Editing Operation Frequent Wind (section)

==Task Force 76==
[[File:CH-53 helicopters on USS Midway (CV-41), April 1975.jpg|right|thumb|[[US Air Force]] [[Sikorsky MH-53|HH-53]] helicopters on the deck of {{USS|Midway|CVA-41|6}} during Operation Frequent Wind, April 1975]]
[[File:Operation Frequent Wind ship disposition 1975 - Recreated map.svg|thumb|Map showing the disposition of U.S. Navy ships at the start of Operation Frequent Wind]]
[[File:TF76 waits off Vung Tau.jpg|right|thumb|Ships of TF 76 wait off Vũng Tàu for the start of the operation]]

With the fall of Saigon imminent, between 18 and 24 April the U.S. Navy assembled ships off [[Vũng Tàu]] under Commander [[Task Force 76]], RADM [[Don Whitmire]].<ref name=Final/> 

Task Force 76
* {{USS|Blue Ridge|LCC-19|6}} (command ship)
* {{USS|Oklahoma City|CLG-5|6}} (Seventh Fleet flagship)

Task Group 76.4 (Movement Transport Group Alpha)
* {{USS|Okinawa|LPH-3|6}}
* {{USS|Vancouver|LPD-2|6}}
* {{USS|Thomaston|LSD-28|6}}
* {{USS|Peoria|LST-1183|6}}

Task Group 76.5 (Movement Transport Group Bravo)
* {{USS|Dubuque|LPD-8|6}}
* {{USS|Durham|LKA-114|6}}
* {{USS|Frederick|LST-1184|6}}

Task Group 76.9 (Movement Transport Group Charlie)
* {{USS|Anchorage|LSD-36|6}}
* {{USS|Denver|LPD-9|6}}
* {{USS|Duluth|LPD-6|6}}
* {{USS|Mobile|LKA-115|6}}

The task force was joined by:
* {{USS|Hancock|CVA-19|6}}
* {{USS|Midway|CVA-41|6}}
each carrying Marine, and Air Force (eight [[21st Special Operations Squadron]] [[CH-53]]s and two [[40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron]] [[HH-53]]s<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tilford|first=Earl|title=Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia 1961–1975|publisher=Office of Air Force History|year=1980|isbn=978-1-4102-2264-0|page=143}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>) helicopters.

Amphibious ships:
* {{USS|Mount Vernon|LSD-39|6}}
* {{USS|Barbour County|LST-1195|6}}
* {{USS|Tuscaloosa|LST-1187|6}}

A guided missile frigate:
* {{USS|Worden|DLG-18|6}}

and eight destroyer types for naval gunfire, escort, and area defense, including:
* {{USS|Richard B. Anderson|DD-786|6}}
* {{USS|Cochrane|DDG-21|6}}
* {{USS|Kirk|FF-1087|6}}
* {{USS|Gurke|DD-783|6}}
* {{USS|Rowan|DD-782|6}}
* {{USS|Cook|FF-1083|6}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navalhistory.org/2010/04/29/operation-frequent-wind-april-29-30-1975|title=Operation Frequent Wind: April 29–30, 1975|publisher=US Naval Institute&nbsp;– Naval History & Heritage Command|work=Naval History Blog|date=29 April 2010|access-date=5 April 2013|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019105714/http://www.navalhistory.org/2010/04/29/operation-frequent-wind-april-29-30-1975|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{USS|Bausell|DD-845|6}}<ref name=Bausell>{{cite web|url=http://www.ussbausell.com/page4.html|title=USS Bausell Operation Frequent Wind |access-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082745/http://www.ussbausell.com/page4.html |archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref>
The {{USS|Enterprise|CVAN-65|6}} and {{USS|Coral Sea|CVA-43|6}} carrier attack groups of [[Task Force 77 (U.S. Navy)|Task Force 77]] in the [[South China Sea]] provided air cover while Task Force 73 ensured logistic support.

The Marine evacuation contingent, the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade (Task Group 79.1), consisted of three Battalion Landing Teams (BLT); [[2nd Battalion 4th Marines|2nd Battalion, 4th Marines]] (2/4), [[1st Battalion 9th Marines]] (1/9), [[3rd Battalion 9th Marines]] (3/9) and three helicopter squadrons [[HMH-462]], [[HMH-463]], [[HMM-165]] along with other support units from [[Marine Aircraft Group 39]] (MAG-39).

In addition, a flotilla of [[Military Sealift Command]] (MSC) ships were assembled and these carried out seaborne evacuations from [[Saigon Port]], this fleet comprised:

Tugboats:
* ''Asiatic Stamina''
* ''Chitose Maru''
* ''Haruma''
* ''Osceola''
* ''Shibaura Maru''

and the following large transport ships:
* SS ''American Challenger''
* SS ''Boo Heung Pioneer''
* [[USS ''General W. M. Black'' (AP-135)|SS ''Green Forest'']]
* [[USS ''General S. D. Sturgis'' (AP-137)|SS ''Green Port'']]
* {{USNS|Greenville Victory|T-AK-237|6}}
* SS ''Pioneer Contender''
* SS ''Pioneer Commander''
* {{USNS|Sgt. Truman Kimbro|T-AK-254|6}}
* {{USNS|Sgt. Andrew Miller|T-AK-242|6}}