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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.
Guardians of the Sea, History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. ISBN 978-0-87021-720-3. Kelley, Michael P. (2002). Where We Were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press, Central Point, Oregon. ISBN 978-1-55571-625-7. Larzelere, Alex (1997). The Coast Guard at War, Vietnam, 1965-1975. Naval Institute ...
United States Coast Guard: Builder: Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland: Commissioned: 9 November 1960: Decommissioned: 16 May 1969: Honors and awards: Navy Unit Commendation [1] Vietnam Service Medal with 1 silver and 3 bronze service stars; Fate: Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Lê Phước Đức (HQ-700), 16 May 1969 [2 ...
United States Coast Guard: Builder: Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, U.S. Commissioned: 14 February 1962: Decommissioned: 29 April 1970: Honors and awards: Navy Unit Commendation [1] Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy) [2] Vietnam Service Medal with 2 silver; and 1 bronze service stars; Fate: Transferred to Republic of Vietnam as RVNS ...
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.
Following the Coast Guard custom in place in 1960 of not naming vessels under 100 feet in length, the first 44 Point-class patrol boats were only identified by their hull number using the scheme of WPB-823xx, where 82 was the design length of the hull. [2]