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The USS Liberty was a Belmont-class technical research ship[1], belonging to the United States Navy. The most notable event concerning it was a mistaken attack on it in international waters near the town of El Arish on June 8 1967, during the Six Day War, by Israeli fighter planes and torpedo boats. The incident killed 34 US servicemen and wounded 173, making it the second deadliest attack against a US warship since the end of World War II.