Operation Custom Tailor

Operation Custom Taylor

USS Hanson firing on the North Vietnamese coast, 1972.
Objective Mine the port of Haiphong, North Vietnam.
Date May 1972
Executed by  United States
Outcome United States victory, objectives completed.

Operation Custom Tailor was an American cruiser and destroyer strike force that conducted a daring raid on Haiphong, North Vietnam, in May 1972. It was a history-making strike that involved the most formidable cruiser/destroyer fleet in the Western Pacific since World War II. During the strike, military targets within four miles of Haiphong were hit and enemy opposition was heavy.

Operation

The Meritorious Unit Commendation was awarded to the crew of USS Hanson.

The ships participating were the USS Hanson, USS Buchanan, USS Newport News, USS Providence and USS Oklahoma City.

During the raid, the USS Hanson entered Haiphong Harbor to suppress hostile shore batteries while enabling other United States Navy forces to mine the Haiphong Harbor entrance. This made the USS Hanson the last American warship to enter Haiphong Harbor during the Vietnam War and the last one out.

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References

  1. ↑ Destroyer Photo Index DD-832 / DDR-832 USS HANSON. Navsource.org. Retrieved on 12 August 2011.
  2. ↑ The Ship. USS Hanson 832. Retrieved on 12 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Admrial Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. – Meritorious Unit Commendation – USS Hanson (DD-832). History.navy.mil. Retrieved on 12 August 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.uss-buchanan-ddg14.org/buchanan72.html
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