U.S. COAST GUARD IN VIETNAM:
A GALLERY OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS
COAST GUARD SQUADRON THREE (Part 2 of 3)
| 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. |
|---|---|
| "USCGC Minnetonka:
Anchored in An Thoi Harbor, Phu Quoc Island, South Viet Nam."
Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, page 2. |
| "In this patrol area
[Tuy Hoa], as in others, we continued to provide logistic support
for smaller vessels. SWIFTS: 'Be seeing you tomorrow.'"
Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, page 37. |
| "In this patrol area
[Tuy Hoa], as in others, we continued to provide logistic support
for smaller vessels. SWIFTS: 'Deck force standby to receive
Swift Boat. . ..'"
Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, page 37. |
| "In this patrol area
[Tuy Hoa], as in others, we continued to provide logistic support
for smaller vessels. 82's: 'Be seeing you tomorrow.'"
Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, page 38. |
| "Our third patrol
area was in the Gulf of Thailand. It was here, in April and
May, that we first used our five inch gun heavily in Naval Gunfire
Support missions. By the time that the MINNETONKA shot her
last shell in September, she had fired more than any other ship on
Operation Market Time. The 4,684 rounds from the five inch gun
yielded good results: 56 enemy killed or wounded in action, 279
enemy structures destroyed or damaged, 31 enemy bunkers destroyed or
damaged, 48 enemy sampans destroyed or damaged, 14 fires started and
1,930 meters of trenchline or trails destroyed. The aircraft
spotters consistently praised our marksmanship. The gun barrel
was subjected to so much use, that we needed to have a new one
placed in the mount when we returned to Subic Bay in
September."
Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, page 41. |
| No caption [Night-firing
the Minnetonka's 5-inch/38 on suspected Viet Cong positions.]
Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, page 43. |
| No caption [The Minnetonka's
5-inch/38's barrel after firing continuously overnight.]
Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, page 41. |
| No caption [The nickname
of the Minnetonka's 5-inch/38.]
Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, page 41. |
| No Caption [The Minnetonka
conducts another naval gunfire support mission.]
Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, page 43. |
| "'Where's
the target?'" [A look at the Vietnamese coastline through the Minnetonka's rangefinder for her main battery.] Minnie Log USCGC Minnetonka Whec-67 on Marketime patrol; Viet Nam Deployment with Coast Guard Squadron Three [Cruise Book]; December 17, 1967 to October 17, 1968, |
| [The chief petty officers
of the Winona on her Vietnam cruise] "Front: GMC Hendrick, SKC Pollardo, QMC Rowe, BTC Cain. Back: YNC Howe, CSC Standley, RMC Wilder, MMC May, BTC Parnell, MMC CRowe, DCC Bryant, EMC Chalcroft, MMC Taylor, HMC Allerdice." United States Coast Guard Cutter Winona; January-November 1968 [Vietnam Cruise Book], page 7. |
| "Coast Guard Cutter Point
Lomas comes alongside Duane to drop off engine parts and
to pick up mail to ferry into Da Nang. Although the smaller
cutters are painted Navy gray and belong to another squadron, they
are still Coast Guard, and their brief visits are always welcomed by
the high endurance cutters. Point Lomas is commanded by
Lieutenant (junior grade) John S. Howse of Glendale, Calif., and
operates out of Da Nang."
U. S. Navy Photo; No. 052968-05 (Number 3 of 7); Release No. 48-68; 29 May 1968; photographer unknown. |
| No caption/photo number;
date/photographer unknown.
Underway replenishment for the USCGC Ingham. Ingham Cutter File, USCG Historian's Office |
| "THE HOOKUP --
Boatswain's Mate Second Class Steve Jimmerfield of Prineville, Ore.,
races from beneath the big Navy helicopter after hooking up the
cargo net for return to the supply ship." [Photo taken from on
board the USCGC Taney.]
U.S. Navy Photo; Release No. 60-69; no date; photographer unknown |
| "Gunfire Support." USCGC Campbell Cruise Book, Vietnam, 1967-1968, page 51. |
| "'A thorn between two
roses.'"
USCGC Owasco (WHEC-39): A Pictorial History of Its Deployment to Southeast Asia--Viet Nam During 1968-1969, page 26. |
| "Naval Gunfire
Support."
USCGC Klamath: Market Time Patrol [Cruise Book], page 62. |
| "378-ft.
USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720)."
Coast Guard Photo No. 1CGD 4/69; April, 1969; Ken Mather, PHC, USCG, photographer. |
| "USCGC
SHERMAN (WHEC 720): Sherman's boarding team assisted by a South
Vietnamese Officer search a coastal fishing junk."
No ID number, no date, photographer unknown. [Taken from CGC Sherman Cutter File, USCG Historian's Office.] |
| "USCGC SHERMAN (WHEC
720): Sherman's doctor and a South Vietnamese corpsman at a medical
Civil Action Patrol in a small Vietnamese village."
No ID number, no date, photographer unknown. [Taken from CGC Sherman file, USCG Historian's Office.] |
| "Aerial view of USCGC
Dallas departing Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, after
commissioning."
Coast Guard Photo; 06-11-68 (1); Lee, photographer. |
| USCGC Dallas's
5-inch/38
No caption; no ID number; no date; photographer unknown. [Taken from CGC Dallas file, USCG Historian's Office.] |
| "INCHOP."
Coast Guard Cutter Rush Vietnam Cruise Book [1970-1971], page 17. |
| "NAVAL GUNFIRE
SUPPORT."
Coast Guard Cutter Rush Vietnam Cruise Book [1970-1971], page 20. |
| SURFACE ACTION AGAIN:
Enemy Trawler engaged and sunk."
Coast Guard Cutter Rush Vietnam Cruise Book [1970-1971], page 56. |
| "COMBAT AWARDS:
Recipients of awards for the sinking of the first enemy
trawler."
Coast Guard Cutter Rush Vietnam Cruise Book [1970-1971], page 55. |
| "FIRST USO SHOW: In
Dec. 1970, we were invited to come alongside the LST TOM GREEN
COUNTY to view a USO Christmas show, starring the Colorado Kappa
Pickers from Colorado State University."
Coast Guard Cutter Rush Vietnam Cruise Book [1970-1971], page 27. |
| "Coast Guard Squadron
II." [All were transferred to South Vietnam.]
Coast Guard Photo No. 14CGD 041972 10; Release date 27 April 1972; photographer unknown. |
| "WELCOME HOME:
Welcome back to the Bay RUSH."
Coast Guard Cutter Rush Vietnam Cruise Book [1970-1971], page 82. |
| "Last Stop: 'Will
eleven o'clock ever come?' Yes, eleven o'clock did come and
with it came the WINONA--home after ten tedious months, having
completed her overseas tour. Helicopters and seaplanes buzzing
overhead while tugs spewed water from their fire monitors went all
but unnoticed as families and friends anxiously awaited reunions.
On her third approach lines were put out, drawn up taut, secured and
a six-gun salute finalized her 'Welcome Home.'"
United States Coast Guard Cutter Winona; January-November 1968 [Vietnam Cruise Book], page 64. |
| "USCGC Bering
Strait."
No number, no date, photographer unknown. [Taken from CGC Bering Strait" file, USCG Historian's Office.] |
| "South China Sea, the
USCGC Bering Strait (WHEC-382) underway off the coast of
Subic Bay, Philippines."
U.S. Navy Photo; Y0885-10-70; 4 October 1970; PH2 Chandler, USN, photographer. |
| "Vietnamese Navy
officers and CPOs board their new ship [the cutter Bering Strait,
which was transferred to the South Vietnamese Navy on 1 January
1971]."
U.S. Navy Photo; no number; no date [1 Jan 1971?]; PO1c Ed Foote, USN, photographer. |
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