Photo #: NH 97479
USS Liberty (AGTR-5)
Arrives at Valletta, Malta, for repair of damages received when
she was attacked by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on
8 June 1967.
Photo is dated 16 June. However, she arrived at Malta on 14 June.
Note torpedo hole in her side, forward of the superstructure
and numerous rocket and gunfire impacts on the hull and superstructure.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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