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The USS Lynde McCormick's ports of call on this cruise include Hawaii, Sasebo, Olongapo, and Hong Kong. The USS Lynde McCormick DDG-8 saw extensive action on the gunline and in patrolling the Vietnam coastline. Thousands of rounds of 5-inch ammunition were expended at enemy emplacements and supply lines, in aid of U.S. troops and other Allied troops ashore. The USS Lynde McCormick happened to be in the Sea of Japan when the USS Pueblo AGER-2 came under attack from the North Koreans. The USS Lynde McCormick steamed at full speed to assist the USS Pueblo. Unfortunately we arrived on the scene a few hours too late to be of any assistance. The USS Pueblo had been taken into the harbor of Wonson, North Korea. The USS Pueblo was captured by the North Koreans on January 23, 1968. The USS Pueblo was the first U.S. Navy ship to be hi-jacked on the high seas by a foreign military force in over 150 years. To date, the capture has resulted in no reprisals against the North Koreans. This guarantees the USS Pueblo's place in history as a watershed event in our national conscience. The USS Pueblo was a U. S. Navy vessel sent on an intelligence mission off the coast of North Korea. On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo was attacked by North Korean naval vessels and MiG jets. One man was killed and several were wounded. The Eighty-two surviving crew members were captured and held prisoner for 11 months. The USS Pueblo was captured because the Russian's wanted the crypto equipment. It turns out they had gotten the crypto codes from John Walker. John Walker worked as a Soviet spy while serving as communications specialist for the U.S. Navy. It is estimated that he helped the Soviet Union gain more than one million messages and compromised U.S. code security. He had already retired as a Navy officer when arrested in 1985. Other members of his ring included his sailor son Michael, his brother Arthur James Walker, who also served in the Navy, and his friend Jerry Alfred Whitworth, who trained in the Navy's satellite communications. The USS Lynde McCormick returns to San Diego, California, 6 April 1968 and operated off the west coast for the remainder of the year.
While I was on board, we went
through a couple of typhoons and took some of those 55 degree rolls. That was
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