DESOTO patrol
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DESOTO patrols were patrols conducted by U.S. Navy destroyers equipped with a mobile "van" of signals-intelligence equipment used for intelligence collection in hostile waters. The USS De Haven became
USS De Haven
USS Maddox
USS Morton
Gulf of Tonkin incident
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The Gulf of Tonkin incident refers to a naval confrontation in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam, which led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. On 2 August
DESOTO patrol
…lists the patrols that have been declassified. SIGAD USN-467N specifically designates the DSU aboard USS Maddox during the patrol involved with the Gulf of Tonkin incident. This patrol was 18th DESOTO type patrol (each with a Naval Security Group detachment embarked) conducted since 1962. On August 2, 1964, the destroyer…
Photo taken from USS Maddox during 2 August encounter, showing three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats
The Geneva Conference
Two of the United States Navy PTF boats training in 1963