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Air and naval gunfire interdiction of lines of communication: southern panhandle of North Vietnam: Jul 22 – 24: Operation Cedar Rapids II [1] 1st and 2nd Battalions, 2nd Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: Bình Dương Province: Jul 23 – Aug 6: Operation Koko Head [1] [30] 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy ...
USS Iowa fires a full broadside of nine 16 in/50 and six 5 in/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. Naval gunfire support (NGFS), also known as naval surface fire support (NSFS), [1] or shore bombardment, is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range.
US Navy plan to scuttle a submarine to block the Haiphong channel (Cua Nam Trieu) Haiphong: Oct 1 – Feb 8: Operation Dazzlem (1967-68) [1] 1st Cavalry Division (1 Oct 67 – 17 Jan 68) and 173rd Airborne Brigade (17 Jan – 8 Feb 68) search and destroy operation: Bình Định Province: Oct 4 – Nov 11: Operation Wallowa [1]
The United States Navy, South Vietnamese navy, and the U.S. Coast Guard, operating under the authority of the South Vietnamese government, established a blockade of South Vietnam designated Operation Market Time to prevent infiltrations of personnel, munitions and equipment by the North Vietnamese government.
Operation Sea Dragon was a series of American-led naval operations during the Vietnam War They began in October 1966 to interdict sea lines of communications and supply going south from North Vietnam to South Vietnam, and to destroy land targets with naval gunfire. Sea Dragon assets were a part of Task Force 70.8, whose mission was naval shore ...
The positions of the 1st Battalion, 26th Marines at Wunder Beach were mistakenly hit by 11–15 rounds of 5" naval gunfire from USS Mullany killing two Marines. [79] 2/4 Marines search Dai Do village 27 April. U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey formally announced that he would seek the Democratic Party nomination to run for President of the ...
The Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN; Vietnamese: Hải quân Việt Nam Cộng hòa - HQVNCH; was the naval branch of the South Vietnamese military, the official armed forces of the former Republic of Vietnam (or South Vietnam) from 1955 to 1975. The early fleet consisted of boats from France; after 1955, and the transfer of the armed forces to ...
Naval forces of Khúc Thừa Dụ in Hong Chau (now Ninh Giang District, Hải Dương), Dương Đình Nghệ in Ai Chau, Thanh Hóa and of King Ngô Quyền himself were raised by enlisting and training the fishermen along rivers and seasides. Those elements became well-trained and experienced naval forces, ready to protect the country.