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MATERIAL---------------------------------------------------------------------Name of Newspaper, YOUTH
FORTY YEARS "THE TONKIN GIJI.,F INCIDENT"
f~11 HeTOlC Blttle lI1 t~1e Bay O~Z'~1d.T111 HOa[Thanh Hoa is a province in Central
Vietnam north ofthe 17`h Parallel.] by: Luu Quang Pho
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After the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 the situation in Vietnam encouraged the
Americans to hit the North, the large rear area of support for the war. To prepare for that idea, a
number of military activities were emphasized and carried out, among which, was the scheme of
using the US Navy to do reconnaissance missions and antagonize the rear under the rubric of
expanding the war to North Vietnam. The resulting"Tonkin GulfIncident" with the Maddox being
driven from the territorial waters ofthe Democratic Republic of Viet Nam [North Viet Nam as it
was then known] on August 2, 1964 was a result of apre-planned attack prepared by the
Americans...
On the night of July 31, 1964,the Maddox,a heavy destroyer with 350 officers and men and
carrying number DD 371 which was a part of the US Seventh Fleet, crossed the 17'h Parallel and
headed into the Bay of Quang Binh. Afterward, it headed into the Bay of Nghe An to investigate
the radar installations of the Vietnamese Navy which were located on the beaches of Central
Vietnam. There were places where the Maddox came close in so that her number, 371, could be
clearly seen through binoculars. On the morning ofAugust 8`h the Maddox fired upon Hon Me and
Deo Ngang.
Receiving orders from our naval command,our unit, which was the third element ofthe torpedo
battalion, consisting ofthree ships, T333, T336 and T339, left the harbor of Van Hoa in Hon Gai
and prepared to drive out the American ship. Our three ships were ofthe 123K variety which were
built by the Soviet Union and they had a top speed of 52 nautical miles per hour. However,they
could only sustain that high speed for 20 minutes. They each carried two torpedoes and only had
a 14.5 millimeter machine gun plus the small guns ofthe crew. According to Mr.Nguyen Xuan Bot,
the Commander of the ship 133, to hit a US Destroyer with its high speed and armament which
included torpedoes and depth charges as well as massive firepower, would.require at least 12 123K
type boats with 24 torpedoes! Meanwhile, the Maddox had a speed of38 nautical miles per hour
and was heavily armed with air support from the US Air Force.
From Hon Me,Thanh Hoa at 1:50 PM,our unit attacked at 2:52 when it discovered the Maddox
to the east ofHon Me,Thanh Hoa. Seeing us attack, the Maddox fired back at us continually until
3:26 when our ship 339,at a distance of approximately one kilometer, fired a torpedo and left the
scene of battle right away. After that, we were attacked by enemy planes and stopped firing. A
minute later,our ship 336 fired a torpedo. The enemy ship continued to bombard us and their planes
fired rockets which caused Mr. Nguyen Van Tu his life and Mr. Nguyen Van Huong piloted our ship
339 as it continued firing its 14.5 millimeter machine gun. At 3:28, our ship 333 continued to
launch torpedoes while the Americans continued their firing of bombs and guns.
The battle ended at five o'clock as the Americans withdrew. We shot down one plane and
caused one to catch fire: A~ fir »s, fc~»r cnmrar~~c nPrichPrl ~n~ cix wPrP wniin~jea whi1P tenth
vessels 336 and 339 were dead in the water.
The driving from North Vietnamese waters became the "Tonkin Gulf Incident" when it was
touted by the Americans that a number of North Vietnamese patrol boats had fired on them in an
unexplained manner as they were in international waters offthe coast of Viet Nam.
(to be continued)
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Author's Initials
Caption beneath picture:
Mr. Nguyen Van Luyen an officer on our ship 336, years ago, describes the battle.
Caption beneath map:
Voyage ofthe Maddox in the Bay of North Viet Nam
Item ofinformation in box at bottom of page:
The Maddox is a heavy destroyer which was built in 1942 and commissioned in 1944. It is Z 14.75
meters long and 12.44 meters wide and has a displacement of2,200 tons. It has a 60,000 HP engine
and has a top speed of 38 nautical miles per hour. It is equipped with double barreled 127
millimeter cannon and twelve 40 millimeter cannons. It also has a number of torpedoes, depth
charges and when fully manned has a compliment of350 men. It took part in WWII and served with
the US Seventh Fleet offthe waters of Vietnam. After 1964,it did not appear in the waters off Viet
Nam and it was noted that later it was scrapped.
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