Attack on the SS Baton Rouge Victory

On August 23, 1966, Viet Cong commandos attacked and sank the Victory ship SS Baton Rouge Victory using two 2,400-pound mines when it was proceeding through the Long Tau River, about 22 miles southeast of Saigon, killing seven American civilian sailors on board. This was the first case a U.S. vessel was sunk by the enemy in the Saigon ship channel.