# The Pueblo
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pueblo/67456
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 3, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pueblo/67456 "2001-06-03T22:34:14Z")
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### Author:  [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pueblo/67456/1 "2001-06-03T22:34:14Z")
What happened to the crew after the North Koreans released them? I read that Captain Lloyd Bucher suffered further abuse from the Navy brass after he and the surviving members of the crew returned to the States. (I’ve sensed it’s something that doesn’t bode well for the Navy.)
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### Author:  [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pueblo/67456/2 "2001-06-03T23:25:08Z")
[This news article](http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/2610nd3.htm) includes the following:
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> The Navy considered a court-martial for Bucher for letting the Pueblo fall into enemy hands without firing a shot and for failing to destroy much of the ship’s classified material. He was never brought to trial.
You can read the crewmembers’ thoughts on the subject, and get some history, at the [Aftermath of the Pueblo Incident](http://www.usspueblo.org/v2f/aftermath/afterframe.html) website.