Monday, November 17, 2014

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.


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