Captain's Log: May 12, 1975
1420 hours:
Reduced to maneuvering speed,
vessel challenged by gunboat
and gunboat fires shots across
starboard bow.
1421:
Engines stop
1425:
Gunboat P128 comes along side
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These were the words hastily scrawled by
a crewmember of the SS Mayaguez, as he was
taken captive by the Khmer Rouge. The 40
Americans on board became the center of
the Mayaguez Incident.
Here is a list of the Crew members.
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