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===Phục vụ Chiến tranh Việt Nam 1967–1968===
 
[[File:USCGC Yakutat (WHEC-380) inoff Vietnam, in 1967 War(1396903291760).jpg|thumb|300px|left|USCGC ''Yakutat'' (WHEC-380) during her [[Vietnam War]] service.]]In 1967, ''Yakutat'' was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three, which was designated [[Task Unit]] 70.8.6. The squadron was activated at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 24 April 1967 when its commander, [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] John E. Day, hoisted his [[Pennant (commissioning)|pennant]] aboard his [[flagship]], the [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|Coast Guard cutter]] [[USCGC Gresham (WHEC-387)|USCGC ''Gresham'' (WHEC-387)]].
 
Coast Guard Squadron Three was tasked to operate, in conjunction with U.S. Navy forces, in [[Operation Market Time]], the interdiction of [[Communism|communist]] coastal arms and [[munition]]s traffic along the coastline of [[Vietnam]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. The squadron's other Vietnam War duties included fire support for ground forces, resupplying Coast Guard and Navy [[patrol boat]]s, and search-and-rescue operations. Serving in the squadron with ''Gresham'' and ''Yakutat'' were the cutters [[USCGC Bering Strait (WHEC-382)|USCGC ''Bering Strait'' (WHEC-382)]], [[USCGC Barataria (WHEC-381)|USCGC ''Barataria'' (WHEC-381)]], and [[USCGC Half Moon (WHEC-378)|USCGC ''Half Moon'' (WHEC-378)]]; like ''Yakutat'' and ''Gresham'', they all were former Navy ''Barnegat''-class ships. They departed Pearl Harbor on 26 April 1967 and reported to Commander, [[United States Seventh Fleet]], for Market Time duty on 4 May 1967. They were joined by Navy [[radar picket]] [[destroyer escort]]s (DERs) of Escort Squadrons 5 and 7.