Comments on: A little help

By: MrChips

MrChips — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:03:34 +0000

Actually the wiki entry that the Pueblo was towed around the peninsula through international waters is pure speculation. Other theories on this are that it was sent piecemeal across land by rail or towed through the rather extensive canal system that North Korea operates. Only one thing is certain: one day the Pueblo was in Wonsan and the next day it was missing only to appear a few weeks later in Nampo. No information was ever available to indicate that the operation was ever pending so that the vessel could be intercepted.

By: Dave in Songtan

Dave in Songtan — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:51:30 +0000

Screwed up the link on #10

Wiki entry on USS Pueblo

By: Dave in Songtan

Dave in Songtan — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:47:30 +0000

Paul, it was indeed towed around the Korean Peninsula,

Pueblo is still held by North Korea. In October 1999, it was towed from Wonson on the east coast, around the Korean Peninsula, to Nampo on the west coast. This required moving the vessel through international waters. No attempt to recapture the Pueblo was made. This move was done just before the visit of US presidential envoy James Kelly to the capital Pyongyang.

I recall wondering why the US, and the US Navy in particular, allowed that to happen.

By: dlatn

dlatn — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:41:10 +0000

Sounds like a good deal, Maybe South Korea can return Lee Hae-chan to Japan at the same time.

By: railwaycharm

railwaycharm — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:53:25 +0000

Rust bucket, let them keep it.

By: Uri Onara

Uri Onara — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:50:55 +0000

While I cannot presume to speak for all Americans, I feel confident in saying that the US does not really want or need the Pueblo back. Thanks anyway, Mr. Lee. (Geez…)

By: Paul H.

Paul H. — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:07:23 +0000

I’ve never had my curiosity satisfied as to how and when the Pueblo got moved from Wonsan to its present location.

Anybody know? Did the North take it apart, move it overland, and then reassemble it where it is now, or is there some internal waterway across North Korea that enabled it to be sailed there more or less intact? This last sounds contrary to what I think I know of peninsular geography, but without a good topo map in front of me I suppose I can’t be sure.

If they sailed it all the way around the ROK, and we failed to mount an attempt to retake it, or even better, torpedo it — well, that was a real lick on “US”, almost as bad as the original incident.

By: mateomiguel

mateomiguel — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:41:04 +0000

And in some cases such as their history of money laundering, kidnapping, assassination and extortion you don’t need to extend any sort of metaphor at all. Its reality baby!

By: mateomiguel

mateomiguel — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:40:16 +0000

You can extend that gangster metaphor to every single one of the North Korean regime’s actions without barely stretching it at all.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:44:05 +0000

I was just saying that receiving a gift from North Korea is not unlike accepting favor from a gangster, they both come with very heavy strings attached and you never know when they will be pulled.