USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) in the Gulf of Tonkin. 8 U.S. aircraft take off .
Reconstruction of activities that took place aboard Destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) in the Gulf of Tonkin. Lieutenant R. P. Connell and Ensign C. W. Bond stand on the bridge and look out aboard USS Maddox. An officer in the foreground looks through a window with binoculars and looks down through a radar. The lieutenant puts looks through an eyepiece to scan with a radar repeater. Captain J. J. Herrick sits in his chair on the bridge and speaks to Commander Herbert L. Ogier. Captain Herrick reads a message.
Reconstruction of activities that took place aboard Destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) in the Gulf of Tonkin. Commander Herbert L. Ogier and Captain J. J. Herrick stand on the bridge. They look out through binoculars. Captain Herrick points out to the sea. Commander Herbert L. Ogier stands nearby. A destroyer in the background. Captain Herrick and Commander Ogier on the bridge.
Reconstruction of activities that took place aboard USS Ticonderoga in the Gulf of Tonkin. A gun director training. A radar dish situated on the top of the gun director. USS Ticonderoga in the sea. Smoke flares in water. A helicopter recovers Lieutenant Junior Grade (jg) Albert J. Showers, VA-56 pilot of A-4A. A U.S. Navy SH-3A helicopter flies over the water and lowers a sling to Lt. jg Showers in water. Lt. jg Showers in a one man raft. The SH-3A hovers and then hoists Lt. jg Showers out of water. A white float, part of a pod from the A-4A aircraft porpoise in water. Roger D. McKeithan scans the horizon with his binocular. L. C. Alexander looks through binocular and talks over his phones then again looks through the binoculars. Lt. jg P.D. Corsett, training gun director, holds the control handles.
USS Ticonderoga in the Gulf of Tonkin. U.S. Navy A-1H Skyraider lands on the flight deck. Its wings are folded. A A-1H takes wave off over the deck. It lands on the deck and taxis forward folding its wings. Another A-1H lands. A C-1A aircraft lands. U.S. flag painted on vertical stabilizer, wire is released from the tail hook and the aircraft taxis forward. A-1H lands and folds its wings and taxis forward.
USS Ticonderoga in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy A-3B Skywarrior aircraft lands on the flight deck of the carrier ship. A U.S. Navy E-1B Tracer aircraft lands and taxis forward to right. A U.S. Navy F-8E Crusader aircraft lands on the deck. A U.S. Navy A-4E Skyhawk aircraft lands and taxis forward. The A-4E aircraft takes wave off over the deck of the ship. A U.S. F-8E aircraft lands on the deck. The A-4E lands on the flight deck of the carrier ship.
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