USS Gallup

derivative filename/jpeg: 363-03568.jpg
Digital Object Identifier: 363-03568
Title: USS Gallup
Description: Original caption: "40 knots - The USS Gallup knifes through the quiet South China Sea along the coast of South Vietnam in an Operation Market Time patrol. Gallup's 13,500 horsepower turbojet engine is capable of accelerating the ship from 0 to 40 knots in less than 60 seconds. Gallup, while on patrol inspects junks and sampans for possible enemy infiltration of arms, men and supplies to the Viet Cong ashore in South Vietnam." An American Navy ship on the open water.
Date: 1967, June 15
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Operation Market Time, 1965-1973; United States. Navy; Warships; Shore patrol; Jet engines
Location: South China Sea
Coordinates: 15.4881; 114.4048
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B148, F6
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Navy
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright Information: These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher: Archives & Special Collections
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