The Mayaguez under attack by Khmer Rouge gunboats
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History | |
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United States | |
Commissioned | April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1979 |
Identification | IMO number: 5312044 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1979 |
SS Mayaguez was a U.S.-flagged container ship that is best known for its 12 May 1975 seizure by Khmer Rouge forces of Cambodia, which resulted in a confrontation with the United States at the close of the Vietnam War.