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Saviors by Sea

USS Robert

USS Robert E. Peary

May 5 1980 - USS Robert E. Peary rescues 440 Vietnamese refugees from disabled craft south of Thailand

USS Truxtun

USS Truxtun

On 21 August 1980 - CGN-35 Truxtun rescues 42 Vietnamese refugees over 200 miles southeast of Saigon.

USS Passumpsic

USS Passumpsic

On 22 August 1980 - USS Passumpsic rescues 28 Vietnamese refugees

Brunswick

Brunswick

On April 5 1980, she rendezvoused with USS Downes (FF-1070) and embarked 29 Vietnamese refugees whom the frigate had rescued at sea. The salvage tug arrived in Singapore on April 7 and disembarked the refugees.

On October 3 1980, she rescued 27 Vietnamese refugees on the high seas and brought them into Subic Bay with her on the 6th


Courtesy of USS_Brunswick
USS parson

USS Parson

On 10 June 1980, a USN P-3 located a refugee boat in the South China Sea and directed the American merchant ship SS Point Margo to rescue the 28 refugees.

On Oct 29 1980 - USS Parsons (DDG-33) rescues 110 Vietnamese refugees 330 miles south of Saigon.


Courtesy of Parson facebook
Sealift Antarctic

TAOT-176 Sealift Antarctic

On 25 April 1980, USNS Sealift Antarctic rescued 59 Vietnamese refugees about 300 miles northeast of Saigon. A P-3 aircraft from Patrol Squadron Four directed the ship to the rescue.

On 1 July 1980, TAOT-176 Sealift Antarctic rescued 176 Vietnamese refugees and 9 Indonesians from a disabled Indonesian craft in the South China Sea.

Joseph Strauss

Joseph Strauss

On 15 July 1980, DDG-16 Joseph Strauss rescued 44 Vietnamese refugees. DD-972 rescued 84 refugees 300 miles northeast of Singapore on 4 August.


Courtesy of Rescue_memories
SS Transcolorado

SS Transcolorado

On 11 August 1980, the SS Transcolorado, an MSC-chartered ship, rescued 67 Vietnamese refugees, 240 miles southeast of Saigon.


Courtesy of USNS_Marine
USS Robert

DD-966 Hewitt

On 3 September 1980, DD-966 Hewitt rescued 12 refugees.


During the latter part of the deployment, Hewitt also earned the Humanitarian Service Medal for rescuing a group of Vietnamese boat refugees adrift in the South China Sea

Courtesy of USS_Hewitt

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