Naval Warfare
USGC transfers cutter to Vietnam
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has transferred the decommissioned Hamilton class high endurance cutter WHEC 722 to the Vietnam Coast Guard, the USCG announced on 26 May.
This marks the eighth cutter transfer through the USCG’s Office of International Acquisition’s Excess Defense Articles programme and the first ...
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