Mayaguez incident

When

15 May 1975

Kind

Event

Coordinates

10.30° N, 103.13° E

Description

Mayaguez incident: The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by the U.S. Navy and Marines; 38 Americans are killed.

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Mayaguez incident: The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by the U.S. Navy and Marines; 38 Americans are killed

Last battle of American involvement in Southeast Asia

The Mayaguez incident took place between Kampuchea and the United States from 12 to 15 May 1975, less than a month after the Khmer Rouge took control of the capital Phnom Penh, ousting the U.S.-backed Khmer Republic. After the Khmer Rouge seized the U.S. merchant vessel SS Mayaguez in a disputed maritime area, the U.S. mounted a hastily prepared rescue operation. U.S.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mit der Freilassung der Besatzung des Frachters SS Mayaguez endet der Mayaguez-Zwischenfall zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten und Kambodscha”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “incident du Mayagüez”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “катера береговой охраны Камбоджи захватили в районе острова Кох Танг американское судно «Маягуэс», выдвинув обвинение в ведении разведывательной деятельности”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en aguas internacionales frente a Camboya, los jemeres rojos secuestran el navío mercante estadounidense SS Mayagüez”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page