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The former Serene was renamed RVNS Nhật Tảo (HQ-10) in Republic of Vietnam Navy service; Nhật Tảo translates to “serene”. On 7 August 1967, North Vietnamese forces began to overrun Coastal Group 16’s base at Sông Trà Khúc River, about 70 miles southeast of Đà Nẵng. Nhật Tảo delivered heavy fire on enemy forces.
Note that six patrol craft were designated HQ-01 to HQ-06, while two destroyer escorts and four high endurance cutters were designated HQ-1 to HQ-6. Also the designation HQ-225 was used twice, first for the LSSL Nguyen Van Tru from 1954 until 1957, and after it was broken up for spare parts was given to the LSSL Nỏ Thần , later renamed ...
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The HQ-10 (simplified Chinese: 红旗-10; traditional Chinese: 紅旗-10; pinyin: Hóng Qí-10; lit. 'Red Banner-10') is a short range surface-to-air missile designed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), currently in service as a point defense missile system aboard PLA Navy warships.
Ngụy Văn Thà (16 January 1943 - 19 January 1974) was a Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) naval officer. [1] He was commanding officer of the corvette RVNS Nhật Tảo (HQ-10) during the Battle of the Paracel Islands and was killed when a Chinese missile hit the HQ-10's bridge.
In late November 1965 the 5th Air Commando Squadron equipped with four C-47s and 17 Helio U-10 Super Couriers was formed at the base and then dispersed to forward operating bases throughout central South Vietnam. [4]: 92–3 In January 1966 the A-1 equipped 602nd Air Commando Squadron moved to Nha Trang from Bien Hoa Air Base. [4]: 113
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥ kaːw˧˧ ki˨˩] ⓘ; 8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) [1] [2] was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967.
Administration map of Tam Kỳ. The town was established in 1906 under the Nguyễn dynasty as an administrative and tax post. [2] During the Republic of Vietnam, the city was the main base of the US military in Quảng Nam Province (what was then Quảng Tín Province) for the war in Vietnam.