SFMike Posted August 25, 2015 Share #26 Posted August 25, 2015 This was a big prize and high priority capture, aided in part by intel from a now jailed US Turncoat. There were some secure commo devices captured and compromised. This in particular, resulted in some recon missions being compromised including deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 25, 2015 Share #27 Posted August 25, 2015 And she's still there! The Tour Guide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 25, 2015 Share #28 Posted August 25, 2015 There was this excellent movie, hadn't seen it since it first came out on T.V. in 73, do not think it's on either VHS or DVD. FROM WIKI The Pueblo incident was dramatically depicted in the critically acclaimed 1973 ABC Theater televised production Pueblo. Hal Holbrook starred as Captain Lloyd Bucher. The two-hour drama was nominated for three Emmy Awards, winning two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 25, 2015 Share #29 Posted August 25, 2015 12 years ago Commander Bucher spoke at our Associations banquet - It was a pretty tough crowd and there was a lot of give and take discussion but everyone left satisfied in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted August 25, 2015 Share #30 Posted August 25, 2015 Obscure fun fact, USS Pueblo was built as a US Army cargo ship during WWII, among her sisters (also later commissioned into the US Navy) are the USS New Bedford (a Torpedo Firing Craft better known for the attempted evacuation of Texas Tower 4) and the USS Hewell. The latter is better known to many as the fictional 'USS Reluctant' in the 1955 film adaption of 'Mr. Roberts'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 13, 2015 Share #31 Posted September 13, 2015 Some very interesting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted September 29, 2015 Share #32 Posted September 29, 2015 Total cluster on so many levels. It would appear there was no contingency plan for such an event. Ultimately, the Skipper is responsible for the condition of the vessel, training of the crew, and the ability to rapidly destroy spy gear and scuttle prior to sailing. Well trained gun crews with 50 cals. in proper working order could have kept the enemy off long enough to totally destroy spy gear and pitch it over the side in deep water. Failure to return fire on a US Warship is a serious matter. Last resort, the vessel should have been scuttled. Wharf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted September 29, 2015 Share #33 Posted September 29, 2015 Well trained gun crews with 50 cals. in proper working order could have kept the enemy off long enough to totally destroy spy gear and pitch it over the side in deep water. Wharf .50 caliber armament did not really help the Liberty out in 1967. If any lessons were learned from that incident, they seem to have been forgotten by 1968. They did their best, with what they had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeclown Posted November 6, 2015 Share #34 Posted November 6, 2015 Sadly I was a CT from 62-66 and had the honor of attending "A" school in Pensacola with Jack L. Raper. Jack was from Georgia and had the most original Gomer Pyle accent I have ever heard. Jack was a great marine and could take code with the best of them. I only did my 4 and got out. Jack was offered language school in Monterey but in order to go there he had to extend his enlistment for another 2 years. Back then the only real languages being offered were Russian and Chinese, so the Marine Corps ended up with a linguist that spoke Russian with a southern accent. Well Jack ended up as one of the people the USS Liberty picked up before they entered the Med. Jack had made Sgt. by then and had a wife and a baby daughter back home in Cedartown, Ga. , sadly Jack was killed in the attack by Israel, he was in the spook compartment which took the brunt of the torpedo hit. Jack is buried in Arlington in a mass grave with other shipmates. Semper Fi marine you did your duty... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeclown Posted November 6, 2015 Share #35 Posted November 6, 2015 I would like to add about the USS Liberty that the BBC put out a nice documentary titled "Dead in the Water". It raises lots of questions about the incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uplandmod Posted November 6, 2015 Share #36 Posted November 6, 2015 Obscure fun fact, USS Pueblo was built as a US Army cargo ship during WWII, among her sisters (also later commissioned into the US Navy) are the USS New Bedford (a Torpedo Firing Craft better known for the attempted evacuation of Texas Tower 4) and the USS Hewell. The latter is better known to many as the fictional 'USS Reluctant' in the 1955 film adaption of 'Mr. Roberts'. Wow never heard of the Texas Tower event.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted November 7, 2015 Share #37 Posted November 7, 2015 Wow never heard of the Texas Tower event.... A surreal tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted November 7, 2015 Share #38 Posted November 7, 2015 Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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