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Coast Guard Squadron One, also known in official message traffic as COGARDRON ONE or RONONE, was a combat unit formed by the United States Coast Guard in 1965 for service during the Vietnam War. Placed under the operational control of the United States Navy , it was assigned duties in Operation Market Time .
On 22 February 1966, the newly established Division 13, Coast Guard Squadron One began operations from Cat Lo. [3] In early 1966 PBRs of River Divisions 53 and 54 began operations from Cat Lo. [2]: 103 PACV Division 107 operating the experimental Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle also operated out of Cat Lo during their first deployment to the Vietnam ...
On 24 July 1965, the newly established Division 11, Coast Guard Squadron One equipped with 9 Point-class cutters and escorted by the USS Floyd County began the transit from U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay to An Thoi arriving on 31 July and commencing Operation Market Time patrols the following day.
Flying in a helicopter with the US Marines' Medium Helicopter Squadron 163, Burrows captured the death of Yankee Papa 3 co-pilot Lieutenant James Magel. At the landing zone Magel was assisted to Yankee Papa 13, where airborne door gunner Lance C. Farley gave first aid. It was to no avail and Burrows captured Farley's distress at the loss of his ...
The United States Coast Guard established Patrol Boat Squadrons to manage the 110-foot long Island-class patrol boats. Squadron ONE (renamed FOUR) was established in Miami Beach, Florida, and Squadron TWO was established in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Their message traffic plain language addresses were COGARD PATBOATRON ONE and TWO, respectively.
USCGC Klamath (WHEC-66) was an Owasco-class high endurance cutter built for World War II service with the United States Coast Guard.The war ended before the ship was completed and consequently Klamath did not see wartime service until the Vietnam War.
Jack Columbus Rittichier (August 17, 1933 – June 9, 1968) was the highest-ranked American Coast Guard officer killed during the Vietnam War [1] and the first Coast Guardsman killed in action during the Vietnam War. [2]
Her main duty was to serve on ocean station patrols in the North Atlantic. Redesignated WHEC-378 and permanently transferred to the Coast Guard in 1966, she served one combat tour in Vietnam during the Vietnam War in 1967 as a part of Coast Guard Squadron Three. She was decommissioned in 1969 and sold for scrapping in 1973.