国会纪录：2002年4月18日（参议院）Page S2976-S2977提交决议案的陈述______参议院第246号决议 - 要求美国海军向美国返回美国海军坎贝尔先生提交了以下决议;这提到了外交关系委员会。S. Res。246虽然美国北京海军于1968年1月23日被朝鲜海军遭到袭击和捕获的美国普韦布洛，是美国海军舰队的第一个在150多年内被外国军队劫持的海军船;虽然美国普韦布洛船员的1个成员，但杜昂霍奇斯在袭击中被杀害，而另外82名船员成员在囚禁中持有，经常在不人道的条件下，11个月;虽然美国普韦布洛，一个智力收集辅助船只在捕获时在国际水域中运作，因此没有违反朝鲜领海;虽然美国普韦布洛的捕获导致对朝鲜政府或朝鲜人民的报复，但随时没有军事行动;而美国普韦布洛虽然仍然是美国海军的财产，但在朝鲜被朝鲜保留了30多年，在Wonsan和Hungham的朝鲜城市展览，现在在平壤展出，因此，首都朝鲜：现在，是，参议院 - （1）要求美国普韦布洛回归美国海军;（2）指导参议院秘书向国防部长和国务卿向主席和国家秘书传播本决议的副本。 Mr. CAMPBELL. Madam President, I am pleased to introduce this resolution which recognizes and demands that the government of North Korea return the ship the USS Pueblo to the United States Navy. On January 23, 1968, while in international waters, the USS Pueblo was attacked and illegally captured by the North Korean Navy. This engagement marked the first time in over 150 years a United States Navy ship was hijacked on the high seas by a foreign military force. This naked act of aggression resulted in 82 crew members being held in captivity as Prisoners of War for eleven months in inhumane conditions with one casualty, Duane Hodges who was killed during the initial assault. On December 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo crew was finally released. At the time of its capture, the USS Pueblo was operating as an intelligence collection auxiliary vessel, and did not pose a threat. According to the Navy Department Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Ships' Histories Section, the name USS Pueblo has enjoyed a long and proud history prior to January 23, 1968. Currently, the environmental research vessel USS Pueblo, AGER-2, is the third ship of the fleet to bear the name of the City and County of Pueblo, CO. Originally the armored cruiser Colorado was renamed the Pueblo in 1916 when a new battleship named Colorado was authorized. That ship served from 1905 to 1927. The second vessel named the Pueblo, PF-13, was a city class frigate which proudly served from 1944 to 1946. She was later sold to the Dominican Republic where she serves today. The third and current PUEBLO, AGER-2, was built by the Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation, Kewaunee, WI. A general purpose supply vessel designed especially for service in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps, she was launched 16 April 1944 and later redesignated as an environmental research vessel. To date, the capture of the USS Pueblo has resulted in no reprisal against the government or people of North [[Page S2977]] Korea and although the USS Pueblo still remains property of the United States Navy, the North Korean Government displays it as a traveling museum in the North Korean cities of Wonsan and Hungham, and is now on display in Pyongyang, the Capital city of North Korea. This is unacceptable to me and a number of my colleagues. At issue here, isn't the value of the ship. At issue is the honor of America and the record of those who proudly served and were illegal captives by North Korea, a nation which seeks the destruction of America. I stand with my fellow legislators back home in the Sixty-third Colorado State General Assembly in demanding the return of the USS Pueblo to the United States Navy. I urge my colleagues here in the U.S. Senate to join me in supporting passage of this important resolution. ____________________