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USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
ex
 USS Pueblo (AKL-44) (1966 - 1967)
USAV FS-344 (1944 - 1954)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Victor - Echo
NGVE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea) - Korean Defense Service Medal
Individual Awards

Navy Cross - (Sgt. Robert J. Hammond USMC) - Silver Star (FN Duane Hodges USN, LTjg. Frederic Carl Schumacher USN) - Purple Heart - (FN Duane Hodges USN) - Prisoner of War Medal (all crew members)
Camano Class Light Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down in 1944 for the US Army as Small Freighter FP-344 at Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Corp., Kewaunee, WI.
  • Launched, 16 April 1944
  • Redesignated FS-344, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Army, 5 July 1944 and commissioned USAV FS-344
  • Placed out of service in 1954
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 12 April 1966
  • Commissioned, USS Pueblo (AKL-44), 18 July 1966
  • Converted to a Banner Class Environmental Research Ship at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Recommissioned USS Pueblo (AGER-2), 13 May 1967, CDR. Lloyd M. Bucher USN in command
  • Boarded by North Korean forces, 23 January 1968, 82 crew members imprisoned in North Korea
  • Final Disposition, held in nominal commissioned status to protect from seizure and open to public viewing at Wonson, North Korea as a propaganda monument to "evil Americans".

    Specifications:
    Displacement 550 t.
    Length 177'
    Beam 33'
    Draft 10'
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement
    (AKL) 42
    (AGER) 83
    Armament
    (AKL) none
    (AGER) four .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By/Source
    US Army Small Freighter FP-344
    Pueblo 91k US Army Small Freighter USAV FP-344 photographed shortly after launching, at Kewaunee Shipbuilding & Engineering Corp. Shipyard, Kewaunee, WI., 16 April 1944. FP-344 was later renamed FS-344. Transferred to the Navy in 1966, she became Pueblo (AGER-2).
    US Navy photo # NH 74689, courtesy Kewaunee Shipbuilding Corp., 1968    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Pueblo 86k US Army Small Freighter USAV FP-344 fitting out at the Kewaunee Shipbuilding & Engineering Corp. Shipyard, Kewaunee, WI., circa July 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 74690, courtesy Kewaunee Shipbuilding Corp., 1968    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
    Pueblo 83k USS Pueblo (AGER-2) in port, circa 1967. Photograph received by Naval Photographic Center January 1968.
    US Navy photo # USN 1129296    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Pueblo 80k USS Pueblo (AGER-2) off San Diego, CA., 19 October 1967.
    US Navy photo # USN 1129208    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Pueblo 80k USS Pueblo (AGER-2) off San Diego, CA., 19 October 1967.
    US Navy photo # USN 1129207    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Pueblo 49k USS Pueblo (AGER-2) underway, date and location unknown. Dennis Clouse
    Pueblo 99k USS Pueblo (AGER-2) underway, circa 1967, location unknown. .
    Pueblo 97k USS Pueblo (AGER-2) underway, date and location unknown. From collection of Frank Guilfoy
    via USS Oxford (AG-159/AGTR-1)
    Web Site
    Pueblo 227k USS Pueblo (AGER-2) memorial plaque at the Confederate Prison Museum, Andersonville, GA., February 2003 Robert Hall
    Pueblo 956k North Korean postcard of USS Pueblo (AGER-2) reads "U.S. Armed Spy Ship Pueblo". Photo shows the ship on the Taedong River at Pyongyang, North Korea. Tommy Trampp
    Pueblo 133k North Korean postage stamp on reverse side of above postcard of USS Pueblo (AGER-2). Tommy Trampp
    USS Pueblo Memorabilia
    Pueblo
    Commemorative Coin (front)
    Contributed by Tommy Trampp    		 Pueblo
    Commemorative Coin (back)
    Contributed by Tommy Trampp
    View the USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
    US Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association
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