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English: Map showing the disposition of U.S. Navy ships at the start of "Operation Frequent Wind", in April 1975. The command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) was located approximately 28 km from Vung Tau, Vietnam, at 1500 hrs on 29 April 1975.
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.
It was carried out on 29–30 April 1975, during the last days of the Vietnam War. More than 7,000 people were evacuated by helicopter from various points in Saigon. The airlift resulted in a number of enduring images. Evacuation plans already existed as a standard procedure for American embassies.
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
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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]
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