[JimRed]

The Israelis asked the US Ambassador about US vessels in the war zone and were told there were none. So, they attacked a suspicious ship in the war zone. Unfortunately, that ship was the USS Liberty.

And of course the Egyptians would not hesitate to false flag a vessel, so the ambassodor's answer sealed the Liberty's fate. It is very likely that the ambassador was not aware of the Liberty's presence.

[Polybius]

The Israelis asked the US Ambassador about US vessels in the war zone and were told there were none. So, they attacked a suspicious ship in the war zone. Unfortunately, that ship was the USS Liberty.

And of course the Egyptians would not hesitate to false flag a vessel, so the ambassodor's answer sealed the Liberty's fate. It is very likely that the ambassador was not aware of the Liberty's presence.

Fog of War sh!t happens.

Sinking of the submarine USS Dorado by U.S. planes. ..... Likely sinking of the submarine USS Seawolf by U.S. forces. .... Damage to the light cruiser USS Atlanta by the cruiser USS San Francisco. ..... Near damage of the battleship USS Iowa (with President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard) by the destroyer USS William D. Porter. This incident led to the “Willie D.” being greeted thereafter with the hail, “Don’t shoot, we’re Republicans!” ...... 1939 - 10 September British submarine HMS Triton sank another British submarine, HMS Oxley, mistaking it for a German U-boat and having received no responses to challenges. Oxley was the first Royal Navy vessel to be sunk and also the first vessel to be sunk by a British vessel in the war. .... 1940 - Operation Wikinger: German destroyer sunk by Luftwaffe bombs, another sunk by mines during confusion[9] ..... 1943 – Operation Husky (Allied Invasion of Sicily): 144 C-47 transport planes passed over Allied lines shortly after a German air raid, and were mistakenly fired upon by ground and naval forces, 33 planes were shot down and 37 damaged, resulting in 318 casualties. ..... 1944 British flotilla attacked by RAF Hawker Typhoons, off Cap d'Antifer, Le Havre. HMS Britomart and HMS Hussar sunk. HMS Salamander damaged beyond repair and scrapped. HMS Jason escaped major damage. ... 1968 - USS Boston, USS Edson, USCGC Point Dume, HMAS Hobart and two U.S. Swift Boats, PCF-12 and PCF-19 are attacked by US aircraft on June 17 in the Vietnam War.[11] Several sailors were killed and PCF-19 was sunk. ..... 1974 - Turkish Destroyer Kocatepe was sunk by Turkish aircraft during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. .......... 1991 - American AH-1 Apache attack helicopter fires on US Army Bradley Fighting Vehicles during night operations during Operation Desert Storm killing several US Army soldiers. ..... 1991 - American A-10 during Operation Desert Storm attacks British armoured personnel carriers killing nine British soldiers (the same number as were killed by enemy fire in the whole war). .... 1994 - In the Black Hawk Incident, two U.S. Air Force F-15Cs involved with Operation Provide Comfort shot down two U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawks over northern Iraq, killing 29 military and civilian personnel. ....