SH-3A_Sea_King_hovers_over_the_damaged_USS_Liberty_(AGTR-5)_on_8_June_1967_(USN_1123118).jpg
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Summary
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Unknown author
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English:
The U.S. Navy electronic reconnaissance gathering ship USS
Liberty
(AGTR-5) receives assistance from units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, after she was attacked and seriously damaged by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. A Sikorsky SH-3A
Sea King
of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) Det.66 "Sea Griffins" is near her bow. HS-9 Det.66 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 6 (CVW-6) aboard the aircraft carrier USS
America
(CVA-66) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 10 January to 20 September 1967.
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| Date | 8 June 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
USN 1123118
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo USN 1123118 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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This image is available from the
Naval History and Heritage Command
under the digital ID
USN 1123118
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Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description. [1] |
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U.S. Navy
, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a
work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
public domain
in the United States.
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