AGER-2 Class

AGER-2 Class (Environmental Research Ship) – 1 unit

AGER-2 – Pueblo – Commissioned: 1967 – №: 1 – Homeport: unknown

Builder: Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering

Launched: 16 April 1944

Commissioned: 13 May 1967

Captured: 23 January 1968

Status: Active, in commission, currently held by North Korea

Displacement: 550 tons light, 895 tons full, 345 tons dead

Length: 54 m

Beam: 9.8 m

Draft: 2.7 m

Propulsion: twin diesel

Speed: 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h)

Complement: 6 officers, 70 men

Armament: 2× M2 Browning .50-caliber machine guns

An American electronic intelligence (ELINT) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) was boarded and captured by North Korean forces on 23 January 1968, in what is known as the Pueblo incident or alternatively as the Pueblo crisis.

North Korea stated that Pueblo strayed into their territorial waters, but the United States maintains that the vessel was in international waters at the time of the incident.

Pueblo, still held by North Korea today, officially remains a commissioned vessel of the United States Navy. Since early 2013 the ship has been moored along the Botong River in Pyongyang, and used there as a museum ship. Pueblo is the only ship of the U.S. Navy currently being held captive.