Supporting Operation Market Time
On 13 August 1965 Illusive departed Long Beach for training in the Pacific Ocean that took her to Hawaii, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and the Philippines. She stood out of Subic Bay 2 October 1965 to join the "Market Time Patrol" vigilantly trying to stop the coastal flow of contraband by junks and boats to Vietcong the full length of Vietnam's 1,000 mile coastline. Her patrol service may include acting as a mother ship for replenishing the needs of "Swift" boats, providing gunfire support to U.S. forces ashore, or conducting a hydrographic survey on shoreline depths, in addition to patrolling thousands of miles within the inspection zone to intercept Vietcong men and supplies. Illusive continued this vital duty until she turned homeward in February 1966. The minesweeper reached Long Beach 28 April. She operated along the U.S. West Coast for the remainder of 1966 and into 1967.
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