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USS Peoria (LST-1183) was a Newport-class tank landing ship which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). The vessel took part in the Vietnam War and Gulf War . The ship was constructed by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego , California and was launched in 1968 and commissioned in 1970.
SS Mayaguez was a U.S.-flagged container ship that is best known for its 12 May 1975 seizure by Khmer Rouge forces of Cambodia, which resulted in a confrontation with the United States at the close of the Vietnam War.
The United States Department of State protested that North Vietnam had violated the 1973 Paris Peace Accords by infiltrating 160,000 soldiers and 400 armored vehicles into South Vietnam. North Vietnam had improved the Ho Chi Minh trail, now a network of all-weather roads, through Cambodia and Laos and expanded their armament stockpiles. [6]: 138
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1975 Ship State Description RVNS Keo Ngua Republic of Vietnam Navy: Vietnam War: The Phu Du-class motor gunboat was scuttled at the conclusion of the war to prevent capture . [16] Suntory United States: The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Day Harbor on the coast of the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. [4]
Operation New Life (23 April – 1 November 1975) was the care and processing on Guam of Vietnamese refugees evacuated before and after the Fall of Saigon, the closing day of the Vietnam War. More than 111,000 of the evacuated 130,000 Vietnamese refugees were transported to Guam, where they were housed in tent cities for a few weeks while being ...
When the ship pulled out of port to continue to Southeast Asia, another 53 sailors were missing. [4]: 112–113 In January 1972 with the ship off Vietnam, Secretary of the Navy John Chafee visited the Coral Sea. SOS activists on board held a demonstration and presented the Navy Secretary with a petition which 36 of them had signed. [41]
She served as a commissioned ship for 24 years and 9 months, and earned a total of 15 awards and campaign ribbons for her service. She was laid down as AKA-114 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, and redesignated LKA-114 on 1 January 1969. She was commissioned on 24 May 1969. [1] Durham evacuates refugees from Phan ...
South Vietnam: Lost overboard [6] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] February 25: Morgan, William J: Major: US Army: Adviser, Military Region 1, CORDS: South Vietnam, Da Nang: Passenger on UH-1H #69-15391 that hit the fantail of USS John R. Craig and crashed into Da Nang Harbour [7] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] March 7: Howell ...