Operation Coronado was a series of 11 operations conducted by the American Mobile Riverine Force

Mobile Riverine Force

In the Vietnam War, the Mobile Riverine Force , initially designated Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force, and later euphemistically the Riverines, were a joint US Army and US Navy force that comprised a substantial part of the Brown Water Navy...

 in conjunction with various units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam

Army of the Republic of Vietnam

The Army of the Republic of Viet Nam , sometimes parsimoniously referred to as the South Vietnamese Army , was the land-based military forces of the Republic of Vietnam , which existed from October 26, 1955 until the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975...

 (South Vietnam

South Vietnam

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) in the waterways of the Mekong Delta

Mekong Delta

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 in the south of the country in an attempt to dismantle guerrilla forces and infrastructure of the Vietcong in the waterways of the Mekong, which had been a communist stronghold. The operations ran sequentially from June 1967 to July 1968.Fulton, pp. 50–150.

The series was named after Coronado Naval Base in California

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. There the American military had staged planning conference before adopting their riverine military strategy.Fulton, pp. 50–70.

See also

• Operation Coronado II
  Operation Coronado II
  Operation Coronado II was the second of eleven in the Operation Coronado series conducted by the American Mobile Riverine Force in conjunction with various units of the Army of the Republic of VietnamFulton, pp. 50–150. in late July 1967 in an attempt to shut down Vietcong strongholds in the...
  
  
• Operation Coronado IV
  Operation Coronado IV
  Operation Coronado IV was the fourth of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the Mobile Riverine Force of the United States and elements of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, designed to shut down Vietcong strongholds in the Mekong Delta.Fulton, pp....
  
  
• Operation Coronado V
  Operation Coronado V
  Operation Coronado V was a riverine military operation conducted by the Mobile Riverine Force of the United States and elements of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Fulton, pp. 50–150. from 12 September to 5 October 1967 in an attempt to shut down Vietcong strongholds in the Mekong Delta...
  
  
• Operation Coronado IX
  Operation Coronado IX
  Operation Coronado IX was a riverine military operation conducted by the Mobile Riverine Force of the United States and elements of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam from November 1967 to January 1968 in an attempt to dismantle communist strongholds in the Mekong Delta. In the middle of November,...
  
  
• Operation Coronado XI
  Operation Coronado XI
  Operation Coronado XI was the eleventh of the Operation Coronado series of riverine military operations conducted by the Mobile Riverine Force of the United States and elements of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, designed to shut down Vietcong strongholds in the Mekong Delta. It ran from 12...