The United States Navy has honored the USS Liberty many times in many
ways.

Immediately after the attack, the crew was awarded 205 Purple Heart
Medals (34 posthumously) for injuries received in combat.

The President of the United States awarded the crew the highest group
award, the President Unit Citation.

The ship's commanding officer received the nation's highest award for an
individual, the Congressional Medal of Honor.

In addition to the captain, at least twenty-nine men received medals for
heroism, some posthumously, including one Navy Cross and several Silver
Star medals.

Navy owned buildings were named after Liberty crewmen in Florida,
Illinois, West Virginia, California and Japan.

Memorial displays were created in Illinois and at the Admiral Wenger
Cryptologic Museum at Nebraska Avenue in Washington, DC, now moved to a
location near Fort George Meade in Maryland.

In December, 1997, the Navy named a new medical-dental building
in Northwest, Virgina, "The Captain William L. McGonagle Branch
Medical Dental Facility" in honor of USS Liberty's captain.  This
is the first time the Navy has named a building after a
living person.