Vietnam USS Mansfield
mansfield underway after fram ii-modernization.
to home ported @ long beach, destroyer returned united states in june 1964. on 20 august 1965 mansfield again sailed westward duty 7th fleet. next 6 months carried out screening , plane guard duties fast carriers, , provided gunfire support south vietnamese, australian, , american forces fighting in south vietnam.
in june 1966, mansfield once again assigned yokosuka naval base homeport, after deployment schedule repeatedly took south china sea operations off coast of vietnam. excluding 2 weeks in september tf 130 alternate recovery ship gemini xi , 2 weeks in late november station ship @ hong kong, spent remainder of 1966 off vietnamese coast in roles ranged blockade patrol in corps area , interdiction of junk , sampan traffic north south vietnam, gunfire support south of saigon. adding air‑sea rescue services in 1967, has continued carry out similar missions in support of allied operations in vietnam 1967 1970. on september 25, 1967, 0930,the mansfield hit north vietnam shore battery off tiger island, north of dmz. mm2 richard archer kia , 19 wounded.
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