Soviet (Russian) cargo ships were unloading MiG17, MiG21, and mostly SAM missiles to the North Vietnamese Air Force and Ground Defense Units.
Chicom MiG19 jets were transported across the Red Chinese border into North Vietnam via trucks or rail (or flown in by NVAF pilots).
The above countries/methods also included PT76 light tanks, T54/55 medium tanks, artillery, trucks, ammunition, and small arms (AKs, etc.).
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed in Congress, giving the President and the Department of Defense the authority to engage North Vietnam in combat to defend South Vietnam from communist incursion.
USN ships of WWII were built of steel; USN PT Boats were built of WOOD. USN ships of WWII also fought in the Vietnam War; USN Swift Boats during the Vietnam War were built of ALUMINUM.
There was no visual or physical evidence of torpedo attacks, although objects were picked up on the ships sonar. In any event, Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which began Americas involvement in the Vietnam War.
ships actually changed during the late 1840
In August, 1964, President Johnson reported to the nation that American ships had been attacked by North Vietnam gunboats in the Gulf of Tonkin, in international waters. The Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving the President the power to use whatever force necessary to protect our interests in the area. At the time, the truth was not reported. << Rather than being on a routine patrol Aug. 2, the US destroyer Maddox was actually engaged in aggressive intelligence-gathering maneuvers - in sync with coordinated attacks on North Vietnam by the South Vietnamese navy and the Laotian air force.>> http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2261
Location off the coast of communism North Vietnam where US ships were attacked and lightly damaged by North Vietnamese ships
For docking ships and planes
A harbor is for docking ships.
Not a bay; a gulf...the Gulf of Tonkin.
There were no American naval ships lost during the Vietnam War.
You can see ships, hear the ships docking. and smell fish, water, and mud.
You can see ships, hear the ships docking. and smell fish, water, and mud.
You can see ships, hear the ships docking. and smell fish, water, and mud.
You can see ships, hear the ships docking. and smell fish, water, and mud.
You can see ships, hear the ships docking. and smell fish, water, and mud.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed in Congress, giving the President and the Department of Defense the authority to engage North Vietnam in combat to defend South Vietnam from communist incursion.
194 Ships in the blockade fleet.