Summary and Key Points: The USS Ranger (CVA-61), a Forrestal-class "supercarrier ... she made final preparations for combat operations in the Tonkin Gulf. Commander, Carrier Division 3, embarked ...

DESOTO surveillance was resumed by midday on August 3, augmenting the mission by adding another U.S. ship, the USS C. Turner Joy, to patrol the Gulf of Tonkin. However, late in the evening on ...

In the aftermath of the naval battle of Aug. 2, President Johnson ordered a second U.S. destroyer, the USS C. Turner Joy, to join the Maddox and sail to the Gulf of Tonkin. On the night of Aug. 4 ...

Built to be more capable than their Forrestal-class ... later deploy in the Gulf of Tonkin and Subic Bay. For decades, the Kitty Hawks served the Navy honorably. USS Kitty Hawk was overhauled ...