Action of 1 March 1968

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The action of 1 March 1968 was a co-ordinated attempt by four North Vietnamese trawlers to resupply the Viet Cong and the efforts of Operation Market Time elements to stop them during the Vietnam War. On 28 February 1968, United States Navy SP-2H Neptune aircraft on routine patrol detected a North Vietnamese SL class naval trawler heading towards the South Vietnamese coast from north of the DMZ. By the next morning, three more trawlers were discovered and units of Operation Market Time were deployed for a surprise interception. The suspect trawlers did not fly flags so it was not until the start of the engagement that their origin was discovered. The trawlers were steel-hulled vessels, 100 feet long and armed with 57-millimeter recoilless rifles and machine guns. All four vessels were loaded with weapons and ammunition intended to be delivered to the Viet Cong. American and South Vietnamese forces that engaged in action included the United States Coast Guard cutters Androscoggin, Point Grey, Point Welcome, Winona, Point Grace, Point Hudson, Point Marone, the swift boats USS PCF-18, USS PCF-20, USS PCF-42, USS PCF-43, USS PCF-46, USS PCF-47 and USS PCF-48, two South Vietnamese navy junks and one patrol boat. Two U.S. Army helicopter gunships also participated in combat as well as aircraft used to fire flares.

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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    arearegion1955South VietnamWikidata
    arearegion1969Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South VietnamWikidata
    eventarmed conflictFULRO insurgency against VietnaminsurgencyWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1860Siege of SaigonsiegeWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1861Battle of Ky HoabattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1861Capture of Bien Hoaarmed conflictWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1955Battle of SaigonFrance, battle, State of VietnamWikidata
    eventarmed conflict19601960 South Vietnamese coup attemptattempted coup d'étatWikidata
    eventarmed conflict19621962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombingPham Phu Quoc, Nguyễn Văn Cử, attempted coup d'état, bombardmentWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1964September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attemptattempted coup d'étatWikidata
    eventarmed conflict19651965 South Vietnamese coupattempted coup d'étatWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1965Battle of Song BeUnited States, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968Battle of SaigonUnited States, North Vietnam, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968Tet Offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air BaseoffensiveWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968Tet Offensive attack on US EmbassybattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968Tet Offensive attacks on Bien Hoa and Long BinhoffensiveWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968Tet Offensive battle of Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrackbattle, offensiveWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968Action of 1 March 1968naval battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968May OffensiveoffensiveWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968Battle of South SaigonbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968Battle of West SaigonbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1968Phase III OffensiveoffensiveWikidata
    eventarmed conflict19741975 spring offensiveoffensiveWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1975Operation BabyliftbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1975Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air BasebombardmentWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1975Fall of SaigonbattleWikidata
    eventwar1771Siamese–Vietnamese War of 1771-1773warWikidata
    eventwar1945Operation MasterdomFrance, United Kingdom, war, Vietnamese Independence LeagueWikidata
    eventwar1955Vietnam WarNorth Korea, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, New Zealand, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam, Khmer Rouge, GRUNK, Pathet Lao, United States, People's Republic of China, Australia, proxy war, Kingdom of Laos, Kingdom of Cambodia, Khmer Republic, Many FlagsWikidata
    eventwar1959War in Vietnam (1959–1963)war phaseWikidata
    eventwar1973War of the flagswar phaseWikidata
    organisationmilitary branch1952Republic of Vietnam NavynavyWikidata
    organisationshipbuilding company1978Ba Son Corporationholding company, business, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company, defense industryWikidata
    sitefortFort of Ki HoafortWikidata
    sitemuseumVietnam People's Air Force Museum, Ho Chi Minh Citymilitary museumWikidata
    sitemuseum1975War Remnants Museummilitary museumWikidata
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