Mushure mekudzidziswa kubva kuCalifornia Coast, akaenda musi wa 21 Kubvumbi pane yekutanga yevashanu mushure meKorean War kutumirwa kuFar East. Sechikamu cheiyo ine simba uye yakawanda-inoshanda 7th Fleet, yakafukidza Western Pacific kubva kuJapan kuenda kuPhilippines, ichigara yakangwarira kuvimbisa rugare muFar East isina kugadzikana. Paaive pa1955 kutumirwa kuFar East, akatsigira kubviswa kwezviuru zvevapoteri kubva kuNorth kuenda kuSouth Vietnam panguva yeOperation Passage to Freedom. Munguva yekutumirwa kwake kwese, akaitisa mafambiro muFormosa Strait kubatsira kudzikamisa kurwira kweNational-Communist uye kudzivirira kupinda kweFormosa kubva kunyika huru.
21 Kubvumbi