Re: USS Liberty: What MTB Personnel Would Have Seen
- From: "Mike" <micoma@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 7 Aug 2005 13:06:23 -0700
Strange; it appears to be the view that is claimed the attacking jet
pilots would have seen (from Bamford):
"Not only did the ship have ?GTR-5? painted broadly on both sides of
its bow and stern, it also had its name painted in large, bold, black
letters: 'U.S.S. LIBERTY.'"
But more to the point, as to sworn eyewitness testimony regarding the
MTBs:
"At this time the torpedo boats, three of them, that had torpedoed us,
were laying off, waiting for us to sink, I believe."
"Immediately after the ship was struck by the torpedo, the torpedo
boats stopped dead in the water and milled around astern of the ship at
a range of approximately 500 to 800 yards. One of the boats signalled
by flashing light, in English, 'do you require assistance'? "
Available from: http://www.ussliberty.org/nci.txt
And from the crew's own submitted chronology (Exhibit 27):
<start>
1440 MTB'S STANDING AWAY FROM THE SHIP. ONE MTB HAS HULL NUMBER 206-17
1503 ONE MTB RETURNED TO SHIP AND SIGNALLED "DO YOU NEED HELP" IN
ENGLISH C.O. SIGNALLED "NEGATIVE"
1505 MTB'S RETIRED TOWARD SHORE
<end>
Available here: http://libertyincident.com/USNcourt.htm
Not surprisingly, not one word as to what is claimed the photo
represents.
MW
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