Battle of Dong Hoi

Battle of Đồng Hới

MiG-17F (No. 2047) manned by pilot Nguyen Van Bay "B", one of the VPAF's aircraft participating in the Battle of Đồng Hới

Date	April 19, 1972
Location	Offshore Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, North Vietnam
Result	North Vietnamese victory

Belligerents

North Vietnam

United States

Strength

~2 torpedo boats
2–3 aircraft

1 cruiser
2 destroyers
1 frigate

Casualties and losses

Unknown
U.S claimed:
2 torpedo boats
1 MiG-17

4 wounded
1 destroyer damaged
1 cruiser damaged

The Battle of Đồng Hới was a clash between United States Navy warships and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) MiG-17F fighter bombers, several torpedo boats and shore batteries on April 19, 1972 during the Vietnam War. This was the first time U.S. warships faced an air raid since the end of World War II.

The Battle for Đồng Hới Gulf involved fierce fire fights between Navy ships attempting to stop North Vietnamese troops and supplies transiting the coast highway in North Vietnam from reaching the battle front in Quảng Trị Province. The air raid described here marked the end of daylight raids by the Navy. Within a few weeks, however, all North Vietnamese resistance at Đồng Hới was suppressed.

The U.S. warships involved were the 7th Fleet flagship, guided missile cruiser USS Oklahoma City, the guided missile cruiser USS Sterett, and destroyers USS Lloyd Thomas and USS Higbee.

The American warships operating in the Gulf of Tonkin were shelling North Vietnamese coastal targets around Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, North Central Coast region near the DMZ along the 17th parallel, the provisional borderline between South Vietnam and North Vietnam when they were attacked by VPAF MiGs in the first air attack on U.S. naval forces in the Vietnam War.

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