Coast Guard Squadron One
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Coast Guard Squadron One, also known in official message traffic as COGARDRON ONE or RONONE, was a combat unit formed by the United States Coast Guard in 1965 for service during the Vietnam War. Place
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Commissioning ceremony for Coast Guard Squadron One at Base Alameda, 27 May 1965
USCGC Point Mast being loaded on board a merchant ship for shipment to U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines, May 1965
USCGC Point Marone leaving Subic Bay Naval Base for South Vietnam along with other cutters of Division 11, 24 July 1965
USCGC Point Cypress
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USCGC Point Cypress was an 82-foot Point-class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1961 for use as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat. Since the Coas
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…wounded three of her crew manning the mortar on the bow. With evening approaching it was decided by CSC to destroy the trawler and Point Grey assisted by USCGC Point Cypress began mortaring the trawler. During the shelling an explosion on board the trawler broke it in two pieces and caused it to sink in the shallow waters…
USCGC Point Cypress (WPB-82326) off An Thoi, November 1968