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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.
Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Fall of Saigon.
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The fall of Saigon [9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. This decisive event led to the collapse of the South Vietnamese government and the evacuation of thousands of U.S. personnel and South Vietnamese civilians, and marked the end of the Vietnam War .
English: Boatloads of refugees from the Phan Rang area approach the USS DURHAM (LKA-114) for transfer to a safer area, 3 April 1975. Note motorbikes in this boat. Note motorbikes in this boat. Date
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
Operation New Life (23 April – 1 November 1975) was the care and processing on Guam of Vietnamese refugees evacuated before and after the Fall of Saigon, the closing day of the Vietnam War. More than 111,000 of the evacuated 130,000 Vietnamese refugees were transported to Guam, where they were housed in tent cities for a few weeks while being ...
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]