U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bering Strait

Item

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Digital Object Identifier
363-02718
Title
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bering Strait
Description
Original caption: "All White - The all white U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bering Strait sits at anchor off Phu Quoc Island in the Gulf of Thailand after arriving in Vietnamese waters Monday, May 15. The Bering Strait is one of five, 150-man Cutters that will augment the 26 small, 80-foot Cutters which have served with Navy's Coastal Surveillance Force (Operation Market Time) since October 1965. The five Cutter are painted all white, the traditional Coast Guard color." An American Navy ship on the open water.
Date
1967, May 17
Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Coast Guard; Operation Market Time, 1965-1973; Guardsmen; Boats and boating; Shore patrol
Location
Phu Quoc Island, South Vietnam
Coordinates
10.2899; 103.9840
Size
20 x 25 cm
Container
B146, F3
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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Item sets
Keever
keever - 1967