Question

What was the U.S.S. Maddox doing in the Gulf of Tonkin prior to the August 2 attack?

She was on a routine patrol.
She was on an intelligence mission.
She was retrieving torpedo boat wreckage.
She was headed for China's coastline.

Answer 1

What do you think?

Answer 2

c?

Answer 3

Incorrect. Try again.

Answer 4

b maybe

Answer 5

No. The answer is A.

Answer 6

maddox was on an intelligence collection mission, nice job @Maranda0622 :)

Answer 7

@AloneS and @CandyCove u guys are incorrect, B was correct

Answer 8

Officialy?

Answer 9

Meanwhile, U.S. warships such as the Maddox conducted electronic espionage missions in order to relay intelligence to South Vietnam. http://www.history.com/news/the-gulf-of-tonkin-incident-50-years-ago Daniel Ellsberg, who was on duty in the Pentagon the night of August 4, receiving messages from the ship, reported that the ship was on a secret electronic warfare support measures mission (codenamed "DESOTO") near Northern Vietnamese territorial waters.[13] On July 31, 1964, USS Maddox had begun her intelligence collection mission in the Gulf of Tonkin. area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident

Answer 10

yes officially, do research before just randomly giving answers @CandyCove @AloneS

Answer 11

;)

Answer 12

Is A correct or B, @wwhitlock?

Answer 13

I usually correct puppies when I think he's wrong. He ain't wrong this time.

The US didn't admit it was a spy mission. You can't get congress to let you start a war by saying that. So at the time they may have said it was routine. But yeah. South Vietnam was our ally and we were snooping on the North for them.

Answer 14

How lovely. Thanks anyway, @wwhitlock.

Answer 15

thank you is the best response

Answer 16

I trust wwhitock more in hisotry<3

Answer 17

*history :)

Answer 18

lol

Answer 19

why is that @AloneS