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Operation End Sweep was a United States Navy and United States Marine Corps operation to remove naval mines from Haiphong harbor and other coastal and inland waterways in North Vietnam between February and July 1973.
Operation Name Unit(s) – Description Location VC-PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs Jan 28 - Jul 18 73: Operation End Sweep [1] US Navy demining of Haiphong Harbour, mined as part of Operation Pocket Money: Haiphong Harbour: Feb 12 – Apr 4 73: Operation Homecoming [2] Repatriation of U.S. prisoners of war from North Vietnam: Gia Lam Airport: Apr 27 ...
Reasoner first deployed with HSL 31 "Lamps" SH2D in 1973 to Southeast Asia and took part in Operation End Sweep (the removal of mines in Haiphong Harbor). Reasoner was decommissioned on 28 August 1993 and subsequently leased to Turkey, where the ship was recommissioned as Kocatepe. On 22 February 2002, she was finally purchased by Turkey.
In April 1973, the squadron provided support for Operation End Sweep, the clearing of mine fields along the coast of North Vietnam. Two A-6E TRAM Intruders assigned to VA-95 in 1981. Aircraft from VA-95 would participate in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of American personnel from Saigon. The squadron provided armed escort flights over ...
From February to June 1973 the ship operated helicopters that conducted naval mine clearance operations in Haiphong Harbor as part of Operation End Sweep. In April 1975 the ship participated in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon and the rescue of refugees fleeing South Vietnam.
June 1973: Missions were flown in support of Operation End Sweep, the clearing of mines in the territorial waters of North Vietnam. October 1973: With the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War USS Hancock, with VA-164 embarked, was directed to leave Yankee Station and operate in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden. [1]
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Inchon off North Vietnam in 1973.. In 1972–1973, Inchon circumnavigated the globe and returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.In February 1973, Inchon was attached to Task Force 78 for Operation End Sweep, the U.S. Navy's effort to clear U.S. mines from North Vietnamese waters after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords.