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55th Anniversary of the Mining of the USS Westchester County
November 9 at 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
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The Westchester Veterans Museum will be open to honor the 55th Anniversary of the mining of the USS Westchester County. **FREE ADMISSION**
The USS Westchester County was mined in the Mekong Delta, 1 November 1968. The mining was the greatest loss of life in a single action for a commissioned Navy ship during the Vietnam War. The two mines exploded next to the operations and first-class berthing killing seventeen sailors, five army infantrymen, one sailor from River Assault Division 111, and two VN Navy sailors. Overall, 22 sailors and Army infantrymen were wounded. Therefore, the ship lost a quarter of its crew and nearly all its career first-class petty officers who would have provided on site leadership for damage control and repair parties. The explosions also ruptured enormous Diesel fuel tanks holding 200,000 gallons and caved in a berthing compartment for the 9th Infantry killing five soldiers. (Source: NavSource Online Photo Archive)
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