North Korea Seizes US Navy Vessel, Detains Crew.(USS Pueblo hijacked in 1968)(Brief Article)

From: Journal of Electronic Defense | Date: July 1, 2001| Author: Rivers, Brendan P. | Copyright information

(JED) -- On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), a US Navy electronic-intelligence (FLINT) ship, was boarded and seized by North Korean forces as she patrolled the Sea of Japan off the coast of the North Korean city of Wonsan. The North Korean move was a continuation of a series of hostile activities against the Republic of (South) Korea (ROK) and US personnel stationed in the region, and the first time in over 150 years that a US Navy vessel had been hijacked on the high seas...

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