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BLUE RIDGE
U.S. Navy
BOAT SUPPORT UNIT ONE
U.S. Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
U.S. Navy
BUDS
U.S. Navy
CALIFORNIA
U.S. Navy
CANOPUS
U.S. Navy
CB
U.S. Navy
CBU 415
U.S. Navy
Coastal Surveillance Centers
U.S. Navy
The Coastal Surveillance Centers (CSCs) were established during the Vietnam War as part of Operation Market Time, a joint United States and South Vietnamese effort to interdict the movement of supplies by sea to the Viet Cong. Operational from the mid-1960s, these centers were strategically located along the South Vietnamese coastline, where they coordinated intelligence gathering, radar surveillance, and rapid response by naval and air assets. Staffed by U.S. Navy advisors and South Vietnamese personnel, the CSCs played a pivotal role in monitoring maritime traffic, relaying information to patrol craft and aircraft to intercept suspicious vessels. Their efforts significantly hindered North Vietnamese supply lines and contributed to the larger counterinsurgency campaign in Southeast Asia.
COMFLEACT CHINHAE
U.S. Navy
COMHELWINGRES
U.S. Navy
COMMANDER THIRD FLEET
U.S. Navy
COMNAVACTUK
U.S. Navy
COMNAVSURFRESFOR
U.S. Navy
COMOCEANSYSPAC, Ford Island, Hawaii
U.S. Navy
COMOCEANSYSPAC, or Commander, Oceanographic Systems Pacific, was a specialized U.S. Navy command headquartered on Ford Island, Hawaii. Established during the Cold War, its mission was to oversee undersea surveillance systems and oceanographic data collection across the vast Pacific theater. The unit played a crucial role in anti-submarine warfare, operating and maintaining the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) arrays, which provided early warning of Soviet submarine movements. COMOCEANSYSPAC contributed significantly to maritime intelligence and naval operations until its functions were reorganized under newer commands in the post-Cold War era.
COMPHIBGRU THREE
U.S. Navy
COMSERVFORSIXTHFLT
U.S. Navy
COMSUBGRU7
U.S. Navy
CPW-5
U.S. Navy
CTO
U.S. Navy
CV63
U.S. Navy
CV64
U.S. Navy
CVA 42
U.S. Navy
CVN-69
U.S. Navy