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Help us bring the true story of the attack by Israel on the USS Liberty to the American people June 8th 1967 USS Liberty AGTR5 Liberty Veterans Association 58th Anniversary Reunion Site Visits Since 2020 Click for Full Video of Sacrificing Liberty Shipmate Discussion Forum Monuments and Memorabilia and Maps Family Friends and Spouses Historians Students and Authors Supporters of the USS Liberty Ship Photo Gallery Killed in Action Gallery Reunions and Events ON JUNE 8 1967 while patrolling in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea USS Liberty AGTR5 was savagely attacked without warning or justification by air and naval forces of the state of Israel. At 1400 hours while approximately about 17 nautical miles off the northern Sinai coast and about 25 nautical miles northwest of El Arish USS Libertys crew observed three surface radar contacts closing with their position at high speed. A few moments later the bridge radar crew observed high speed aircraft passing over the surface returns on the same heading. Within a few short moments and without any warning Israeli fighter aircraft launched a rocket attack on USS Liberty.