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U.S. Navy turns boats over to South Vietnamese Navy - Jun 25, 1969 - HISTORY.com
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The U.S. Navy turns 64 river patrol gunboats valued at $18.2 million over to the South Vietnamese Navy in what is described as the largest single transfer of military equipment in the war thus far. The transfer raised the total number of boats in the South Vietnamese Navy to more than 600. This was part of the “Vietnamization” program, which President Richard Nixon initiated to increase the fighting capability of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (to include the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps) so that they could assume more responsibility for the war. Vietnamization included the provision of new equipment and weapons and an intensified advisory effort.
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U.S. Navy turns boats over to South Vietnamese Navy - Jun 25, 1969 - HISTORY.com
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Pretty Impressive bit of Naval Engineering. I bet the Crews were not real thrilled. Sailors have a strange love/hate relationship with their Ships.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SP5 Mark Kuzinski - Depressing and Heart Warming when I see the only thing left of Nuclear Cruisers that I served on, The Bow of USS South Carolina CGN-37 downtown Bremerton.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski Sounds very familiar - Iraq/Afghanistan Didn't we learn anything from our previous engagements?
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The Vietnamization of the US Navy must have been a traumatic time for the riverine patrol men who protected the Mekong Delta and other tributaries for so long SP5 Mark Kuzinski.
I can only begin to imagine that turnover of patrol boats.
I can only begin to imagine that turnover of patrol boats.
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