2019年5月9日 · Hon Co or Tiger Island, about 15 nautical miles off the Vietnam coastline, northeast of the DMZ. On the afternoon of November 30, the rumor around the ship was that we were going to attack Tiger Island that night. Hon Co Island had earned the name “Tiger Island” from U.S. Navy aviators.

2018年10月8日 · Everyone in the Navy, called the place “Tiger Island.” Once our ship received permission from CTU 71.1.1, we immediately brought the ship to the required course and speed to close the island....

Title: Tiger Island, North Vietnam Caption: A USS ORISKANY F-8 fighter zooms toward Tiger Island during an attack on this transfer point for supplies bound from North to South Vietnam....

2019年5月30日 · Hon Co Island, better known to the U.S. Navy as “Tiger Island.” Tiger Island was reported to be loaded with anti-aircraft and big gun shore batteries with fire control radar sites. Our ship had attacked Tiger Island twice before along with two other destroyers several days before and we got a lot of J-band radar directed big gun ...

The spotter said Monday's barrage by the world’s only active battleship “took away a large slice of the island itself.” The New Jersey, in her first weeks of Vietnam war duty, had sailed through heavy monsoon rains that held back American aircraft.

tion off Tiger Island 1 October and fired at targets north of the DMZ before moving south that afternoon to engage Viet Cong targets. She accounted for six bunkers, a supply truck and an anti-aircraft site that day; additionally, she helped rescue the crew of a Marine spotting plane forced down at sea by anti-aircraft fire damage over the beach.

U.S.S. New Jersey duty was probably the least hazardous duty in Vietnam. Who would want to fire on a ship with that type of fire power? We were off the coast in December 1968 on patrol between the coast and tiger island. A gun emplacement on tiger island decided to try their luck and lob a shot at us.

New Jersey took up station off Tiger Island 1 October and fired at targets north of the DMZ before moving south that afternoon to engage Viet Cong targets. She accounted for six bunkers, a supply truck and an anti-aircraft site that day; additionally, she helped rescue the crew of a Marine spotting plane forced down at sea by anti-aircraft fire.

On 3 October New Jersey fired on targets south of Tiger Island, and on 4 October the battleship fired on a Communist troop concentration and destroyed several bunkers. For the next three days New Jersey pounded the area with her 16in shells in an effort to eliminate the Viet Cong presence in the region. uss new jersey sinks tiger island before ...

2012年12月15日 · After many years of accumulation of the silt of Hau River, Ong Ho Island was raised and people began to settle their living on the island. However, the name Tiger Island was still remained until now.