Battle of Đồng Hới
| Battle of Đồng Hới | |||||||
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| Part of the Vietnam War | |||||||
MiG-17F (No. 2047) manned by pilot Nguyen Van Bay, which participated in the Battle of Đồng Hới | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| North Vietnam | United States | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Vietnamese figure: 2 MiG-17 U.S claimed: 2 torpedo boats 3 MiG-17 |
1 cruiser 2 destroyers 1 frigate | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Vietnamese figure: none 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 (USN) warships and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) MiG-17F fighter bombers and shore batteries on 19 April 1972, during the Vietnam War. This was the second time U.S. warships faced an air attack since the end of World War II, excluding the USS Liberty incident, which was officially recorded as an attack by mistake.
The Battle for Đồng Hới Gulf involved fierce firefights when Navy ships attempted 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.