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Photo # USN 1129208: USS Pueblo off San Diego, California, October 1967

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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.

This page features, or provides links to, all our views of and related to USS Pueblo (AGER-2)

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.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: USN 1129208

    USS Pueblo (AGER-2)


    Off San Diego, California, 19 October 1967.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 595 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1129208.

     
    Photo #: USN 1129207

    USS Pueblo (AGER-2)


    Off San Diego, California, 19 October 1967.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 605 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1129207.

     
    Photo #: USN 1129296

    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.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 610 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1129296.

     
    Photo #: NH 68501

    USS Pueblo (AGER-2)


    Bronze plaque featuring the ship's insignia. It was presented to Seaman L.J. Marshall, USN, in 1969.
    The device in the upper left of the insignia design is a microscope straddling a ship's hull.

    Courtesy of L.J. Marshall, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 99KB; 575 x 765 pixels

     

    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.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    16 January 2000