U. S. Coast Guard Squadron Three - Sixth Deployment.


The Sixth Deployment of High Endurance Coast Guard Cutters to Vietnam.
February 17, 2002

        

Sixth Deployment Cutters
USCGC Sherman (WHEC 720)22 April 1970 - 25 December 1970
USCGC Bering Strait(WHEC 382)17 May 1970 - 31 December 1970
Second Deployment & Turned over to Vietnamese
USCGC Yakutat (WHEC 380)17 May 1970 - 31 December
Second Deployment & Turned over to Vietnamese

Cutter Patches.
USCGC Sherman
(WHEC 720)		 USCGC Bering Strait
(WHEC 382)		 USCGC Yakutat
(WHEC 380)

Grey Hull, Red Stripe
The CGC Bering Strait (WHEC 382) swings at anchor in Hong Kong during a 1970 port call. (Photo by SSC Martin Risard, USCG (Ret) ).

 Flat Hats and Beer
Then CS3 Marty Risard (in those famous black rimmed glasses) sits with shipmates at a Singapore watering hole during a 1970 port call by the CGC Bering Strait(WHEC 382). [Editor Note: The idenities of others with Marty are unknown. Anyone knowing any of them let me know.] (Photo by SSC Martin Risard, USCG (Ret) ).

This image tugs at the heart strings of any 311 sailor. Here the CGC Yakutat (WHEC 380) sails away in late 1970. (Photo by SSC Martin Risard, USCG (Ret) ). 		 

A South Vietnamese 100-foot PGM (616) alongside the the CGC Bering Strait (WHEC 382). (Photo by SSC Martin Risard, USCG (Ret) ).		 South Vietnamese PBRs alongside the CGC Bering Strait (WHEC 382). (Photo by SSC Martin Risard, USCG (Ret) ).

Squadron Three
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