Talk:Battle of Đồng Hới
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American victory?
[edit]There's nothing to prove that it's an American victory.123.16.70.1 (talk)D.Nam
We sank a couple of your boats and shot down and airplane, then continued on with our mission, that sounds like a victory to me.--Az81964444 (talk) 21:13, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Let me elaborate, out of three MiGs and at least two torpedoe boats, three of them were destroyed while the U.S. suffered only minor to moderate damage and no loss of life. The North Vietnamese retreated therefore discontinuing their air and sea attack. Thus resulting in an American strategic victory. It is pretty simple when you read this article and the reports from the individual U.S. ships involved in the action.--Az81964444 (talk) 21:40, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Appreciate Kilgore's comment on the battle. First-person accounts mean a great deal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.97.133.244 (talk) 22:00, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
Regarding on what the American radar-operators guessed to have seen during the action, no "Stynx" missile was in the hands of the VPN at the time, because the first four missile-boats were delivered only in December. Moreover no torpedo boats were engaged (or lost) and actually all VPN torpedo boats losses are openly stated and admitted in Vietnamese documents ("T-319" and "T-349" were sunk by USN aircrafts in August, during an attempted attack on US Rowan, earlier losses were only in 1966, interestingly the very same 3 boats (T-333, T-336, T-339) engaged in the Tokin Gulf incident). In 2015 the Vietnamese Navy released the book "LỊCH SỬ HẢI QUÂN NHÂN DÂN VIỆT NAM (1955 - 2015)" that while having a good deal of political propaganda thone, include also quite detailed info of the main Naval losses and casualties. Lupodimare89 (talk) 09:10, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
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