The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, dur
Damaged USS Liberty on 9 June 1967, one day after attack
Israeli Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) in formation, c. 1967. These were the MTBs that attacked USS Liberty.
Hunt-class destroyer HMS Blean. The Egyptian Navy had Hunt-class destroyers in 1967.
Liberty turns to evade Israeli torpedo boats
Thomas Hinman Moorer was an admiral and naval aviator in the United States Navy who served as the 18th chief of Naval Operations from 1967 to 1970 and 7th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 19
Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, U.S. Navy
Senior U.S. Navy commanders pose around an illuminated globe in 1968: Admirals John J. Hyland, John S. McCain, Jr., Chief of Naval Operations Moorer, and Ephraim P. Holmes.