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Department of Defense After Action Report US Military Operations SS Mayaguez/Kaoh Tang Island May 12–15, 1975, GAO Review and Congressional Hearings Part One; Part Two Archived 2017-02-03 at the Wayback Machine; Commander in Chief Pacific Command History 1975, Appendix VI, The SS Mayaguez Incident Archived 2016-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
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.
A large U.S. Navy taskforce assembled off the coast of South Vietnam to assist in the evacuation. The ships of the task force would be the destination for those evacuated from Saigon by helicopter and the tens of thousands of South Vietnamese who were fleeing in private boats, barges and Republic of Vietnam Navy vessels. [38] 25 April
Ngô Văn Quyền (HQ-718) was still active and in good condition when South Vietnam fell in 1975, she was taken into the Vietnam People's Navy and served for many more years. A few other Point-class ships reportedly participated in a final defense of Saigon, firing at North Vietnamese troops from the Saigon River in April 1975. Some may have ...
Vietnam War auxiliary ships of the United States (124 P) B. Vietnam War battleships of the United States (2 P) C. Vietnam War cruisers of the United States (3 C, 19 P) D.
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]
Two sunken vessels from WWII were recently found off the coast of North Carolina. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered the Nazi U-boat 576 and the ...
South Vietnam, Quảng Trị Province: Pilot of a UH-1H #68-16330 that crashed in heavy cloud flying from Marble Mountain Air Facility to Quảng Trị [31] Presumptive finding of death [3] until October 2022 when he was accounted for [32] April 3: Muren, Thomas R: Fireman Apprentice: US Navy: USS John R. Craig: North Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin ...