont class technical research ship, was built in 1945 as the civilian cargo ship Simmons Victory. She operated in commercial trade until 1958, when she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Simmons Victory was acquired by the Navy in February 1963 for conversion. Renamed Liberty and classified AG-168 in June 1963, she was reclassified AGTR-5 in April 1964 and commissioned in December 1964. In February 1965, she steamed from the west coast to Norfolk, Virginia, where she was further outfitted to suit her for a mission of collecting and processing foreign communications and other electronic emissions of possible National defense interest.
In June 1965, Liberty began her first deployment, to waters off the west coast of Africa. She carried out several more operations during the next two years, and went to the Mediterranean in 1967. During the "Six-Day War" between Israel and several Arab nations, she was sent to collect electronic intelligence in the eastern Mediterranean. On the afternoon of 8 June 1967, while in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula, Liberty, though clearly marked as a U.S. Navy ship, was struck by Israeli aircraft. After suffering damage and many personnel casualties from gunfire, rockets and bombs, she was further attacked by three Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats. One torpedo hit her on the starboard side, forward of the superstructure, opening a large hole in her hull. In all, thirty-four men were killed in the attacks and nearly 170 wounded. Israel subsequently apologized for the incident, explaining that its air and naval forces had mistaken the Liberty for a much smaller Egyptian Navy ship.
Though severely damaged, Liberty's crew kept her afloat, and she was able to leave the area under her own power. She was escorted to Malta by units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet and was there given interim repairs. After these were completed in July 1967, Liberty returned to the United States. She was decommissioned in June 1968 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register two years later. USS Liberty was sold for scrapping in December 1970.
This page features, or provides links to, all our views of USS Liberty (AGTR-5).
For pictures and information on Liberty's June 1967 Commanding Officer, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his conduct during the attacks on her, see:
Captain William L. McGonagle, USN.
For views of the attack on USS Liberty and its immediate aftermath, see:
USS Liberty -- Attack by Israeli forces, 8 June 1967.
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Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
Points out damage inflicted on the ship's superstructure when Israeli forces attacked the Liberty off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. The photograph was taken on 16 June, two days after Liberty arrived at Valletta, Malta, for repairs.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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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.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
At the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 2 October 1966.
USS Waldron (DD-699) is tied up astern of Liberty.
Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
Photographed circa 1966.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
Turns while under attack by Israeli motor torpedo boats, off the Sinai Peninsula, 8 June 1967.
Note fire-damaged structure at left, with what appears to be a .50 caliber machine gun.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
An Israeli motor torpedo boat speeds past the ship, while she was under attack by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula, 8 June 1967.
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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
An Israeli "Super Mystere" (French-built) fighter-bomber passes over the ship, while she was under attack by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula, 8 June 1967.
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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
An Israeli "Super Frelon" (French-built) helicopter circles the ship at the time she was attacked by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula, 8 June 1967.
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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
Receives assistance from units of the Sixth Fleet, after she was attacked and seriously damaged by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. An SH-3 helicopter is near her bow.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
Maintains steerageway approximately 14 hours after she was attacked and badly damaged by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
At Valletta, Malta, after arriving there for repair of damages received when she was attacked by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. She arrived at Malta on 14 June.
Note torpedo hole in her side, forward of the superstructure. Photographed by PH1 J.J. Kelly, USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
Arrives at Valletta, Malta, for repair of damages received when she was attacked by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. Photo is dated 16 June. However, she arrived at Malta on 14 June. Note torpedo hole in her side, forward of the superstructure and numerous rocket and gunfire impacts on the hull and superstructure.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
Gunfire and rocket damage to her hull side and superstructure, inflicted when she was attacked by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. Photographed after she arrived at Valletta, Malta, for repairs. Photo is dated 16 June.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
Damage to the ship's bridge area, received in attacks by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. View looks aft and to port, from just in front of the superstructure. Note rocket entrance and exit holes, and ruined signal lamp in lower left.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
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Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
In his cabin on board the ship, 11 June 1967. Note damage received when Israeli forces attacked the Liberty off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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**ADVANCE FOR MONDAY SEPT. 15 ** Lockheed Martin's Aegis Weapon Systems, featuring SPY-1 phased array radars (inside octagon-shaped device), are tested at this custom-designed facility resembling a Navy ship. The facility, at the Moorestown, N.J., plant of the company's Maritime Systems & Sensors unit, are shown on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price) [Image]
U.S. Navy's Rear Adm. Mark Fitzgerald talks to reporters aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the northern Arabian Sea on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002. The Naval commander said seven German naval ships joining the U.S.-led war on terrorism will gather intelligence at the Horn of Africa. Patrolling off the Horn of Africa would put the ships in position to watch Yemen and Somalia, two nations where Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network is believed to have connections. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

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USS Jimmy Carter
A port side view of the US Navy (USN) SEAWOLF CLASS: Attack Submarine, USS JIMMY CARTER (SSN 23), as it is moved out doors for the first time in preparation for its christening, at the Electric Boat Corporation of Connecticut facility, located at Groton S
Location: GROTON SHIPYARD, CONNECTICUT (CT) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: ELECTRIC BOAT SHIP BUILDING Date Shot: 4 Jun 2004
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USS Jimmy Carter
A low-angel port bow view of the US Navy (USN) SEAWOLF CLASS: Attack Submarine, USS JIMMY CARTER (SSN 23), as it is moved out doors for the first time in preparation for its christening, at the Electric Boat Corporation of Connecticut facility, located at Location: GROTON SHIPYARD, CONNECTICUT (CT) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: ELECTRIC BOAT SHIP BUILDING Date Shot: 4 Jun 2004
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USS Jimmy Carter
Sea Wolf Class Attack Submarine USS JIMMY CARTER (SSN 23) sits moored in the Magnetic Silencing Facility at Naval Submarine Base (NSB) Bangor, Washington (WA), for its first deperming treatment. The depermin
Location: NSB BANGOR, WASHINGTON (WA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: MCCM JERRY MCLAIN, USN Date Shot: 16 Aug 2006
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A port view of the missiles range instrumentation ship USNS REDSTONE (T-AGM-20) underway off the coast of Florida to monitor the test launch of a Trident II D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Date Shot: 4 Dec 1989
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A port view of the missiles range instrumentation ship USNS RANGE SENTINEL (T-AGM-22) underway off the coast of Florida to monitor the test launch of a Trident II D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Date Shot: 4 Dec 1989
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A starboard view of the Soviet Vishnya class intelligence collecting ship SSV 169, underway off the coast of Florida. The Soviet vessel is monitoring the launch of a Trident II (D-5) performance evaluation missile by the nuclear-powered ballistic missile
Date Shot: 15 Dec 1989
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A starboard quarter view of the amphibious transport dock USS NASHVILLE (LPD 13) underway off the coast of Florida to support the launch of a Trident II (D-5) performance evaluation missile by the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE
Date Shot: 15 Dec 1989
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A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS TENNESSEE (SSBN-734) underway on the surface off the coast of Florida prior to the test launch of a Trident II D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Date Shot: 4 Dec 1989
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The salvage ship USS GRASP (ARS-51) stands off the port side of the vessel GREENPEACE to prevent the vessel, which is operated by the environmental organization of the same name, from attempting to disrupt the U.S. Navy's test launch of a Trident II D-5 s
Date Shot: 4 Dec 1989
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Starboard bow view of the auxiliary deep submergence support ship USS POINT LOMA (AGDS-2) fitted with Trident PACVANS (Radomes Housing Telemetry), docked at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Location: VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA (CA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: LCDR R. PORTER Date Shot: 1 May 1982
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Starboard beam view of the auxiliary deep submergence support ship USS POINT LOMA (AGDS-2) fitted with Trident PACVANS (Radomes Housing Telemetry), docked at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Location: VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA (CA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: LCDR R. PORTER Date Shot: 1 May 1982
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A port bow view of the Soviet Desna-class missile range instrumentation ship CHAZMA at sea to monitor a long-range ballistic missile test. The CHAZMA is a converted Dzankoy-class bulk ore carrier.
Date Shot: 1 Aug 1989
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A port view of the Soviet missile range instrumentation ship MARSHAL NEDELIN at sea to monitor a long-range ballistic missile test.
Date Shot: 1 Aug 1989
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A starboard bow view of a research vessel being used as a camera platform for missile tests on the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC) range. A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter flies overhead.
Camera Operator: GERRY WINEY Date Shot: 12 Apr 1983
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Aerial starboard view of an Mark-35 Septar boat in use during Harpoon missile test from the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS TICONDEROGA (CG 47) near the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico.
Camera Operator: BRUCE TROMBECKY Date Shot: 9 Apr 1983
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The Sea-Based X-band (SBX) Radar sits docked after returning to Pearl Harbor Naval Station, Hawaii, July 20, 2007, for scheduled maintenance and planned system upgrades. Since departing Pearl Harbor last January, the SBX successfully demonstrated its abi lity to operate in the harsh winter weather conditions of the Northern Pacific and participated in two tests of the ballistic missile defense system. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialists John W. Ciccarelli Jr.) (Released)
Camera Operator: MC JOHN COCCARELLI Date Shot: 20 Jul 2007
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Port bow view of the US Navy (USN) Auxiliary Research Submarine, USS DOLPHIN (AGSS 555), with crewmembers standing on deck, while underway entering the harbor at San Diego, Southern California (CA).
Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (CA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: JOSA JOSEPH CABALLE, USN Date Shot: 15 Dec 2005
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The Seahorse Class Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) from the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University (PSU) is moved into position with the US Navy (USN) Sea Fighter's (FSF-1) stern ramp during launch and recovery testing. At 28 feet, six i [text ends]
Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (CA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: JOHN F. WILLIAMS, CIV, USN Date Shot: 30 Jan 2006
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The Seahorse Class Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) from the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University (PSU) is lowered into the water prior to undergoing launch and recovery testing with Sea Fighter (FSF-1). At 28 feet, six inches, and weig [text ends]
Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA (CA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: JOHN F. WILLIAMS, CIV, USN Date Shot: 30 Jan 2006
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The Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator (AESD), Sea Jet, funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), a 133-foot vessel located at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Acoustic Research Detachment in Bayview, Idaho (ID). Sea Jet will oper
Location: BAYVIEW, IDAHO (ID) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: JOHN F. WILLIAMS, CIV, USN Date Shot: 23 Aug 2005
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A starboard view of the Soviet Academy of Sciences research ship PETR LEBEDEV.
Date Shot: 1 Jan 1998
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Aerial port side view of the Russian research ship TRIAS carrying a cargo of 25 passenger vehicles.
Camera Operator: ALLIED NAVY Date Shot: 15 Jan 1995
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An aerial port side view of the Russian Valerian Uryay class civilian oceanographic research ship VYACHESLAV FROLOV underway carrying a commercial cargo of 31 passenger vehicles, vans and light trucks.
Camera Operator: ALLIED NAVY Date Shot: 15 Jan 1995
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An aerial starboard quarter view of the Soviet Akademik Kroylov class naval research ship LEONID DENIN underway.
Date Shot: 1 Jan 1995
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A port bow view of the oceanographic research ship USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-62) afloat for the first time following the christening and launch ceremony at Halter Marine Inc.
Location: MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI (MS) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: HALTER MARINE, INC Date Shot: 15 Oct 1994
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A port bow view of the NOAA oceanographic research ship ADVENTUROUS (T-AGOS-14) tied up at the National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pier on the Elizabeth River.
Location: NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (VA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: DON S. MONTGOMERY Date Shot: 21 May 1994
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A port bow view of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) miscellaneous research ship USNS VANGUARD (T-AG-194) entering port.
Location: PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA (FL) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: OS2 JOHN BOUVIA Date Shot: 6 Feb 1994
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A port side view of the Chinese civilian research ship XIANGYANG HONG 09 underway.
Camera Operator: ALLIED NAVY Date Shot: 1 Sep 1993
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A port side view of the Chinese civilian research ship KE XUE 1 HAO.
Camera Operator: ALLIED NAVY Date Shot: 1 Mar 1994
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A port quarter view of Norway's Ministery of Defense's research and intelligence collector ship MARJATA tied up at the Norfolk Naval Station during a port visit.
Location: HAMPTON ROADSTEAD, VIRGINIA (VA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
Camera Operator: DON S. MONTGOMERY, USN (RET.) Date Shot: 21 May 1994
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SPY SHIPS
Retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Thomas Moorer, pauses during a news conference on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2003 in Washington. Moorer was part of an independent commission of inquiry into the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that claims to have found proof of a cover up by the government. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)	Navy Capt. William L. McGonagle is shown in this June 8, 1967 photo. McGonagle, who received the Medal of Honor for heroism as skipper of the USS Liberty when Israel unleashed a deadly attack on the intelligence-gathering ship in 1967 died March 5, 1999. He was 73. (AP Photo)
This is an undated photo of the British trawler Gaul, suspected of being a spy ship, which vanished in 1974. The wreckage the ship has been discovered in Norway's Arctic, nearly a quarter-century after it mysteriously vanished, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The fate of the fishing trawler Gaul - believed by many to actually be a disguised intelligence vessel spying on the Soviet Union - has been the subject of a book, a television documentary and years of speculation. (AP Photo)	The Russian cruiser "Admiral Golovko" of the Black Sea Fleet is docked at the fleet's base in Sevastopol, Ukraine, Crimean peninsula, Saturday, April 3, 1999. The Liman, an intelligence-gathering vessel of the Fleet, left Sevastopol Friday for the Adriatic Sea to shadow NATO vessels participating in airstrikes against Yugoslavi. Six other warships of the fleet, including the Golovko will leave in the next days "to sail through the Bosporus to monitor NATO actions to enhance Russia's security", according to Igor Sergeyev, Russian Defense Minister. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
FILE The USS Pueblo, shown underway at sea, was captured late Jan. 22, 1968, by North Korean patrol boats who took it into Wonsan. There were 83 men aboard the vessel. Photo was released Jan. 23, 1968, by the U.S. Defense Dept. Negotiations to eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons remain in limbo, but the North Koreans are giving hints they might be ready to end another long-lingering problem with the United States by returning the captured spy ship USS Pueblo (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, File)	FILE The USS Pueblo as it appeared in this 1968 file photo, before its capture by North Korean sea and air forces. Negotiations to eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons remain in limbo, but the North Koreans are giving hints they might be ready to end another long-lingering problem with the United States by returning the captured spy ship USS Pueblo. (AP Photo/U.S Navy, File)
Crew members of the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo are led into captivity after the vessel was seized by North Korean patrol boats in the Sea of Japan in Jan. 1968. The photo was released in July 1988 by reunion organizer Robert Chicca, when the crew held a get together in San Diego 20 years after the seizure. (AP Photo)	Crew members of the U.S.S. Pueblo, an intelligence-gathering ship captured Jan. 23, 1968 by North Korean gunboats in international waters near Wonsan, pose for an undated photo delivered to a relative of one of the crewman. Seated from left: Howie Bland, Legget, Calif.; Don Peppard, Phoeniz, Ariz.; Jim Layton, Binghampton, N.Y.; and Monroe Goldman, Lakewood, Calif. Standing, from left: Ron Bernes, Russell, Kan.; Harry Iredale, Suitland, Md.; Doug Scarborough, Anderson, S.C.; and Charles Law. The photo was delivered to Law's Uncle, Earl W. Hopkins, in Tacoma, Wash. Several of the prisoners display an obscene gesture which they said they used as a "salute" to their North Korean captors. (AP Photo)
Following Pueblo information and photos from: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/ager2.htm *USS Pueblo* (AGER-2, originally AKL-44), 1967-____** USS Pueblo, an 850-ton environmental research ship, was built at Kewaunee, Wisconsin, in 1944 as the the U.S. Army cargo ship FP-344. She was transferred to the Navy in April 1966 and renamed Pueblo. Initially designated a light cargo ship (AKL-44), she soon began conversion to a research ship and was redesignated AGER-2 shortly before commissioning in May 1967. Following training operations off the U.S. west coast, in November 1967 Pueblo departed for the Far East to undertake electronic intelligence collection and other duties. On 23 January 1968, while off Wonsan, North Korea, Pueblo was attacked by local forces and seized. One crewmember was killed in the assault and the other eighty-two men on board were taken prisoner. The North Koreans contended that the ship had violated their territorial waters, a claim vigorously denied by the United States. After eleven months in captivity, often under inhumane conditions, Pueblo's crew were repatriated on 23 December 1968. The ship was retained by North Korea, though she is still the property of the U.S. Navy. She was exhibited at Wonsan and Hungham for three decades and is now a museum at Pyongyang, the North Korean capital city. For additional images related to this ship, see: U.S. Army cargo ship FP-344 (1944-1966); USS Pueblo -- On Board Views; USS Pueblo -- Seizure by North Korea, January 1968; and USS Pueblo -- Repatriation of Crew, December 1968. See Google Earth satellite photo of Pueblo docked at Pyongyang and other photos: http://www.mishalov.com/pueblo.html	Source USS Pueblo (AGER-2) In port, circa 1967. This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center in January 1968. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
Source USS Pueblo (AGER-2) Off San Diego, California, 19 October 1967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.	Source USS Pueblo (AGER-2) Off San Diego, California, 19 October 1967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
In this video frame grab taken from AP Television News, schoolchildren get on board the captured spy ship USS Pueblo, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. North Korean navy captured the Pueblo in 1968, off the east coast of Korea. Since 1998, it has been moored on Pyongyang's Taedong river. (AP Photo/AP Television News) TV OUT	In this video frame grab taken from AP Television News, schoolchildren onboard the captured spy ship USS Pueblo, listen to speech from Pak In Ho, right, who North Korean authorities said is a North Korean Navy veteran involved in its capture, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006. North Korean navy captured the Pueblo in 1968, off the east coast of Korea. Since 1998, it has been moored on Pyongyang's Taedong river. (AP Photo/AP Television News) TV OUT
A suspected North Korean spy boat, raised from a depth of 90 meters (300 feet) in the East China Sea, is being moved onto an operation ship during its salvage operations by Japan's Coast Guard on Wednesday, September 11, 2002. This week, on the eve of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's unprecedented visit to the North Korea, Japan raised the mystery ship after a four-month effort. Though a full inspection has yet to be finished, the media is abuzz with tantalizing tidbits of what has been found aboard. (AP Photo/Kyodo, Kota Kyogoku)	A North Korean spy vessel sunk in a gunbattle with Japan Coast Guard last December in the East China Sea is salvaged Sept. 11, 2002, off Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. The photo was released by Japan Coast Guard in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, as the Japanese government announced that Japan has determined that the ship was a North Korean spy vessel and intends to ask Pyongyang for an explanation. (AP Photo/Japan Coast Guard, ho)
North Korean soldiers watch USS Pueblo, which was seized by North Korean navy off the Korean coast in Jan. 1968, near Taedonggang river in Pyongyang, Thursday, June 22, 2006. North Korea's Korea News Service said the U.S. navy intelligence ship is open to the public as part of the country's anti-U.S. campaign. North Korea captured the ship, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (AP Photo/Korea Central News Agency via Korea News Service) JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT	This Maritime Self-Defense Force photo, released early Wednesday, March 24, 1999 in Tokyo, shows one of two unidentified boats being on the run in the Japanese waters on Tuesday, March 23. Japanese destroyers fired warning shots early Wednesday, March 24 at two unidentified ships that intruded into Japanese waters and then fled north into the Sea of Japan despite repeated orders to stop. (AP Photo/Maritime Self-Defense Force/Kyodo)
The Glomar Explorer, a spy ship steeped in secrecy and credited by legend with pulling a Soviet submarine from the depths of the Pacific, is towed under the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Bay to Hunters Point in San Francisco Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1996, where it will be eventually be drydocked for repairs and hull cleaning. The 619-foot-long vessel was berthed Wednesday, Nov. 6, at a salvage yard where some heavy gear will be removed before it is converted to an oil rig. (AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Vince Maggiora)	The Glomar Explorer, decks covered with gear, is anchored off Oiowalu, Hawaii in August 1974. This ship is owned by Howard Hughes' Summa Corporation. (AP Photo)
The Glomar Explorer moves up the Willamette River at Portland, Ore., Friday, Feb. 14, 1997, on its way to drydock for a four-month renovation. Originally built for the Central Intelligence Agency, the ship gained fame in the 1970's for its clandestine recovery of pieces of a Soviet submarine that sank northwest of Hawaii. After 17 years in mothballs near San Francisco, it will be converted into the world's largest oil drilling ship. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Steven Nehl)	Life guards and yatchmen watch during the arrival of Howard Hughes' Glomar Explorer off Catalina Island, May 8, 1975. The Ship reportedly used by the CIA last summer to recover part of a Russian subamarine, was positioned off the Island. Residents of the Island said crewmen were secretive, but did say the Glomar would leave the area today. (AP Photo)
Following information and photos of USS Liberty: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/agtr5.htm USS Liberty (AGTR-5), 1964-1970 USS Liberty, a 7725-ton Belmont class technical research ship, was built in 1945 as the civilian cargo ship Simmons Victory. She operated in commercial trade until 1958, when she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Simmons Victory was acquired by the Navy in February 1963 for conversion. Renamed Liberty and classified AG-168 in June 1963, she was reclassified AGTR-5 in April 1964 and commissioned in December 1964. In February 1965, she steamed from the west coast to Norfolk, Virginia, where she was further outfitted to suit her for a mission of collecting and processing foreign communications and other electronic emissions of possible National defense interest. In June 1965, Liberty began her first deployment, to waters off the west coast of Africa. She carried out several more operations during the next two years, and went to the Mediterranean in 1967. During the "Six-Day War" between Israel and several Arab nations, she was sent to collect electronic intelligence in the eastern Mediterranean. On the afternoon of 8 June 1967, while in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula, Liberty, though clearly marked as a U.S. Navy ship, was struck by Israeli aircraft. After suffering damage and many personnel casualties from gunfire, rockets and bombs, she was further attacked by three Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats. One torpedo hit her on the starboard side, forward of the superstructure, opening a large hole in her hull. In all, thirty-four men were killed in the attacks and nearly 170 wounded. Israel subsequently apologized for the incident, explaining that its air and naval forces had mistaken the Liberty for a much smaller Egyptian Navy ship. Though severely damaged, Liberty's crew kept her afloat, and she was able to leave the area under her own power. She was escorted to Malta by units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet and was there given interim repairs. After these were completed in July 1967, Liberty returned to the United States. She was decommissioned in June 1968 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register two years later. USS Liberty was sold for scrapping in December 1970. This page features, or provides links to, all our views of USS Liberty (AGTR-5). For pictures and information on Liberty's June 1967 Commanding Officer, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his conduct during the attacks on her, see: Captain William L. McGonagle, USN. For views of the attack on USS Liberty and its immediate aftermath, see: USS Liberty -- Attack by Israeli forces, 8 June 1967.	Source Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Points out damage inflicted on the ship's superstructure when Israeli forces attacked the Liberty off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. The photograph was taken on 16 June, two days after Liberty arrived at Valletta, Malta, for repairs. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
Source 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. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.	Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) At the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 2 October 1966. USS Waldron (DD-699) is tied up astern of Liberty. Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Photographed circa 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.	Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Turns while under attack by Israeli motor torpedo boats, off the Sinai Peninsula, 8 June 1967. Note fire-damaged structure at left, with what appears to be a .50 caliber machine gun. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) An Israeli motor torpedo boat speeds past the ship, while she was under attack by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula, 8 June 1967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.	Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) An Israeli "Super Mystere" (French-built) fighter-bomber passes over the ship, while she was under attack by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula, 8 June 1967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) An Israeli "Super Frelon" (French-built) helicopter circles the ship at the time she was attacked by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula, 8 June 1967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.	Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Receives assistance from units of the Sixth Fleet, after she was attacked and seriously damaged by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. An SH-3 helicopter is near her bow. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.
Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Maintains steerageway approximately 14 hours after she was attacked and badly damaged by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.	Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) At Valletta, Malta, after arriving there for repair of damages received when she was attacked by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. She arrived at Malta on 14 June. Note torpedo hole in her side, forward of the superstructure. Photographed by PH1 J.J. Kelly, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Arrives at Valletta, Malta, for repair of damages received when she was attacked by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. Photo is dated 16 June. However, she arrived at Malta on 14 June. Note torpedo hole in her side, forward of the superstructure and numerous rocket and gunfire impacts on the hull and superstructure. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.	Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Gunfire and rocket damage to her hull side and superstructure, inflicted when she was attacked by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. Photographed after she arrived at Valletta, Malta, for repairs. Photo is dated 16 June. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
Source USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Damage to the ship's bridge area, received in attacks by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. View looks aft and to port, from just in front of the superstructure. Note rocket entrance and exit holes, and ruined signal lamp in lower left. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.	Source Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) In his cabin on board the ship, 11 June 1967. Note damage received when Israeli forces attacked the Liberty off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.
ADVANCE FOR MONDAY SEPT. 15 Lockheed Martin's Aegis Weapon Systems, featuring SPY-1 phased array radars (inside octagon-shaped device), are tested at this custom-designed facility resembling a Navy ship. The facility, at the Moorestown, N.J., plant of the company's Maritime Systems & Sensors unit, are shown on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)	U.S. Navy's Rear Adm. Mark Fitzgerald talks to reporters aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the northern Arabian Sea on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2002. The Naval commander said seven German naval ships joining the U.S.-led war on terrorism will gather intelligence at the Horn of Africa. Patrolling off the Horn of Africa would put the ships in position to watch Yemen and Somalia, two nations where Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network is believed to have connections. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)
Source More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Belmont_%28AGTR-4%29 More: http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/60/6004.htm