... Gulf of Tonkin. The next day the U.S. destroyer Maddox entered the Gulf of Tonkin with orders to patrol the area near the islands and "stimulate and measure" North Vietnamese and Chinese radar. On August 2, the Maddox reported picking up radio transmissions indicating a possible attack on the ship. The Maddox radioed to the naval headquarters in Hawaii saying that to continue patrolling ... necessary. Three boats came within three miles of the Maddox, and two of them launched torpedoes at the Maddox, but they missed. The Maddox destroyed one, and jets from the aircraft carrier USS Ticon...

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