Seizure of USS Pueblo

Date: January 23, 1968 • Location: Pyongyang, Korea, Democratic People`s Republic of

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1968–1969.

USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.

USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class technical research ship, placed into service during World War II, then converted to a spy ship in 1967 by the United States Navy. She gathered intelligence and oceanographic information, monitoring electronic and radio signals from North Korea. On 23 January 1968, the ship was attacked and captured by a North Korean vessel, in what became known as the "Pueblo incident".