U.S. COAST GUARD IN VIETNAM:
A GALLERY OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS
THE OTHER MISSIONS (Page 1 of 1)
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Photos (Click on image to see full-size) | Original caption; Description; Date; Photographer (if known). Unless otherwise stated all are official U.S. Coast Guard photographs. |
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| "Con Son LORAN Station, Republic
of Vietnam, commissioned 2 September 1966."
No date, photographer unknown. |
| Logo of Coast Guard Explosive Loading
Detachment 1;
(On 17 February 1966, COMUSMACV requested CINPAC ask the Commandant for two Explosives Loading Detachments [ELD], each consisting of one officer and seven enlisted. The ELD’s were to be highly trained in explosives handling, port security and also be able to instruct others in these duties. Commander in Chief, Pacific forwarded the request to JCS and the Chief of Naval Operations requested that the Coast Guard provide them. The two ELD’s were sent, with ELD #1 located at Nha Be and ELD #2 at Cam Ranh Bay; as quoted in Tulich history.) No official caption; no ID number; no date, photographer unknown. |
| Coast Guard Explosive Loading
Detachment
No official caption; no ID number; no date, photographer unknown. |
| Cam Rahn Bay, Coast Guard Explosive
Loading Detachment 2
No official caption; no ID number; no date, photographer unknown. |
| Cam Rahn Bay, Coast Guard Explosive
Loading Detachment 2
U.S. Navy photo; no caption; no ID number; no date, photographer unknown. |
| Coast Guard Explosive Loading
Detachment
U. S. Navy Photo; no caption; no ID number; no date, photographer unknown. |
| Cam Rahn Bay, Coast Guard Explosive
Loading Detachment 2
No official caption; no ID number; no date, photographer unknown. |
| "Scituate, Mass. November
27. . .Engineman First Class Robert J. Yered receives the Silver
Star medal from Rear Admiral William B. Ellis, commander, First
Coast Guard District in ceremonies today at the Coast Guard station
here. Engineman Yered distinguished himself by exceptionally
valorous actions on the morning of February 18, 1968, as the safety
advisor to the United States Army Terminal, Cat Lai, Vietnam.
The terminal was attacked by intense enemy rocket, mortar, and
small arms fire. One of the rocket rounds struck a barge on
which there were several hundred tons of mortar ammunition and
immediately ignited a fire. The blazing barge threatened to
destroy three other ammunition ships on which there were in excess
of fifteen thousand tons of high explosives. Engineman Yered,
without regard for his personal safety, exposed himself to the enemy
gunfire as he helped extinguish the fire on the burning barge.
His courageous act averted destruction of the ammunition ship, and
the Army Terminal."
No photo number; 27 November 1968; no photographer listed; (gfs). |
| "HH3E 'Jolly Green' rescue
helicopters."
[Coast Guard Exchange Pilots: In April 1968 three Coast Guard helicopter pilots were assigned to the 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Da Nang. Pilots were assigned there until November 1972, while their USAF counterparts were assigned to stateside Coast Guard air stations; as quoted in Tulich history.] No official caption; no ID number; no date, photographer unknown. |
| "LCDR Mixon inspects chopper
prior to take-off."
Photo No. RON-1: 10-12-68-03; 12 October 1968; JO2 Conlon, USCG, photographer. |
| Lieutenant Jack Rittichier, USCG
No official caption; no ID number; no date, photographer unknown. |
| "WORKING A BUOY--The Coast Guard
Cutter Basswood works a buoy as busy Vietnamese fishermen
travel to open sea and their fishing grounds from Vung Tau harbor.
The cutter battled monsoon weather for a 30-day tour to establish
and reservice sea aids-to-navigation dotting the 1,000 mile South
Vietnamese coastline." Photo No. VN5-68-8; no date [1968]; JO2 David Jimenez, USCG, photographer. |
| "USCGC BLACKHAW (WLB-390) at
sea--A 2,200-pound Qui Nhon harbor buoy is hoisted aboard to be
serviced."
Release No. VN43-70 (1-12); 8 June 1970; JO2 Donn Fry, USCG, photographer. |
| "TAN MY, Republic of Vietnam--A
flashing marker in a cemetery overlooking Tan My harbor entrance is
dismantled because a channel shift required its relocation."
Release No. VN43-70 (11-12); 8 June 1970; JO2 Donn Fry, USCG, photographer. [Blackhaw file, USCG Historian's Office] |
| USCGC Blackhaw in Vietnam.
No caption; Photo No. 021771-13; 17 February 1971; photographer unknown. [Blackhaw file, USCG Historian's Office] |
| USCGC Blackhaw in Vietnam.
In the background is the Vietnamese Navy's HQ-230, an LSSL. It
is the former USS LCS(L)-96.
No caption; Photo No. 021771-28; 17 February 1971; photographer unknown. [Blackhaw file, USCG Historian's Office] |
| Coast Guard Vessel and Seaman Services
office, US Consulate, Republic of Vietnam
No official caption; no ID number; no date, photographer unknown. |