Operation Market Time was the United States Navy, Republic of Vietnam Navy and Royal Australian Navy operation begun in 1965 to stop the flow of troops, war material, and supplies by sea, coast, and rivers, from North Vietnam into parts of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Also participating in Operation Market Time were United States Coast Guard's Squadron One and Squadron Three. The U.S. Coast Guard operated under U.S. Navy command heavily armed 82-foot (25 m) patrol boats and large cutters that included 5-inch naval guns used in battle and gunfire support. Radar picket escort ships, based in Guam or Pearl Harbor, provided long-term presence at sea offshore to guard against trawler infiltration. Originally built for World War II convoy duty, and then modified for distant early warning ("DEW") duty in the North Atlantic, their sea keeping capability made them ideal for long-term presence offshore where they provided support for Patrol Craft Fast (PCF) boats, pilot rescue and sampan inspection. There were two or three on station at all times. Deployments were seven-months duration, with a four- or five-month turn-around in Pearl. When off station, they alternated duty as Taiwan Defense Patrol, with stops in Subic and Sasebo for refit mid-deployment. Operation Market Time was one of six Navy duties begun after the Tonkin Gulf Incident, along with Operation Sea Dragon, Operation Sealords, Yankee Station, PIRAZ, and naval gunfire support. (en)
Operazione Market Time (in inglese Operation Market Time) fu il nome in codice di un'operazione navale, avvenuta nel periodo tra il 1965 ed il 1968 durante la guerra del Vietnam, condotta congiuntamente dalla marina statunitense e da quella sudvietnamita nel Mar Cinese Meridionale, allo scopo di bloccare le rotte marittime, più agevoli e veloci del sentiero di Ho Chi Minh, che il Vietnam del Nord utilizzava per trasportare materiali e rifornimenti ai Viet Cong nel sud del paese. (it)
Operazione Market Time (in inglese Operation Market Time) fu il nome in codice di un'operazione navale, avvenuta nel periodo tra il 1965 ed il 1968 durante la guerra del Vietnam, condotta congiuntamente dalla marina statunitense e da quella sudvietnamita nel Mar Cinese Meridionale, allo scopo di bloccare le rotte marittime, più agevoli e veloci del sentiero di Ho Chi Minh, che il Vietnam del Nord utilizzava per trasportare materiali e rifornimenti ai Viet Cong nel sud del paese. (it)
Operation Market Time was the United States Navy, Republic of Vietnam Navy and Royal Australian Navy operation begun in 1965 to stop the flow of troops, war material, and supplies by sea, coast, and rivers, from North Vietnam into parts of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Also participating in Operation Market Time were United States Coast Guard's Squadron One and Squadron Three. The U.S. Coast Guard operated under U.S. Navy command heavily armed 82-foot (25 m) patrol boats and large cutters that included 5-inch naval guns used in battle and gunfire support. (en)