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The 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.
What was the name of the bay that north Vietnam attacked US Navy Ships?
Not a bay; a gulf...the Gulf of Tonkin.
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).
What body of water in which American ships reported they were attacked in 1964 was?
The Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
Location off the coast of communism North Vietnam where US ships were attacked and lightly damaged by North Vietnamese ships
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 was the name of the US ship that was first attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin?
Destroyer, USS Maddox.
In august 1964 the uss pueblo was attacked by north vietnamese forces in?
The Gulf of Tonkin.
What did The US in 1964 charged that North Vietnam had attacked American destroyers in the?
Gulf of Tonkin
What is the name of the gulf between China and Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin.
Which president got the gulf of Tonkin resolution passed?
The gulf of tonkin resolution was passed by President Johnson, in 1964, in responce to the attacks launched by the north vietnamese, against the American ships in the gulf of tonkin.
What event caused the US to begin military operations in Vietnam?
A North Vietnamese military patrol supposedly attacked a US destroyer Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin which led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.Rebecca
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.
