US Navy personnel from USS Abraham Lincoln who are now holidaying in Pattaya during Sep. 2-6 have been prohibited from engaging in risky activities including not entering Soi 6 and 7 after dark but Walking Street is not out of bounds, Naewna newspaper, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said today (Sep. 3). Pattaya Mayor
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Navy continues searching for last 5 missing sailors
THE NAVY continued searching for the last five sailors missing in the sinking of HTMS 442 Sukhothai corvette in the Gulf of Thailand on Dec. 18 even though today is New Year’s Day with the SEALs special operation force too deployed, Sanook.com said. Vice Adm. Pichai Lorchusakul, commander of First Naval Area, said the
Read moreMaverick MP to lead team of divers in search 0f 23 missing sailors
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OUTSPOKEN MP MONGKOLKIT Suksintharanond has offered to lead a team of divers in search of 23 sailors reportedly missing from a sunk navy corvette in the stormy Gulf of Thailand since last Sunday. The Thai Civilized MP said he is patiently waiting another couple of days for the navy’s search
Read moreSunken warship’s life jacket found near Koh Tao
A LIFE JACKET from HTMS 442 Sukhothai that sank off Prachuab Khiri Khan on Sunday night (Dec. 18) was found floating near Koh Tao, almost a hundred nautical miles away, but no sailor seen nearby, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Dec. 23). At 10.15 a.m. Surat Thani’s Governor Mr. Wichawut Jinto was alerted about
Read moreMalaysian oil tanker rescues two Thai navy sailors
AN OIL TANKER sailing under the flag of Malaysia rescued two Thai navy sailors floating in the sea after HTMS 442 Sukhothai sank on Sunday night (Dec. 18) with a patrol boat having already picked them up, INN News said this afternoon (Dec. 20). At noon today the First Naval Area Command sent patrol boat
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