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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