Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 13 ga Mayu, sojojin Khmer Rouge sun kwace jirgin jigilar kayayyaki mallakar Amurka, SS "Mayaguez"
, daga tsibirin Koh Tang, Cambodia. Dukansu "Vega" da "Harold E. Holt" sun ci gaba da sauri zuwa yankin, yayin da sojojin Amurka suka hanzarta samun 'yancin jirgin da ma'aikatansa daga hannun' yan Cambodia. Lokacin da ya isa ranar 15, "Vega" ya tsaya don samar da ayyuka yayin da "Harold E. Holt" ya shiga kuma ya ba da wani rukuni na 1st Battalion 4th Marines, wanda ya shiga jirgin ruwa. Duk da yake an kawo karshen lamarin ta hanyar dawo da jirgin ruwa da ma'aikatanta, aikin yau da kullum na gudanar da sake cikawa ga jiragen ruwa na 7th Fleet a kudu maso gabashin Asiya ya ci gaba ba tare da raguwa ba bayan faduwar Vietnam da Cambodia.