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ViviThe WWII Sumner class destroyer USS Maddox was attacked by the North Viet Navy 135th TB squadron on 02 August 1964 and was involved in the second "incident" accompanied by the destroyer USS Turner Joy on 04 August 1964. This second "incident" may not have involved actual naval units belonging to North Vietnam.
The destroyer USS Higbee was bombed by a NVAF MiG17 in 1972, her aft 5" mount was destroyed.
The cruiser USS Oklahoma City had a near miss from the same air attack.
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What incident did President Johnson react to in 1964 that escalated the Vietnam War?
Tonkin Gulf ships were attacked ( this was LBJ who made it up).
Which statement best describes the events that led to the passage of the Ton-kin Gulf Resolution?
The passage of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution occurred due to sea battles in the Tonkin Gulf between the US Navy and the North Vietnam Navy.
What event led to the US involvement in the Vietnam war?
The buildup of US troops in South Vietnam was accelerated after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, in which North Vietnamese gunboats attacked ships of the US Seventh Fleet off the coast of North Vietnam.
Which warships were allegedly attacked in the gulf of Tonkin on august 4th 1964?
USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy .
What happened to the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin?
He made the dramatic announcement that on August 2 the USS Maddox, a navy destroyer, had been attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the North Vietnamese coast.The president claimed that the attack on the USS Maddoxwas unprovoked. In fact, the Maddox had been on a spying mission and had fired first.
