NEW U.S.S. LIBERTY RELEASE

NSA ^ | July- 2003 | NSA

[Courier]

On 02 July 2003, the National Security Agency (NSA) released additional information relative to the 08 June 1967 attack on the U.S.S. Liberty. This release includes three audio recordings, transcripts (in English), three follow-up reports, and a U.S. Cryptologic History Report entitled "Attack on a Sigint Collector, the U.S.S. Liberty." The recordings are in Hebrew and contain time counts in English that were added by the intercept operator. The follow-up reports are summaries of the three transcripts with non-substantive chatter omitted and a compiled report that summarizes the activity and contains the text of the transcripts. The U.S. Cryptologic History Report is a less redacted version of the same document originally released in 1999.

How the information was obtained:

Within an hour of learning that the Liberty had been torpedoed the Director, NSA, LTG Marshall S. Carter, USA, sent a message to all intercept sites requesting a special search of all communications that might reflect the attack or reaction. No communications were available. However, one of the airborne platforms, a U.S. Navy EC-121, had collected voice conversations between two Israeli helicopter pilots and the control tower at Hazor Airfield following the attack on the Liberty.

Audio Recording Labeled 104, dated 8 June 1967, 1229Z-1244Z Transcript (in English) PDF Format - 8,076KB

Audio Recording Labeled 105, dated 8 June 1967, 1247Z-1319Z Transcript (in English) PDF Format - 2,866KB

Audio Recording Labeled 130, dated 8 June 1967, 1307Z-1311Z Transcript (in English) PDF Format - 821KB

Follow-up Report No. 1, dated 9 June 1967, 0831Z (PDF Format - 1,309KB)

Follow-up Report No. 2, dated 9 June 1967, 1422Z (PDF Format - 552KB)

Aftermath of Israeli Attack on U.S.S. Liberty, 22 June 1967, 1454Z (PDF Format - 5,509KB)

U.S.Cryptologic History Report, "Attack on a Sigint Collector, the U.S.S. Liberty", dated 1981 (originally released in 1999) (PDF Format - 15,439KB)

[Paul Ross]

Just on a lark I checked this myself just now. There are indeed some supporting web accounts of the sub's duty tours, see subnet's account:

USS AMBERJACK (SS-522)

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dp. 1870 tons (surf.), 2416 tons (subm.); l. 311.8'; b. 27.1';
s. 20.25k (surf.), 8.75k (subm.); td. 400'; a. 1-3"/50, 6-21" tt. fwd., 4-21" tt. aft.;
cpl. 6 officers - 60 enlisted men; cl. "TENCH"

Keel laid down by the Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, MA, 8FEB44;
Launched: 15DEC44; Sponsored by Mrs. Walter E. Lang, Jr.;
Commissioned 4MAR46 with Cdr William B. Parham in command;
Decommissioned, stuck from the Navy List and sold to Brazil 17OCT73.

Following shakedown training in the West Indies and in the Gulf of Mexico, USS AMBERJACK (SS-522) reported on 17 June for duty with SubRon8. Operating out of the Submarine Base, New London, CT, she conducted training missions in the North Atlantic, and, in November 1946, made a cruise above the Arctic Circle. In January 1947, the submarine entered the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for extensive modifications and thereafter spent about a year undergoing a Guppy II conversion during which her hull and sail were streamlined and additional batteries and a snorkel were installed to increase her submerged speed endurance, and maneuverability. In January 1948, she reported for duty with SubRon4 based at Key West, FL. She operated along the east coast and in the West Indies for a little more than 11 years. Her schedule included the development of tactics and independent ship exercises, type training, periodic overhauls and fleet exercises. During this period, she also visited numerous Caribbean ports. In July of 1952, AMBERJACK was transferred to the newly established SubRon12, though she remained based at Key West and her employment continued as before.

Early in August 1959, after more than 11 years of operations out of Key West, the submarine's home port was changed to Charleston, SC. She arrived there on the 8th and reported for duty with her former squadron, SubRon4. While working out of her new home port, AMBERJACK's operations remained much as they had been before with one significant difference: she began making deployments to European waters. In August, September and October of 1960, the submarine participated in a NATO exercise before making a week-long port visit to Portsmouth, England. She returned to Charleston late in October and resumed her normal duties. Between May and September of 1961, the warship deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for duty in the 6th Fleet. After a three-year interlude operating along the east coast and in the West Indies, AMBERJACK made another Mediterranean cruise between 7 July and 1 November 1964. She spent the ensuing 29 months working out of Charleston. In 1967, the submarine made a three-month deployment to the Mediterranean between 23 April and 24 July. On 2 September 1969, following another 25 months of operations along the east coast and in the West Indies, she embarked upon her last Charleston-based tour of duty in European waters during which she participated in another NATO exercise with units of the British, Canadian, and Dutch navies. At the conclusion of the exercise, AMBERJACK visited a number of ports in northern Europe before returning to Charleston on 12 December 1969.

On 9 July 1970, AMBERJACK arrived in her new home port, Key West, her base for the remainder of her service in the American Navy. She made her last deployment to the Mediterranean between 27 November 1972 and 30 March 1973. On 17 October 1973, AMBERJACK was decommissioned at Key West, and her name was struck from the Navy list. That same day, she was transferred to the Brazilian Navy and commissioned as Cerea (S-12).

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Compiled by SUBNET from "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships," - Navy Department;
and "UNITED STATES NAVAL SUBMARINE FORCE INFORMATION BOOK" -- J. Christley

[archy]

This the fish?

That would be one of several reported in the area at the time, and the one from which the events were photographed/filmed.

[archy]

Second brigade, 24th Infantry Division, stationed in Munich/Augsburg. 2/70th Armor battalion.

[Courier]

The Emroid, the pride of the fleet of the planet Uranus, was parked just off of Jupiter and saw the whole thing.

Captain Sprinkter has conveyed to the highest sources on Earth, at headquarters at Roswell, that it was a friendly fire mishap.

There are tapes but the Dixie Chicks are keeping them hidden for reasons only they know.

[dennisw]

So you were posting under the name AveMaria too? Until that one got banned.

You saved your agent provocateur threads for the seemingly stupid/naive AveMaria. If untrue, let me know.

[GatekeeperBookman]

Please note a detailed account in, I think, the book is Body of Lies, all about the NSA, which details the Israeli 'execution' of Liberty. Written by lib media guy-the title is really misleading-entire text just string of anecdoatal stories. Liberty is there because it makes our gov & Israel look bad. the ship was close to action of war & Israel was determined to stop their intercept of communication about execution of hostiles.

[Cachelot]

Well, long time no see, "Hyperbolic Observer".

Running "AveMaria" and "ComtedeMaistre" at the same time, huh? You always were something of a retard, LeCompteB :)).

And I see you still have your aol pages although you have tried to sanitize them - just the ardinary crackpot stuff left. Chemically free for racewar entries, except for this rather obscure thing in one of your page urls:

http://members.aol.com/YuzhnoeMore/arg1.html

[Cachelot]

You saved your agent provocateur threads for the seemingly stupid/naive AveMaria

He used to run two parallel idents back when he was posting as "Hyperbolic Observer" too, you know ;).

[dennisw]

bingo

[ComtedeMaistre]

>"You saved your agent provocateur threads for the seemingly stupid/naive AveMaria. If untrue, let me know."<

I don't know what the hell you are talking about? Could you elaborate?

[ComtedeMaistre]

>>Well, long time no see, "Hyperbolic Observer".<<

>>Running "AveMaria" and "ComtedeMaistre" at the same time, huh? You always were something of a retard, LeCompteB<<

What the hell is this "hyperbolic" and "avemaria" stuff? Have you gone out of your mind?

[Cachelot]

What the hell is this "hyperbolic" and "avemaria" stuff

Ummmmmm..... do you mean to tell me that you're not the same poster as "AveMaria"? Or that you're not Gordon LeCompte Bolmer? Or that you're really not here at all? What??

[aristeides]

The new book by Richard Helms (Director of Central Intelligence in 1967) published posthumously reveals that the CIA board of inquiry into the Liberty incident held at the time concluded that the Israeli attack was deliberate. It's obvious from Helm's short account of the incident that he shared that belief.

[dennisw]

This thread was started by AveMaria. It was on the USS Liberty and was pulled on Saturday after it got 50 responses. The title was "Are the Brave Americans Who Served On the USS Liberty in 1967, Liars?"
This is the thread. Read what it says--->

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/943959/posts

AveMaria was booted

[Skywalk]

The terrible thing about AveMaria was that whole kosher food thread.

If AM and this ComtedeMaistre are linked, this sheds new light on CdM's post a couple months back about "neocons."

It'd be excusable to dislike "neocons" whatever the hell that term means. It'd be forgiveable to be concerned about the Liberty. But combine that with the kosher food thread, and you have a flaming anti-semite, good ol' jew-hater-posing-as-conservative.

[dennisw]

I will ping you when ComtedeMaistre replies. You are right that evidence adds up. We had anti Semites who sorta kept their kool here but (eventually) lost it and were banned. When they show up at LibertyForum you find out what they really think and it ain't very pretty.

[dennisw]

The Kosher thread was good. I was glad to see that 95% of posts slammed her harebrained logic. Or was AveMaria a put on by someone more clever?

[Skywalk]

Thanks.

I wonder, should I travel over to LibertyForum to see what kind of garbage they're spewing and is it well-hidden or in plain view?

[dennisw]

I wonder, should I travel over to LibertyForum to see what kind of garbage they're spewing and is it well-hidden or in plain view?..........

In plain view last time I looked. LF anti Semitism is always there but peaks when Israel is in the news. It might be subdued today. Last year when Israel went into Jenin/West Bank it was insane at LF.

[dennisw]

Here ya go:
http://www.libertyforum.org/showarticles.php?Format=full&Placement=&Type=posts&Startat=0&Total=30