SS Mayaguez

The Mayaguez under attack by Khmer Rouge gunboats
History
United States
Commissioned	April 1944
Decommissioned	1979
Identification	IMO number: 5312044
Fate	Scrapped in 1979

SS Mayaguez was a U.S.-flagged container ship that attained notoriety for its 12 May 1975 seizure by Khmer Rouge forces of Cambodia, which resulted in a confrontation with the United States at the close of the Vietnam War.