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The Maddox (DD731) was an Allen Sumner class WWII USN destroyer that engaged North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats in the Tonkin Gulf on 02 August 1964. A two part "Tonkin Gulf Incident."
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What was the rationale for US escalation in Vietnam?
North Vietnamese Naval units (135th Torpedo Boat Squadron) attacked the US destroyer USS Maddox on 02 August 1964; then another incident occurred on 04 August 1964 (involving the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy). That was the rationale.
What ship was with the uss maddox in the gulf of tonkin?
The destroyer Maddox was alone when she engaged 3 North Viet Navy torpedo boats from their 135th Torpedo Boat squadron on 02 August 1964. Maddox was with the destroyer USS Turner Joy on 04 August 1964 in the Gulf when they engaged "Tonkin Ghosts" (radar ghosts in the Tonkin Gulf).
When did the Vietnam troop build up and start at and why?
Conventional forces built up in about March 1965. The result of a NVN (P4) Motor Torpedo Boat attack on the (destroyer) USS Maddox on 02 August 1964, and an alleged attack on 04 August 1964 against the destroyers USS Maddox & Turner Joy in the Gulf of Tonkin. The first attack was an actual sea battle, the Maddox did engage the torpedo boats with her 5 inch guns, and the boats did launch torpedoes at the Maddox. The second attack is alleged; although the Turner Joy DID fire hundreds of 5 inch shells at her radar directed targets.
What does Zinn argue about the Gulf of Tonkin incident of 1964?
1. North Vietnam readily admits to the naval engagement between their 135th Torpedo Squadron and the Destroyer USS Maddox on 02 August 1964. 2. North Vietnam denies fighting the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy on 04 August 1964. As a matter of "trivia" fact: Those actual 3 NVN torpedo boats that attacked Maddox on 02 August 1964 (in which one was claimed sunk) & and were allegedly possibly used again on the 4th of August 1964 (Boats T-333, T-336, and T-339) were indeed actually sunk on or about 1/2 July 1966 by US jets from the carriers USS Constellation & Hancock.
The name of the ship that was involved in the bay of tonkin resolution was what?
Gulf of Tonkin (not "Bay"), the USS Maddox, a WWII Sumner class destroyer. Second incident involved the same warship plus a newer 1950s built Sherman class destroyer named the USS Turner Joy.
Which warships were allegedly attacked in the gulf of Tonkin on august 4th 1964?
USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy .
What was the rationale for US escalation in Vietnam?
North Vietnamese Naval units (135th Torpedo Boat Squadron) attacked the US destroyer USS Maddox on 02 August 1964; then another incident occurred on 04 August 1964 (involving the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy). That was the rationale.
What was the name of the US ship that was first attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin?
Destroyer, USS Maddox.
In what war did the Gulf of Tonkin incident occur?
Vietnam War; 1964 involving USN destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy. Maddox was re-cycled (scrapped); Turner Joy is preserved in Washington State as a memorial museum.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin 1954?
1964 (not 1954). Naval engagements between the North Viet Navy's 135th Torpedo Boat Squadron and the US Navy's destroyer USS Maddox (later Maddox and USS Turner Joy) in the Tonkin Gulf.
The events around the u.s.s. maddox?
The were three U.S. destroyers with this name, DD-168, DD-622, and DD-731. See "USS MADDOX" on Wikipedia.
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 ship was with the uss maddox in the gulf of tonkin?
The destroyer Maddox was alone when she engaged 3 North Viet Navy torpedo boats from their 135th Torpedo Boat squadron on 02 August 1964. Maddox was with the destroyer USS Turner Joy on 04 August 1964 in the Gulf when they engaged "Tonkin Ghosts" (radar ghosts in the Tonkin Gulf).
When Gulf of tonkin incident took place?
1. 02 August '64, an actual naval battle between the North Viet Navy (3 torpedo boats) and the destroyer USS Maddox. 2. 04 August '64, a questionable naval battle between the NVN torpedo boats and the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy.
Where was the USS Maddox when it was fire upon?
She actually fired her 5-inch guns first, in the Tonkin Gulf.
Was the 'Gulf of Tonkin' incident real?
The first attack was an actual naval battle between the destroyer USS Maddox and 3 North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats (02 August '64). The second attack involved two destroyers on 04 August '64; the USS Maddox and the USS Turner Joy. This 2nd sea engagement is questionable.
What was the incident on the seas?
1. 02 August 1964, three torpedo boats from the North Vietnamese Navy engaged the destroyer USS Maddox in the Tonkin Gulf. 2. 04 August 1964, alleged torpedo boats engaged the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy in the Gulf. Later determined to be "Tonkin Ghosts" (false radar images).
