at the same time that us jets armed with nuclear weapons were on the way to cairo, robert mcneamera, the us defense secretary contacted the uss america of the sixth fleet so he could deliver another strange order to the commander of the ship. macnemera asked guys to immediately recall the jets which were in route to cairo. early next morning, the uss america, uss davis and uss massi arrived to remove the 34 dead sailors and 174 naval officers from the burnt down liberty and transfer the warship to malta for repairs. an hour later, admiral isaac kid who was put in charge of investigating the liberty incident arrived on the scene to hear what the victims had to say so he can offer a written report to his superiors. after the suspicious liberty incident, word of the bizarre israeli attack on the us warship spread around the world. israelis claimed they'd mistaken the liberty with the egyptian ship ( this is while the alcousaire was a retired cargo ship and wasn't even half the size of the uss liberty. iran and turkmenistan do not consider themselves just neighbors but relatives. through