SS Mayaguez
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This article is about the ship SS Mayaguez itself. For the 1975 actions involving this ship and the aftermath, see Mayaguez incident.
SS Mayaguez was a U.S.-flagged container ship that attained notoriety 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.
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The Mayaguez under attack by Khmer Rouge gunboats | |
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Commissioned | April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1979 |
Identification | IMO number: 5312044 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1979 |
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