United States Navy Inshore Fire Support Ship, USS Carronade (IFS-1), during Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III, during the Vietnamese War. Captain of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Roy E. McCoy, stands on bridge, in steel helmet and battle gear, looking through binoculars with cigar in his hand. Sailors speak over radio. Naval personnel stand and watch from a bridge. Rows of rocket launchers installed on deck. Rockets are fired. Sailors work on charts and maps inside the ship, showing inshore waters. Sailors relay plotting information over radio to fire command station. (Vietnam War period).
Inshore Fire Support Ship, USS Carronade (IFS-1), underway in waters of Vietnam, during Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III. Sailor in combat gear leans over rail of USS Carronade (IFS-1) and makes notes in a pad. A U.S. O-1 spotter plane flies low past the ship and crewman waves to direct it. Shoreline is visible in background. Sailors perform maintenance on rocket launcher. Two sailors sand outside of barrel on 5 inch gun.
USS Carronade (IFS-1) during Vietnam War. Twin barrels of a 40 mm gun highlighted against the sky. View of gun mount and barrels -- likely mount 41, just aft of the 5" 38cal and one deck up. (There was another 40mm gun at mount 42, on the fantail.)
Inshore Fire Support Ship, the USS Carronade, firing rockets at night during the Vietnam War. Showers of sparks accompany the rocket firing. Deck of ship is illuminated by the light of rockets.
USS Carronade (IFS-1) providing Inshore fire support during Vietnam War. Views of shoreline from the ship. Rockets fired from the Carronade land on shore and in the surf. Fire Control Technicians, in battle gear, look over charts. One uses pair of compasses to measure, and speaks over radio. Sailors use hose to water down 5 inch rocket shell that misfired and rolled onto the deck. A Sailor throws the dud over the side of the ship into the water.
Showers of sparks fly as the USS Carronade (IFS-1) fires rockets during inshore fire support operations at night in the Vietnam War.
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