USS C. Turner Joy
U.S. Navy destroyer involved, along with the USS Maddox, in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. In August 1964, crew members of the two ships believed they had come under torpedo attack from North Vietnamese patrol boats. Both destroyers opened fire on numerous apparent targets. In retaliation, President Johnson ordered air attacks on targets in North Vietnam.
Later reports contradicted accounts of the attack. President Johnson later told an aid, “…hell, those dumb stupid sailors were just shooting at flying fish.”
