Marine Science Affairs 



Figure 11-17 — Navy Support of U.S. Response to Incidents Abroad 



1. 1946 A Navy force visited Athens to assist the Government of Greece. 



2. 1948-1949 During the Berlin Airlift, naval tankers and supply ships carried large quantities of aviation 



gasoline to Bremerhaven, Germany, to support the Airlift. 



3. 1950-1955 Large naval units carried allied forces overseas to help sustain South Korea, maintain 



control of adjacent waters, and provide air and gunfire bombardment and logistic support. 



4. 1954 The Navy assisted in evacuating hundreds of thousands of refugees from North to South 



Vietnam. 



5. 1955 At the request of the Republic of China, the Seventh Fleet evacuated troops, civilians, and 



tons of material from the Tachen Islands off the Chinese mainland. 



6. 1956 The Sixth Fleet evacuated American and allied nationals when the Suez-Middle East situ- 



ation became critical. 



7. 1957 The Sixth Fleet deployed in the eastern Mediterranean to support Jordan. 



8. 1958 The Sixth Fleet lifted and provided air cover for 1,800 Marines who were landed near 



Beirut at the request of Lebanon. 



9. 1959-1960 Seventh Fleet units were alerted near Laos to render assistance to the U.N. Fact Finding 



Commission. 



10. 1960 At the request of Nicaragua and Guatemala, Navy warships and aircraft were positioned to 



provide assistance. 



11. 1960-1961 Atlantic Fleet units transported U.N. troops to quell civil disorder in the Congo and carried 



emergency supplies to relieve starvation. 



12. 1961 Supported by large Navy task forces, the U.S. began a long-term buildup of strength in 



South Vietnam to deter aggression there. 



13. 1961 When East Germany erected the Berlin Wall, the Navy activated Reserve ships and men to 



meet possible crises. 



14. 1962 The Atlantic Fleet quarantined Cuba and continued surveillance operations until the 



quarantine was lifted. 



15. 1963 Navy forces went to the Caribbean when the Dominican Republic threatened to invade 



Haiti endangering U.S. citizens. 



16. 1964 The Maddox and Turner Joy destroyed attacking North Vietnamese PT boats in the Gulf 



of Tonkin. 



17. 1965 The Navy stood by to evacuate U.S. citizens from the strife-torn Dominican Republic. 



18. 1965-1968 The Navy is assisting allied forces to enable South Vietnam to maintain its independence. 



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