Attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory
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The attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory was a commando attack launched by the Viet Cong on August 26, 1966, in which they sank the Victory ship SS Baton Rouge Victory using two 2,400-pound mines[1] while it was proceeding along the Long Tau River, about 22 miles southeast of Saigon. The attack killed seven American civilian sailors on board and was the first case of a U.S. vessel being sunk in the Saigon shipping channel by enemy action.[2][3]
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References
- ↑ (in Vietnamese) Thanh Trà, "Đặc công đánh đắm tàu Baton Rouge Victory 10.000 tấn", Xã hội Thông tin, retrieved on 26-8-2014.
- ↑ Stephen Schwartz, "Remembering Vietnam's Forgotten Seamen", San Francisco Chronicle, October 20, 1997.
- ↑ Culver, John A., CAPT USNR "A time for Victories" United States Naval Institute Proceedings February 1977 pp. 50-56.
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