USS Garrett County
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USS Garrett County was an LST-542-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named after Garrett County, Maryland, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the nam
USS Garrett County anchored in the Mekong Delta, 1968
LST-786 launching, 22 July 1944 at Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
USS Garrett County (LST-786) in the Co Chien River, Mekong Delta
Operation Game Warden
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Operation Game Warden was a joint operation conducted by the United States Navy and South Vietnamese Navy in order to deny Viet Cong access to resources in the Mekong River Delta. Game Warden and its
USS Garrett County
…Recommissioned on 15 October 1966 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Garrett County saw extensive service during the Vietnam War, operating as part of Operation Game Warden, a brown-water navy effort to keep the rivers free of Viet Cong infiltration. Four LSTs were recommissioned to support river patrol operations with the…
USS Harnett County (AGP-821) part of Task Force 116
Aerial view of the Mekong River Delta
PBR on patrol in Vietnam with its front facing twin, and rear facing single .50-caliber machine guns, and mid-ship 40 mm grenade launcher clearly visible
U.S. Navy Patrol Boat, River (PBR) of Task Force 116 moves at high speed down the Saigon River