May 1954
Blockade of Tonkin Gulf
US ships are sent to patrol the Gulf on Tonkin
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Tonkin Gulf in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
US ships are sent to patrol the Gulf on Tonkin
United States ships patrol the Tonkin Gulf as Washington increases naval attention to the conflict in Indochina.
USS Turner Joy & Maddox report they have been attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. The Tonkin Gulf incident is used to escalate the war in Vietnam. Claims USS Maddox was attacked 30 miles offsore not 13 miles claimed by North Vietnam. A clash that triggers U.S. bombing against North Vietnam
Provenance
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