USS Turner Joy
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USS Turner Joy is one of 18 Forrest Sherman-class destroyers of the United States Navy. She was named for Admiral Charles Turner Joy USN. Commissioned in 1959, she spent her entire career in the Pacif
USS Turner Joy underway at sea on 9 May 1964.
Turner Joy, retired and docked in Bremerton, 2006.
Turner Joy in Bremerton, 2014
A view of the bridge.
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
USS Turner Joy
…1959, she spent her entire career in the Pacific. She participated extensively in the Vietnam War, and was one of the principal ships involved in the Gulf of Tonkin incident as well as serving as destroyer squadron 13 lead flagship under Captain George S. Grove and Commander Robert Huntley Pidgeon, litigated and inspired…
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
USS Maddox