Task Force 78

U.S. airborne minesweeping begins in North Vietnamese ports

📅 27 February 1973

Operation End Sweep began clearing mines laid by U.S. forces during the war, following the Paris Peace Accords. Helicopter crews worked in Haiphong’s shipping approaches and other ports. The operation...

Operation End Sweep completes minesweeping in North Vietnamese waters

📅 18 July 1973

U.S. naval forces completed the minesweeping mission and departed North Vietnamese territorial waters; Task Force 78 was disbanded later in July. Clearing mines did not remove the much broader...