Vũng Rô Bay incident
| Vung Ro Bay incident | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Vũng Rô Bay, South Vietnam[1] | |
| Result | South Vietnamese victory |
South Vietnam
North Vietnam12°52′N 109°26′E / 12.867°N 109.433°E
The Vũng Rô Bay incident refers to the discovery of a 100-ton
Incident
On 16 February 1965, 1st Lt. James S. Bowers, a
Commander Ho confirmed that no friendly troops were in the vicinity and dispatched
What the soldiers and naval commandos, the latter accompanied by their United States Navy advisor, Lieutenant Franklin W. Anderson, discovered in the wrecked ship and piled up on shore ended a long-running debate among American military and intelligence officials. The allies recovered from the 130-foot North Vietnamese trawler and from shore sites 100 tons of Soviet and Chinese-made war material, including 3,500 to 4,000
For years many American analysts had suspected that the Communists were using the sea to supply their forces in the South, but it was not until the Vung Ro event that they gained positive proof of such actions. The
See also
- Action of 1 March 1968
- Operation Market Time
- Ships of the Republic of Vietnam Navy
- Vietnam War
- Vietnam People's Navy
References cited
- Kelley, Michael P. (2002). Where We Were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press, Central Point, OR. ISBN 978-1-55571-625-7.
- Larzelere, Alex (1997). The Coast Guard at War, Vietnam, 1965-1975. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis. ISBN 978-1-55750-529-3.
- Marolda, Edward and G. Wesley Pryce, III, A Short History of the United States Navy and the Southeast Asian Conflict, 1950-1975 (Washington: U.S. Naval Historical Center, 1984.
Notes
- Footnotes
- ^ Cutler cites the incident as happening on 3 March 1965. Most other sources cite 16 February 1965.
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