Operation Sea Dragon (Vietnam War)
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Operation Sea Dragon was a series of American-led naval operations during the Vietnam War They began in October 1966 to interdict sea lines of communications and supply going south from North Vietnam to South Vietnam, and to destroy land targets with naval gunfire. Sea Dragon assets were a part of Task Force 70.8, whose mission was naval shore bombardment.[3]
The destroyers
The Royal Australian Navy destroyers HMAS Perth, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Brisbane and HMAS Vendetta all served with the Sea Dragon force.[4]
During the operation lifetime 29 Sea Dragon ships damaged by shore battery fire with five sailors killed and 26 wounded. In April 1968, the area of operations was reduced to that below the 19th parallel north, only 150 miles (240 km) north of the DMZ. The operation ended on 31 October 1968 when President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all attacks on North Vietnam and the Seventh Fleet assets withdrew to south of the DMZ[2]
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Bibliography
- Kelley, Michael P. (2002). Where We Were in Vietnam. Hellgate Press, Central Point, Oregon. ISBN 978-1-55571-625-7.
- Polmar, Norman; Marolda, Edward (2015). Naval Air War The Rolling Thunder Campaign. Naval History & Heritage Command. ISBN 978-0-945274-82-7. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Tucker, Spencer C., ed. (2000). Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-513524-5.