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navigation-not-searchable">For other ships with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_named_USS_Liberty" title="List of ships named USS Liberty">List of ships named USS <i>Liberty</i></a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Liberty_(AGTR-5)_underway_in_Chesapeake_Bay_on_29_July_1967_(K-39927).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_underway_in_Chesapeake_Bay_on_29_July_1967_%28K-39927%29.jpg/300px-USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_underway_in_Chesapeake_Bay_on_29_July_1967_%28K-39927%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_underway_in_Chesapeake_Bay_on_29_July_1967_%28K-39927%29.jpg/450px-USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_underway_in_Chesapeake_Bay_on_29_July_1967_%28K-39927%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_underway_in_Chesapeake_Bay_on_29_July_1967_%28K-39927%29.jpg/600px-USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_underway_in_Chesapeake_Bay_on_29_July_1967_%28K-39927%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5619" data-file-height="4174" /></a></span><div>USS <i>Liberty</i> (AGTR-5) in Chesapeake Bay on 29 July 1967.</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>SS <i>Simmons Victory</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Simmons_University" title="Simmons University">Simmons College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Owner</td><td>War Shipping Administration</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td>Coastwise - <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Far_East_Line" title="Pacific Far East Line">Pacific Far East Line</a> (during WW II only)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation">Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>23 February 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>6 April 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>4 May 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Transferred to US Navy in 1963</td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>USS <i>Liberty</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td>Localities named "Liberty" in ten US states</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>25 March 1963</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>30 December 1964</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>1 June 1968</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>June 1967</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>1 June 1970</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Homeport</td><td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Damaged beyond economical repair by Israeli attack in June 1967; sold for scrap in 1973</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Liberty_(AGTR-5)_insignia,_1964_(NH_83352-KN).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_insignia%2C_1964_%28NH_83352-KN%29.png/150px-USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_insignia%2C_1964_%28NH_83352-KN%29.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_insignia%2C_1964_%28NH_83352-KN%29.png/225px-USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_insignia%2C_1964_%28NH_83352-KN%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_insignia%2C_1964_%28NH_83352-KN%29.png/300px-USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_insignia%2C_1964_%28NH_83352-KN%29.png 2x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="588" /></a></span></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>7725 tons (light displacement)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>139 m (456 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>18.9 m (62 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>7 m (23 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>Westinghouse steam turbines, single shaft, 8500 horsepower (6.3 MW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) maximum sustained, 21 knots emergency</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>12,500 nmi (23,200 km; 14,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards as Victory ship<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">358 officers and enlisted for USS <i>Liberty</i></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. gun</a> as Victory ship</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3 in (76 mm)/50 cal. gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm Oerlikon</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 x <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun</a> as USS <i>Liberty</i></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>none</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Liberty</i> (AGTR-5)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/USS_Belmont_(AGTR-4)" title="USS Belmont (AGTR-4)"><i>Belmont</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Technical_research_ship" title="Technical research ship">technical research ship</a> (i.e. an electronic <a href="/wiki/Spying_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Spying ship">spying ship</a>) that was <a href="/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident" title="USS Liberty incident">attacked</a> by <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> during the 1967 <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a>. She was originally built and served in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> as a VC2-S-AP3 type <a href="/wiki/Victory_ship" title="Victory ship">Victory</a> cargo ship named <b>SS <i>Simmons Victory</i></b>.<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her keel was laid down on 23 February 1945, under a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Maritime_Commission" title="United States Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> contract at <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation">Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1967, Israeli air force and naval units attacked the research ship during the Six-Day War. Israel later apologized for the attack, stating it had mistaken <i>Liberty</i> for an Egyptian ship, although the reason for the attack has been disputed. <i>Liberty</i> would eventually be decommissioned some time after the attack, was sold for scrapping in 1973 as it had been damaged beyond feasible repair. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship was delivered to the <a href="/wiki/War_Shipping_Administration" title="War Shipping Administration">War Shipping Administration</a> on 4 May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, she was transferred to the "Coastwise -<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Far_East_Line" title="Pacific Far East Line">Pacific Far East Line</a>" and designated as a "Fleet Issue Ship".<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her complement included a 17-man <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Armed_Guard" title="United States Navy Armed Guard">Navy Armed Guard</a> detachment to operate the ship's <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">gun battery</a>; a three- or four-man communication liaison detachment; and 16 Navy enlisted people serving as "winchmen and hatchmen".<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>SS <i>Simmons Victory</i> was tasked with delivering <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a>, which was loaded at the San Francisco-<a href="/wiki/Suisun_Bay" title="Suisun Bay">Suisun Bay</a> area navy munitions depot at <a href="/wiki/Port_Chicago,_California" title="Port Chicago, California">Port Chicago</a> for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">Operation Downfall</a>, the planned invasion of Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-Gillen_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gillen-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Harry Morgan, who served as an <a href="/wiki/Engine_officer" title="Engine officer">engineer</a> on the ship, the <i>Simmons Victory</i> arrived in the Philippines about six weeks before <a href="/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day" title="Victory in Europe Day">V-E Day</a> on 8 May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Gillen_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gillen-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She made one trip north in support of Operation Downfall and returned to the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gillen_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gillen-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was in <a href="/wiki/Leyte_Gulf" title="Leyte Gulf">Leyte Gulf</a> when Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Gillen_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gillen-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Simmons Victory</i> departed Leyte Gulf on 6 October 1945, en route to the US West Coast via <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a>, and dumped ammunition at sea two days later.<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She arrived in San Francisco on 3 November 1945 and departed for the US east coast on 9 December 1945, reaching New York on Christmas Day, 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her 5-inch, 3-inch, and 20-mm guns were removed there on 9 January 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From December 1946 until 1963, the ship moved back and forth several times from commercial <a href="/wiki/Bareboat_charter" title="Bareboat charter">charters</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Break_bulk_cargo" class="mw-redirect" title="Break bulk cargo">break bulk cargo</a> carrier to stints in the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Reserve_Fleet" title="National Defense Reserve Fleet">National Defense Reserve Fleet</a> (being twice berthed in the <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most notably during this time, she made nine trips to the Far East between November 1950 and December 1952 during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> "to equip American troops fighting communist North Korea" in the <a href="/wiki/Military_Sealift_Command#Military_Sea_Transportation_Service" title="Military Sealift Command">Military Sea Transportation Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-scott_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 June 1958, <i>Simmons Victory</i> once again entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet, being berthed this time at Olympia, Washington, where she remained until 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="US_Navy_years">US Navy years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: US Navy years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="float:right;background:silver;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign#Ships_and_boats" title="Call sign">International radio call sign</a> of<br /><b>USS <i>Liberty</i> (AGTR-5)</b><sup id="cite_ref-navsource_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;" width="45px"><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_November.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ICS_November.svg/30px-ICS_November.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ICS_November.svg/45px-ICS_November.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ICS_November.svg/60px-ICS_November.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;" width="45px"><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_India.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/ICS_India.svg/30px-ICS_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/ICS_India.svg/45px-ICS_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/ICS_India.svg/60px-ICS_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;" width="45px"><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Romeo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ICS_Romeo.svg/30px-ICS_Romeo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ICS_Romeo.svg/45px-ICS_Romeo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/ICS_Romeo.svg/60px-ICS_Romeo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;" width="45px"><span class="flagicon" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ICS_Yankee.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ICS_Yankee.svg/30px-ICS_Yankee.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ICS_Yankee.svg/45px-ICS_Yankee.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ICS_Yankee.svg/60px-ICS_Yankee.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><small>November</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><small>India</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><small>Romeo</small> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><small>Yankee</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In February 1963, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> acquired <i>Simmons Victory</i> and converted her to a "Miscellaneous Auxiliary" ship at <a href="/wiki/Willamette_Iron_and_Steel" class="mw-redirect" title="Willamette Iron and Steel">Willamette Iron and Steel</a> of Portland. On 8 June, the vessel was renamed <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ship" title="United States Ship">USS</a> <i>Liberty</i> and given the <a href="/wiki/Hull_classification_symbol" title="Hull classification symbol">hull classification symbol</a> AG-168. On 1 April 1964, she was reclassified a Technical Research Ship (AGTR-5). She was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> at <a href="/wiki/Puget_Sound_Naval_Shipyard" title="Puget Sound Naval Shipyard">Puget Sound Naval Shipyard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bremerton,_Washington" title="Bremerton, Washington">Bremerton</a>, Washington, in December 1964. </p><p>In February 1965, <i>Liberty</i> steamed from the West Coast to <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, where she was further outfitted (cost: US$20 million) to suit her for a mission of supporting the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a> by collecting and processing foreign communications and other electronic emissions of possible national defense interests. In June, <i>Liberty</i> 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 Sea in 1967. During the Six-Day War between Israel and several Arab nations, she was sent to collect <a href="/wiki/Electronic_intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic intelligence">electronic intelligence</a> in the eastern Mediterranean. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Israeli_attack">Israeli attack</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Israeli attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident" title="USS Liberty incident">USS <i>Liberty</i> incident</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SH-3A_Sea_King_hovers_over_the_damaged_USS_Liberty_(AGTR-5)_on_8_June_1967_(USN_1123118).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/SH-3A_Sea_King_hovers_over_the_damaged_USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_on_8_June_1967_%28USN_1123118%29.jpg/220px-SH-3A_Sea_King_hovers_over_the_damaged_USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_on_8_June_1967_%28USN_1123118%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/SH-3A_Sea_King_hovers_over_the_damaged_USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_on_8_June_1967_%28USN_1123118%29.jpg/330px-SH-3A_Sea_King_hovers_over_the_damaged_USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_on_8_June_1967_%28USN_1123118%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/SH-3A_Sea_King_hovers_over_the_damaged_USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_on_8_June_1967_%28USN_1123118%29.jpg/440px-SH-3A_Sea_King_hovers_over_the_damaged_USS_Liberty_%28AGTR-5%29_on_8_June_1967_%28USN_1123118%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5775" data-file-height="4321" /></a><figcaption>USS <i>Liberty</i> being assisted by Sixth Fleet <a href="/wiki/SH-3" class="mw-redirect" title="SH-3">SH-3</a> after being attacked by Israeli forces on 8 June 1967.</figcaption></figure> <p>On the afternoon of 8 June 1967, while in <a href="/wiki/International_waters" title="International waters">international waters</a> off the northern coast of the <a href="/wiki/Sinai_Peninsula" title="Sinai Peninsula">Sinai Peninsula</a>, <i>Liberty</i> was attacked and damaged by aircraft of the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motor_torpedo_boats" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor torpedo boats">motor torpedo boats</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Navy" title="Israeli Navy">Israeli Navy</a>; 34 American crewmen were killed and 174 wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-scott_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 2">: 2 </span></sup> Though <i>Liberty</i> was severely damaged, with a 39-by-24-foot (11.9 m × 7.3 m) hole amidships and a twisted <a href="/wiki/Keel" title="Keel">keel</a>, her crew kept her afloat, and she was able to leave the area under her own power. Later, Israel apologized for the attack, stating it had mistaken <i>Liberty</i> for an Egyptian ship, as the incident occurred during the <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a>. In total, Israel gave close to $13 million (about $117 million in 2022) to the U.S. in compensation for the incident. This includes compensation to the families of those killed and wounded, and to cover damage of the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The incident has become a subject of controversy and debate, with many books written on the topic.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the attack, she was escorted to <a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a>, <a href="/wiki/State_of_Malta" title="State of Malta">Malta</a>, by units of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet" title="United States Sixth Fleet">Sixth Fleet</a> and given temporary repairs. After the repairs were completed, <i>Liberty</i> returned to the United States on 27 July 1967. She was decommissioned and stricken from the <a href="/wiki/Navy_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy List">Naval Vessel Register</a> on 28 June 1968. She was laid up in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_reserve_fleets" title="United States Navy reserve fleets">Atlantic Reserve Fleet</a> of Norfolk until December 1970, when she was transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal. In 1973, she was sold for <a href="/wiki/Shipbreaking" class="mw-redirect" title="Shipbreaking">scrapping</a> to the Boston Metals Company of <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nsa_memorial_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Nsa_memorial_1.png/220px-Nsa_memorial_1.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Nsa_memorial_1.png/330px-Nsa_memorial_1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Nsa_memorial_1.png 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="210" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">NSA</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency#Insignia_and_memorials" title="National Security Agency">National Cryptologic Memorial</a>. Many of the names are from 8 June 1967</figcaption></figure> <p>As a result of the crew's heroic response to the Israeli attack, <i>Liberty</i> is the US Navy's "most highly decorated ship ... for a single action".<sup id="cite_ref-wells_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wells-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 82">: 82 </span></sup> For the action with Israeli forces, she was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Combat_Action_Ribbon" title="Combat Action Ribbon">Combat Action Ribbon</a> (8-9 June 1967) and the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential Unit Citation (US)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> (8 June 1967).<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-navsource_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> signed the Presidential Unit Citation in 1968, it was not formally presented to the crew until June 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-mcallister_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcallister-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> declined to attend the 1991 White House ceremony, instead merely waving at the crew while passing by.<sup id="cite_ref-mcallister_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcallister-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commander (later Captain) <a href="/wiki/William_McGonagle" title="William McGonagle">William McGonagle</a>, <i>Liberty</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s commanding officer, received the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-danfs_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-danfs-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous members of the crew were decorated, including 11 members of the crew who were awarded <a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Stars</a>, 20 with <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Bronze Star">Bronze Stars</a>, and over 200 who received <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Hearts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unidentified remains of six of <i>Liberty'</i>s crew are buried under a single headstone in a <a href="/wiki/Mass_grave" title="Mass grave">mass grave</a> in <a href="/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery" title="Arlington National Cemetery">Arlington National Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scott_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 1">: 1 </span></sup> </p> <table style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg/106px-Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg/159px-Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg/212px-Combat_Action_Ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg/106px-United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg/159px-United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg/212px-United_States_Navy_Presidential_Unit_Citation_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/National_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/106px-National_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/National_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/159px-National_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/National_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg/212px-National_Defense_Service_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Liberty</i> was also awarded the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Service_Medal" title="National Defense Service Medal">National Defense Service Medal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Belmont_(AGTR-4)" title="USS Belmont (AGTR-4)">USS <i>Belmont</i> (AGTR-4)</a>, the other ship in her conversion class.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technical_research_ship" title="Technical research ship">Technical research ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spy_ship" title="Spy ship">Spy ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident" title="USS Liberty incident">USS <i>Liberty</i> incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Victory_ships" title="List of Victory ships">List of Victory ships</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFEnnes,_Jr.1979" class="citation book cs1">Ennes, Jr., James M. (1979). <i>Assault on The Liberty</i>. New York: Random House.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Assault+on+The+Liberty.&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=1979&rft.aulast=Ennes%2C+Jr.&rft.aufirst=James+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Liberty" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Explanatory notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morgan says the <i>Simmons Victory</i> took on ammunition just two weeks before the <a href="/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster" title="Port Chicago disaster">disastrous explosion at Port Chicago</a> on 17 July 1944, an event that occurred months before the ship was launched.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to Morgan, the ship "had been equipped to supply the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Sixth_Fleet#History" title="United States Sixth Fleet">Sixth Fleet</a> when they made the invasion into Japan." However, the US Sixth Fleet was based in the Mediterranean during World War II. The <a href="/wiki/Sixth_United_States_Army#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth United States Army">Sixth Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Seventh_Fleet#History" title="United States Seventh Fleet">Seventh Fleet</a> were based in the west Pacific area and both were tasked to participate in Operation Downfall.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morgan says, after the war, the <i>Simmons Victory</i> unloaded its cargo of ammunition in Port Chicago. The official Navy account by Cressman seems to indicate that the cargo was dumped at sea: "With a cargo of ammunition, <i>Simmons Victory</i> cleared Leyte Gulf on 6 October 1945, and as part of the preparation for the disarming the vessel, the armed guard dumped the ammo at sea on 8 October." Possibly, only the ammo on deck for the ship's gun battery was dumped at sea and the ammo carried as cargo was returned to Port Chicago.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Morgan says, after leaving Port Chicago, she took supplies to Baltimore through the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Liberty&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. The entry can be found <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/liberty-agtr-5-iii.html">here</a>.</i></li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBabcock_&_Wilcox1944" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Babcock_%26_Wilcox" title="Babcock & Wilcox">Babcock & Wilcox</a> (April 1944). 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style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Victory_ships" title="List of Victory ships">List of Victory ships</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Subtypes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haskell-class_attack_transport" title="Haskell-class attack transport"><i>Haskell</i>-class attack transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Kingsport_(T-AG-164)" class="mw-redirect" title="USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164)"><i>Kingsport</i>-class telemetry ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sherburne_(APA-205)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Sherburne (APA-205)"><i>Range Sentinel</i>-class telemetry ship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_ship#Ships_in_class" title="Victory 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<i>Baton Rouge Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Columbia_Eagle_incident" title="SS Columbia Eagle incident">SS <i>Columbia Eagle</i> incident</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Sunk in action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Canada_Victory" title="SS Canada Victory">SS <i>Canada Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Hobbs_Victory" title="SS Hobbs Victory">SS <i>Hobbs Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Logan_Victory" title="SS Logan Victory">SS <i>Logan Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Damaged in action</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Bozeman_Victory" title="SS Bozeman 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<li><a href="/wiki/SS_Swarthmore_Victory" title="SS Swarthmore Victory">SS <i>Swarthmore Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Telfair_(APA-210)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Telfair (APA-210)">USS <i>Telfair</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_United_Victory" title="SS United Victory">SS <i>United Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Sunk in service</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Clarksdale_Victory" title="SS Clarksdale Victory">SS <i>Clarksdale Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Drexel_Victory" title="SS Drexel Victory">SS <i>Drexel Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Regulus_(AF-57)" title="USS Regulus (AF-57)">SS <i>Escanaba Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Georgetown_Victory" title="SS Georgetown Victory">SS <i>Georgetown Victory</i></a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/SS_Baylor_Victory" title="SS Baylor Victory">SS <i>Baylor Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Betelgeuse_(AK-260)" title="USS Betelgeuse (AK-260)">SS <i>Colombia Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Berea_Victory" title="SS Berea Victory">SS <i>Berea Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Cuba_Victory" title="SS Cuba Victory">SS <i>Cuba Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Enid_Victory" title="SS Enid Victory">SS <i>Enid Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Frontenac_Victory" title="SS Frontenac Victory">SS <i>Frontenac Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Morgantown_Victory" title="SS Morgantown Victory">SS <i>Morgantown Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_St._Lawrence_Victory" title="SS St. Lawrence Victory">SS <i>St. Lawrence Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Sank in private use</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SS_Alamo_Victory" title="SS Alamo Victory">SS <i>Alamo Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Augustana_Victory" title="SS Augustana Victory">SS <i>Augustana Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Brainerd_Victory" title="SS Brainerd Victory">SS <i>Brainerd Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Cody_Victory" title="SS Cody Victory">SS <i>Cody Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Hagerstown_Victory" title="SS Hagerstown Victory">SS <i>Hagerstown Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Lewiston_Victory" title="SS Lewiston Victory">SS <i>Lewiston Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Lincoln_Victory" title="SS Lincoln Victory">SS <i>Lincoln Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Luxembourg_Victory" title="SS Luxembourg Victory">SS <i>Luxembourg Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_India_Victory" title="SS India Victory">SS <i>India Victory</i></a></li> <li><a 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Jack J. Pendleton">SS <i>Mandan Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Philippines_Victory" title="SS Philippines Victory">SS <i>Philippines Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Rushville_Victory" title="SS Rushville Victory">SS <i>Rushville Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Rutland_Victory" title="SS Rutland Victory">SS <i>Rutland Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Skagway_Victory" title="SS Skagway Victory">SS <i>Skagway Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Smith_Victory" title="SS Smith Victory">SS <i>Smith Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_St._Albans_Victory" title="SS St. Albans Victory">SS <i>St. Albans Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Tufts_Victory" title="SS Tufts Victory">SS <i>Tufts Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_U.S.S.R._Victory" title="SS U.S.S.R. Victory">SS <i>U.S.S.R. Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Seagoing_cowboys" title="Seagoing cowboys">Seagoing cowboys</a> ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Adrian_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Adrian Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Adrian Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Attleboro_Victory" title="SS Attleboro Victory">SS <i>Attleboro Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Battle_Creek_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Battle Creek Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Battle Creek Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Beloit_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Beloit Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Beloit Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Blue_Island_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Blue Island Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Blue Island Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Boulder_Victory_(AK-227)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Boulder Victory (AK-227)">SS <i>Boulder Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Bucknell_Victory" title="SS Bucknell Victory">SS <i>Bucknell Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Calvin_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Calvin Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Calvin Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Carroll_Victory" title="SS Carroll Victory">SS <i>Carroll Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Cedar_Rapids_Victory" title="SS Cedar Rapids Victory">SS <i>Cedar Rapids Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Clarksville_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Clarksville Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Clarksville Victory</i></a></li> <li><a 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Harvard Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Harvard Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Hattiesburg_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Hattiesburg Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Hattiesburg Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Jefferson_City_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Jefferson City Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Jefferson City Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Lahaina_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Lahaina Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Lahaina Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Lanaina_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Lanaina Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Lanaina Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Clemson_(T-AG-184)" class="mw-redirect" title="USNS Clemson (T-AG-184)">SS <i>Lindenwood Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Mercer_Victory" title="SS Mercer Victory">SS <i>Mercer Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Moline_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Moline Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Moline Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Morgantown_Victory" title="SS Morgantown Victory">SS <i>Morgantown Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Norwalk" title="USNS Norwalk">SS <i>Norwalk Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Occidental_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Occidental Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Occidental Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Ouachita_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Ouachita Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Ouachita Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Park_Victory" title="SS Park Victory">SS <i>Park Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Pass_Christian_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Pass Christian Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Pass Christian Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Pierre_Victory" title="SS Pierre Victory">SS <i>Pierre Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Plymouth_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Plymouth Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Plymouth Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Queens_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Queens Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Queens Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Rock_Hill_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Rock Hill Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Rock Hill Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Alcor_(AK-259)" title="USS Alcor (AK-259)">SS <i>Rockland Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Roswell_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Roswell Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Roswell Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Saginaw_Victory" title="SS Saginaw Victory">SS <i>Saginaw Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Santa_ClaraVictory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Santa ClaraVictory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Santa ClaraVictory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Bowditch_(T-AGS-21)" title="USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-21)">SS <i>South Bend Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Spartanburg_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Spartanburg Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Spartanburg Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Villanova_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Villanova Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Villanova Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Virginia_City_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Virginia City Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Virginia City Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Wesleyan_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Wesleyan Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Wesleyan Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Woodstock_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Woodstock Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Woodstock Victory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Yugoslavia_Victory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Yugoslavia Victory (page does not exist)">SS <i>Yugoslavia Victory</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty ship</a> (predecessor)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_question.svg/16px-Symbol_question.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_question.svg/23px-Symbol_question.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Symbol_question.svg/31px-Symbol_question.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Victory_ship" title="Victory ship">Article</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Victory_ships" title="Category:Victory ships">Category</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/16px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/23px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Symbol_list_class.svg/31px-Symbol_list_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Victory_ships" title="List of Victory ships">List</a></li></ul> <p>See also, similar role:- <a href="/wiki/Empire_ship" title="Empire ship">Empire ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_ship" title="Fort ship">Fort ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Park_ship" title="Park ship">Park ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ocean_ship" title="Ocean ship">Ocean ship</a>. </p> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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href="/wiki/SS_Clan_Mackinnon_(1945)" title="SS Clan Mackinnon (1945)"><i>Labuan Bay</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Letchworth_(1942)" title="SS Letchworth (1942)"><i>Christos</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_X._Young_(APD-131)" title="USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)">USS <i>Walter X. Young</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMSAS_Bloemfontein" title="HMSAS Bloemfontein">HMSAS <i>Bloemfontein</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jun: <a href="/wiki/MV_Magd_(1943)" title="MV Magd (1943)"><i>Magd</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Karsik_(1938)" title="SS Karsik (1938)"><i>Pearl of Victory</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Aden" title="SS Empire Aden"><i>Northern Venture</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Currier" title="USS Currier">USS <i>Currier</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Aug: <a href="/wiki/SS_Santa_Fe_(1943)" title="SS Santa Fe (1943)"><i>Santa Fe</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Aug: <a href="/wiki/USS_Scurry_(AM-304)" title="USS Scurry (AM-304)">USS <i>Scurry</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_North_American" title="SS North American"><i>North American</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Sep: <a href="/wiki/USS_Jack_(SS-259)" title="USS Jack (SS-259)"><i>Amfitriti</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Sep: <a href="/wiki/SS_Kowloon_No.1" title="SS Kowloon No.1"><i>Kowloon No. 1</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Oct: <a href="/wiki/USS_Harveson" title="USS Harveson">USS <i>Harveson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Oct: <a href="/wiki/SS_Margariti" title="SS Margariti"><i>Margariti</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Oct: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Zealous_(R39)" title="HMS Zealous (R39)">INS <i>Eilat</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Nov: <a href="/wiki/SS_Habib_Marikar" title="SS Habib Marikar"><i>Habib Marikar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Nov: <a href="/wiki/USS_Guavina" title="USS Guavina">USS <i>Guavina</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/Irving_Beech" class="mw-redirect" title="Irving Beech">Irving Beech</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Gripfast" title="SS Gripfast"><i>Pitsa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Dec: <a href="/wiki/USS_Fessenden" title="USS Fessenden">USS <i>Fessenden</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/USS_Oracle" title="USS Oracle">USS <i>Oracle</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">4 Jan: <i><a href="/wiki/Bluebird_K7" title="Bluebird K7">Bluebird K7</a></i> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Jan: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Amphion_(P439)" title="HMS Amphion (P439)">HMS <i>Amphion</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Jan: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Empire_ships_(A)#Empire_Audrey" title="List of Empire ships (A)"><i>Audacity</i></a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Mar: <a href="/wiki/SS_Kolno" title="SS Kolno"><i>Kolno</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jun: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>Liberty</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Jul: <a href="/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire" title="1967 USS Forrestal fire">USS <i>Forrestal</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Winston_Churchill_(schooner)" title="Sir Winston Churchill (schooner)"><i> Sir Winston Churchill</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Sep: <a href="/wiki/Leninsky_Komsomol_(submarine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leninsky Komsomol (submarine)"><i>Leninsky Komsomol</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1966" title="List of shipwrecks in 1966">1966</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1966" title="List of shipwrecks in 1966"><img 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