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{{DISPLAYTITLE:USS ''Liberty'' incident}}
{{Infobox | conflict = USS ''Liberty'' incident
| partof = the [[Six-Day War]]
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| caption = Damaged USS ''Liberty'' one day (9 June 1967) after attack
| Location = [[Mediterranean Sea]] near the [[Sinai Peninsula]]<ref name=Wikimapia>{{cite web |title=Wikimapia.org Tag |url=http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=31.3935021&lon=33.3888245&z=10&l=0&m=b |access-date=17 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214000013/http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=31.3935021&lon=33.3888245&z=10&l=0&m=b |archive-date=14 December 2006 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>▼
| date = 8 June 1967
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| coordinates = {{Coord|31.39|N|33.38|E|source:wikidata|display=ti}}
| map_type = Egypt Sinai#Egypt
| outcome = Official apology issued by Israeli government; financial restitution made to victims, victim’s families, and the U.S. government; See ''[[#Aftermath of the attack|Aftermath of the attack]]''▼
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| combatant1 = {{flag|Israel}}
| combatant2 = {{flag|United States}}
| commander1 = Captain [[Iftach Spector]]<br /> Commander Moshe Oren
| commander2 = Commander [[William L. McGonagle]]
| strength1 = 2 [[Dassault Mirage III|Mirage IIIs]]<br /> 2 [[Dassault Mystère IV|Mystère IVs]]<br />3 [[motor torpedo boat]]s
| strength2 = 1 [[Technical research ship]]
| casualties1 = None
| casualties2 = 34 killed<br />171 wounded<br /> 1 ship heavily damaged
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{{Campaignbox Six-Day War}}
The '''USS ''Liberty'' incident''' was an attack on a [[United States Navy]] [[technical research ship]] ([[spy ship]]), {{USS|Liberty|AGTR-5|6}}, by [[Israeli Air Force]] jet [[fighter aircraft]] and [[Israeli Navy]] [[motor torpedo boat]]s, on 8 June 1967, during the [[Six-Day War]].<ref name=
▲The '''USS ''Liberty'' incident''' was an attack on a [[United States Navy]] [[technical research ship]] ([[spy ship]]), {{USS|Liberty|AGTR-5|6}}, by [[Israeli Air Force]] jet [[fighter aircraft]] and [[Israeli Navy]] [[motor torpedo boat]]s, on 8 June 1967, during the [[Six-Day War]].<ref name="NSAhistory1n2n5n25n26n28">{{harvnb|Gerhard|Millington|1981|pp=1–2, 5, 25–26, 28}}</ref> The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marines, and one civilian [[National Security Agency|NSA]] employee), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.<ref name="NSAhistory292652">{{harvnb|Gerhard|Millington|1981|pp=28–29, 52}}</ref> At the time, the ship was in [[international waters]] north of the [[Sinai Peninsula]], about {{convert|25.5|nmi|mi km|lk=in|abbr=on}} northwest from the Egyptian city of [[Arish]].<ref name="Wikimapia" /><ref name="NSAhistory26">{{harvnb|Gerhard|Millington|1981|p=26}}</ref>
Israel apologized for the attack, saying that the USS ''Liberty'' had been attacked in error after being mistaken for an Egyptian ship.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cristol|first=A.Jay|title=The Liberty Incident Revealed: The Definitive Account of the 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5a1kAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT252|year=2013|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=978-1-61251-387-4|pages=61, 113–114}}</ref> Both the [[Cabinet of Israel|Israeli]] and [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. governments]] conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity.<ref name="NSAhistory57">{{harvnb|Gerhard|Millington|1981|p=57}}</ref> Others, including survivors of the attack, have rejected these conclusions and maintain that the attack was deliberate.<ref name=trib>{{cite news | url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-liberty_tuesoct02,0,66005.story | title=New revelations in attack on American spy ship | first=John | last=Crewdson | date=2 October 2007 | work=[[Chicago Tribune]] | access-date=4 October 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011020947/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-liberty_tuesoct02,0,66005.story | archive-date=11 October 2007 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ofer|first=Aderet|date=July 11, 2017|title='But sir, it's an American ship.' 'Never mind, hit her!' When Israel attacked USS ''Liberty''|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/but-sir-its-an-american-ship-never-mind-hit-her-1.5492908|website=[[Haaretz]]|language=en}}</ref>
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