Final situation report
On August 4, 1964, the commander of Navy Task Group 72.1 filed this report on the attack in the Gulf of Tonkin. The Task Group was conducting electronic eavesdropping...
Racing to attack
Three North Vietnamese P-4 torpedo boats attacked the U.S.S. Maddox, an American destroyer patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin, on August 2, 1964. This photograph...
Sailing into history
This chart depicts the patrol route of the U.S.S. Maddox from July 30 to August 2, 1964. The Maddox sailed into the Gulf of Tonkin, off the North...
Sequence of events
This chart records the dates and times surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It shows when the U.S. aircraft departed from the U.S.S. Ticonderoga and the...
Torpedo attack!
As this deck log documents, three North Vietnamese boats attacked the U.S.S. Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 2, 1964. The Maddox and aircraft...
Torpedo boat, head on
This photograph, taken from the deck of the U.S. destroyer Maddox, shows a North Vietnamese P-4 torpedo boat closing in on the American vessel. Three of these...
Torpedoes away!
Three North Vietnamese P-4 torpedo boats attacked the U.S.S. Maddox, an American destroyer patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin, on August 2, 1964. This photograph,...