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Built as light cargo ship hull n.344 for the US Army in early 1945, what would become USS Pueblo had a definitely uninteresting career for the first two decades of her life. Entering service while WW2 was still raging, it was mothballed fairly quickly given the lack of need for such vessels after that.
But as early as 1946, the USN looked to less conspicuous vessels to act as intelligence gathering from the other side of the Iron Curtain, and so in 1966 FS-344 was transferred to the naval service and renamed Pueblo, the second of three Banner class units. Officially classified as environmental research ships, they were part of the broader 'technical research ship' category under which the USN classified spy ships.
Reclassified AGER-2, USS Pueblo departed Japan in early January 1968 with orders to gather intel on Soviet Navy movements in the Sea of Japan and signals from North Korea. After a few days spent off the North Korean coast, and observation by at least three units passing ever closer to the suspected vessel, Pueblo was challenged by a submarine chaser and three (eventually four) torpedo boats. The ship outmaneuvred the opponents for two hours after hoisting the US flag and ignoring warning shots, but she was eventually boarded and captured. One man was killed in the operation.
During the entire time the ordeal was unfolding, the captain of Pueblo kept constant radio contact with Seventh Fleet based in Japan, but air cover failed to arrive. He would also lament the crew's inexperience in navigating accurately, which is part of the controversy at the base of Korea's claim that Pueblo was violating territorial waters. Although Soviet involvement was suspected at the time, later declassified information shows the Russians were taken by surprise at these actions.
Given the amount of secret intelligence material the ship was carrying, the crew only managed to destroy a small percentage before being boarded, thus justifying to the spy ship claim (at least on the face of it). Despite the possible repercussions of the diplomatic incident, and the questionable treatment of the crew afterwards, in December 1968 they were released from POW camps and taken to the South Korea frontier, from whence they were repatriated.
USS Pueblo stands to this day as a museum ship in Pyongyang.
But as early as 1946, the USN looked to less conspicuous vessels to act as intelligence gathering from the other side of the Iron Curtain, and so in 1966 FS-344 was transferred to the naval service and renamed Pueblo, the second of three Banner class units. Officially classified as environmental research ships, they were part of the broader 'technical research ship' category under which the USN classified spy ships.
Reclassified AGER-2, USS Pueblo departed Japan in early January 1968 with orders to gather intel on Soviet Navy movements in the Sea of Japan and signals from North Korea. After a few days spent off the North Korean coast, and observation by at least three units passing ever closer to the suspected vessel, Pueblo was challenged by a submarine chaser and three (eventually four) torpedo boats. The ship outmaneuvred the opponents for two hours after hoisting the US flag and ignoring warning shots, but she was eventually boarded and captured. One man was killed in the operation.
During the entire time the ordeal was unfolding, the captain of Pueblo kept constant radio contact with Seventh Fleet based in Japan, but air cover failed to arrive. He would also lament the crew's inexperience in navigating accurately, which is part of the controversy at the base of Korea's claim that Pueblo was violating territorial waters. Although Soviet involvement was suspected at the time, later declassified information shows the Russians were taken by surprise at these actions.
Given the amount of secret intelligence material the ship was carrying, the crew only managed to destroy a small percentage before being boarded, thus justifying to the spy ship claim (at least on the face of it). Despite the possible repercussions of the diplomatic incident, and the questionable treatment of the crew afterwards, in December 1968 they were released from POW camps and taken to the South Korea frontier, from whence they were repatriated.
USS Pueblo stands to this day as a museum ship in Pyongyang.
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