Remembering CTC Raymond E. Linn, KIA, USS Liberty

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."CTC Raymond Eugene Linn
He started a rumor that spread quickly throughout the ship. LIBERTY was lost at sea and had been reported missing for two days and couldn’t be found. Most of the crew believed his story…the one person who didn’t find the rumor “humorous” was the skipper, Captain McGonagle, who quickly created a different scenario.

After 21 years in the Navy, he was making his last trip. He planned to move to Florida to purchase a Dairy Queen and make a home for himself and his daughter, Joy.

In April of 1969, the BEQ (Batchelor Enlisted Quarters) at The United States Naval Security Group Activity, Hakata, Japan was renamed the LINN BEQ.

In February of 1978, The United States Naval Security Group Operations Building at Sugar Grove, West Virginia, was renamed the Raymond Eugene Linn Operations Center."...