The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate (FFG-7) was a class of guided-missile frigates built for the U.S. Navy and later operated by numerous allied navies. Designed for escort and general-purpose roles ...

The United States was effectively cut off from the rest of the world. As the maritime historian Salvatore R. Mercogliano ...

Ken Engstrom, aged 90, has Stage 4 mesothelioma (lung cancer) and lives in hospice care in Washington City. His son, Tim ...

From Navy enlistee to a Navy pilot, David Edwards flew fighters on 260 missions in Vietnam during a 31-year military career.

A Des Moines Technical High School graduate and Marine helicopter pilot who evacuated the U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam ...

On the morning of April 16, the naval task force comprising Ship 015-Tran Hung Dao and Ship 016-Quang Trung ... to participate in the 38th joint patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin with the Chinese Navy. The ...

Two missile frigates, Tran Hung Dao and Quang Trung, departed from the Beihai military port in Guangxi, China, to join the Chinese Navy in a joint patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin on Wednesday ...

The ship’s involvement in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident symbolizes both the ... deployments reflects the dedication of its crew and the Navy’s role in a contentious era. Today, as a floating ...

The Ministry of National Defense held a press briefing this morning to introduce the 9th edition of the Vietnam-China Border Defense Friendship Exchange. Vietnam’s Minister of National Defense Phan ...

Johnson used the alleged incident to secure the eponymously named “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ... it was a tightly run ship, reflecting the Navy’s emphasis on discipline and adaptability.

BAGHDAD, March 19 (Reuters) - Iraqi naval forces have seized an unidentified ship in Iraqi territorial waters in the Gulf suspected of smuggling fuel, the naval forces said in a statement.

Historians have established definitively that the story of an unprovoked torpedo assault by the North Vietnamese navy on the U.S. destroyer Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin in early August 1964 was a lie ...