Re: U.S.S. Pueblo in NK


Mike Weeks wrote:
> Jack Linthicum wrote:
>
> >
> > Apparently a truce and an armistice. Not sure of the status of the
> > Pueblo as a war ship, commissioned yes but technically unarmed and an
> > auxillary.
>
> USS Pueblo (AGER-2), as a commissioned United States Ship is classified
> as a warship; "under the command of an officer duly commissioned by
> the government and whose name appears in the Navy List, and manned by a
> crew who are under regular naval discipline."
>
> from Article 8, Secton 2 of the 1958 UN Law of the Sea Conference.
>
> The USN internal classification as to the type of warship (vessel)
> doesn't change a commissioned ship's status.
>
> MW

Well, it is only 40 years too late but I would like to have had that
bit to shove under the noses of those who thought they were duplicating
the Soviet Elint Trawlers and didn't need armament. Underpowered
garbage scow made by some stormdoor company.

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