operation report information
for VP-4
For date 750512
VP-4 was a US Navy unit
Operation MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT
Cambodia
Location, Puolo Wai Island
Description: The U.S.-flag merchant ship Mayaguez, a fully-loaded containership, was illegally seized on the high seas in the Gulf of Siam while sailing for Thailand by a gunboats from a faction of the new revolutionary Government of Cambodia. American military forces heard the Mayday call. The Mayaguez anchored overnight off Poulo Wai Island, about 60 miles off mainland Cambodia. At 2128, 90 minutes after first learning of the incident, the first P-3 aircraft arrived from Utapao. The aircraft, equipped for night radar and visual surveillance, was from USN Patrol Squadron Four (VP-4).
The source for this information was The Marines in Vietnam Anthology P:240+
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