Appendix I

1st Battalion, 4th Marines Detachments 3-11 April 1975

USMC Security Detachments On Board MSC Ships

Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship*	Location	Estimated number of refugees on board	Date of USMC boarding			BLT 1/4 boarding detachment (officer in charge)
SS Pioneer Contender	Cam Ranh Bay	16,700		3	April	3d Plt, Co B (2dLt Robert E. Lee, Jr.)
SS Pioneer Contender	Phu Quoc Island	16,700		7	April	3d Plt, Co D (2dLt Joe Flores, Jr.)
SS Trans Colorado	Phan Rang	3,500		4	April	Ist Plt, Co D (2dLt Charles K. Curcio)
SS Green Port	Phu Quoc Island	6,000 to 8,000		6	April	3d Plt, Co C (2dLt David L. Kiffer) 2d Plt, Co D (2dLt Edward R. Whitesides)
SS American Challenger	Phu Quoc Island	6,000		6	April	1st Plt, Co C 2d Plt, Co C (Capt Maurice 0. V. Green)
USNS Sgt Kimhro	Ham Tan			9	April	3d Plt, Co A (Unavailable)

Source: Amphibious Evacuation RVN Support Group TG 79.9, Post-Exercise Report, 30 April 1975. *A11 ships except the Sgt Kimhro were chartered by MSC.