Rescue operations after an attack on USS Liberty underway in the Mediterranean Sea during the Six Day Arab Israel conflict. USS Little Rock cruises past the starboard side of USS Liberty. A U.S. Navy UH-2A helicopter flies past USS liberty and over USS Little Rock. USS Little Rock underway at a slow speed. Another UH-2A helicopter flies over the two ships. The radar aboard USS Liberty rotates. USS Little Rock underway at sea. The fantail of USS Little Rock. USS Massey underway at sea.
Refueling from Kitty Hawk class supercarrier USS America in the Mediterranean Sea. Port beam view of USS America (CVA-66). Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) along the port quarter refueling from USS America. The stern of the supercarrier. Stern view of USS America refueling USS Richard E. Byrd. Gearing-class destroyer USS William R. Rush (DD-714) off the starboard beam. The starboard quarter of USS America during the underway refueling. U.S. Navy A- 3B Skywarrior, Douglas A-4C Skyhawk and F-4B Phantom aircraft seen on the flight deck. USS Richard F. Byrd underway off the port quarter. Crewmen aboard USS William R. Rush during the refueling. A refueling hose is secured and men are in life jackets. The port side of the bow of USS Rush. The fuel line over to the forward station. Crewmen on the fantail. Wake of USS Rush in the background. A U.S. Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter on the flight deck. Nose of a RA-5C Vigilante aircraft in the foreground. Tail section of an F-4B Phantom aircraft. Hospital corpsmen around a helicopter with stretchers. Sailors wounded in the Israeli attacks on the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) are offloaded. Two crewmen rush up to the hatch of the helicopter with an empty stretcher. Flight deck personnel look on.
Rescue operations after Israeli attack on USS Liberty underway in the Mediterranean Sea during the Six Day Arab Israel conflict. Vice Admiral William I. Martin Commander of the Sixth Fleet tours USS Liberty after Israeli sea and air attacks. He looks at one of the damaged machine gun tubs. He talks to officers of USS Liberty. The Vice Admiral talks to Chief Petty Officer and other officers on the bridge of the ship. He comes down a ladder from the bridge area. He walks down to the main deck from the ladder. Vice Admiral Martin tours USS Liberty as a junior officer takes down notes. He talks to a man in khakis. Several squadron patches sewed on the back of his jacket as he talks to an officer in khakis. Junior officers around the Vice Admiral near a damaged machine gun tub. The junior officers talk to a senior officer. A chaplain from USS America talks to Chief Petty Officer.
Rescue operations after Israeli attack on USS Liberty. A boat alongside USS Liberty carrying ambulatory wounded. A man climbs down a ladder. An ambulatory case climbs down the ladder with the help of crewmen. A man at the bow of a utility boat lets go a line. The boat pulls away from USS Liberty. Utility boat en route to USS Little Rock. A crewman walks about on the deck of USS liberty. A sailor on the bridge of the ship. One of the ventilator stanchions with a large shell hole. Damage caused to the weather deck of USS Liberty after an Israeli torpedo attack Two shell holes on the side of the gun tub around the machine gun.