File:Map of Vietnam with approximate postions of the U.S. Navy units in the Gulf of Tonkin, circa in 1969-1970.png

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English: A map of Vietnam, showing the approximate postions of the U.S. Navy units in the Gulf of Tonkin, circa in 1969-1970.
  • "Yankee Station": operating area of the aircraft carriers;
  • "PIRAZ": Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone, a cruiser providing radar coverage on parts of North Vietnam;
  • "SAR": Search and Rescue, a large destroyer or cruiser as base of a search-and-rescue helicopter.
Date circa 1970
date QS:P,+1970-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Somers (DDG-34) 1969-1970 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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