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Mining of the USS Westchester County

November 1, 1968

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1968-11-01_LSTWestchester
The USS Westchester County. (Naval History and Heritage Command)

Viet Cong swimmers attach mines to the mobile riverine base LST Westchester County. The Westchester County is supporting riverine operations along the My Tho River, in the northern Mekong Delta. The resulting explosions kill 26 servicemen.1

1Craig L. Symonds, Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995), 212; “Westchester County,” in Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Washington, D.C.: Naval History and Heritage Command), http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w6/westchester_county.htm (link is external) (accessed 8/8/14); Thomas J. Cutler, Brown Water, Black Berets: Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1988), 265.