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USS Midway (CVA-41) 3rd Vietnam Combat Cruise

1972 and 1973 North Vietnam Sortie statistics and BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seven Line Periods during (30 April to 20 December 1972); Eighth during North Vietnam and Laos Operations (4 to 23 January 1973) and her Ninth Line Period during Laos Operations (4 to 9 February 1973).

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    “USS Midway (CVA-41) Air wing combat missions on nine line periods in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin with CVW-5 flight operations on Yankee Station,conducting combat missions or strikes against North Vietnam as follows:

 

     En route Southern Station/TTY from 24 to 29 April 1972, conducting combat missions or strikes against North Vietnam targets on her first line period in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin when CVW-5 began flight operations in the Southern Stations OPS AREA from 30 April to 12 May 1972 (13), followed by operations on “Yankee Station” from 13 to 31 May 1972 (19); Yankee Station OPS from 11 June to 7 July 1972 on her second line period (27); Yankee Station OPS from 17 July to 13 August 1972 on her third line period (89); Yankee Station OPS from 24 August to 10 September 1972 on her fourth line period (18); Yankee Station OPS from 20 September to 12 October 1972 on her fifth line period (23); Yankee Station OPS from 24 October to 23 November 1972 on her sixth line period (31); Yankee Station OPS from 3 to 20 December 1972 on her seventh line period (18) (225 Days on “Yankee Station” + 13 Days in the Southern Stations OPS AREA, before “Yankee Station” totals 238 Line Days during 1972, rather then 306 days reported in the CHR Line Period Heading Dates once totaled during 1972; and after 16 January 1973 (Peace Treaty), only Laos targets, beginning her eighth line period conducting combat sorties against communist forces in North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia from 4 to 23 January 1973 (20); and her ninth and final line period and from 4 to 9 February 1973 combat missions and strikes restricted to Laos period (6). (225 Days on “Yankee Station” + 26 Days during 1973, totals 251 Days on “Yankee Station” during 1972 and 1973 Third Vietnam Combat Cruise + 13 Days conducting flight operations in the Southern Stations OPS AREA before arriving “Yankee Station” on 13 May 1972, totals 264 days on Nine Line Periods.

 

1972 North Vietnam Sortie statistics (One to Seven Line Periods):

 

Line Period

Total strike / combat Support sorties

Total strike sorties

Total combat support sorties

Total sorties

1 – 30/04/72 - 31/04/72

2,571

1,763

808

5,142

2 – 11/06/72 - 07/07/72

2,145

1,439

1,012

4,596

3 – 17/07/72 - 13/08/72

2,413

1,428

985

4,826

4 – 24/08/72 - 10/09/72

1,207

748

459

2,414

5 – 20/09/72 -12/10/72

1,739

1,014

725

3,478

6 – 24/10/72 - 23/11/72

1,714

944

798

3,456

7 – 03/12/72 - 0/12/72

962

494

468

1,924

TOTAL

12,751 

7,830   

5,255

25,836

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972.

 

1973 North Vietnam and Laos Sortie statistics (Eighth and Ninth Line Periods):

 

Line Period

Total strike / combat

Support

sorties

Total strike sorties

Total combat support sorties

Total sorties

8 – 04/01/73 – 23/01/73

.

.

.

.

9 – 04/02/73 – 09/02/73

.

.

.

.

TOTAL

Not Reported

.

.

.

*North Vietnam and after 16 January 1973, only Laos targets.

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam

 

Destroyed / Fires

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam Operations

Line Period

Type Target

1

 2

3

4

5

6

7

Total BDA Events

Bridges

16

96

13

14

24

13

 3

179

Trucks

35

96

68

16

54

79

11

359

WBLC

34

105

26

26

18

17

.

226

Structures

105

113

40

33

57

.

.

348

Warehouses

4

.

.

.

.

.

.

4

Secondary explosions

 

179

 

.

 

248

 

111

 

240

 

254

 

137

1,169

RR Cars

20

.

 24

14

7

30

.

95

Stacks of supplies

 

11

 

1

 

17

.

 

11

 

.

 

.

40

KBA

118

9

4

5

36

.

.

172

AAA Guns (Silenced)

 

3

 

8

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

11

AAA Sites

 

 

 

 

1

5

 

6

Bunkers

72

.

.

.

.

35

 8

115

Artillery/field psns

 

25

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

25

SAM launchers

 

2

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

2

Piers

.

2

.

.

.

.

.

2

MIG 17’s & MIG 19’s

 

4

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

4

Thermal Power Plant

 

1

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

1

Tracked Vehicle

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

.

Gunboats -one sunk

 

1

 

.

 

.

 

1

 

.

 

.

 

.

2

Numerous Road and Track Cuts

 

 

+

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

.

SAM sites

2

.

.

.

.

.

.

 

Ferries 

.

 3

3

1

.

.

.

7

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam

 

Destroyed / Fires

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam Operations

Line Period

Type Target

1

 2

3

4

5

6

7

Total BDA Events

CD Guns

.

2

.

.

.

.

.

2

Pontoon Bridge Sections

 

 

.

 

 

4

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

2

 

 

.

6

SAM’s

.

1

4

.

.

1

.

6

POL Tanks

 .

 5

.

.

.

.

.

5

Pump houses (POL)

 

.

 

2

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

2

Craters on Vinh Airfield

 

.

 

8

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

8

Mortar position (Silenced)

 

 

.

 

 

1

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

2

 

 

1-S

 

 

.

4

Buildings

.

7

.

.

.

17

4

28

Coastal Defense / AAA guns

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

11

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

11

Locomotives

.

.

2

.

.

.

.

2

PT Boats

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Bulldozers

 

 

.

 

 

2

 

2

25 MT PUG POL tanks

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

2

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

2

SAM Canisters

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

3

 

.

 

.

 

3

Fires

77

.

98

49

42

 85

 

351

Sustained fires

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

30

30

CD Site

.

.

.

1

.

.

.

1

37/57 mm

.

.

.

2

.

.

.

2

57 mm silenced

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

1

 

.

 

.

 

.

1

Supply Bundles

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

445

 

.

 

.

445

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam

 

Destroyed / Fires

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam Operations

Line Period

Type Target

1

 2

3

4

5

6

7

Total BDA Events

Radar vans

.

.

.

.

2

.

.

2

Portable Radar Antennas

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

2

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

2

Missile Transporter and support vehicles

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

1

Missile Transporter

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

1

 

.

1

55 Gal Oil Drums

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

150

 

.

 

.

150

Runways Cratered at: QUANG LANG & VINH

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

.

Quan Lang Airfield cratered

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

.

Pipelines cut

.

.

.

.

.

1

.

.

51 cal positions

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

2

 

.

2

51 mm Gun

.

.

.

.

.

.

1

1

RR Flat cars

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

RR Boxcars

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Barge

.

.

.

.

.

.

1

1

Tracked Vehicle

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

.

Tanks

.

.

.

.

.

.

2

2

Buses

.

9

.

.

.

.

.

9

Cranes

.

4

.

.

.

.

.

4

TOTAL BDA Events

709

476

558

276

1,095

545

197

3,856

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam

 

Damaged

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam Operations

Line Period

Type Target

1

 2

3

4

5

6

7

Total BDA Events

Bridges

9

43

31

9

27

9

6

134

Trucks

20

70

20

7

14

20

7

158

WBLC

31

119

18

14

13

7

.

202

Structures

14

39

15

19

17

.

.

104

Warehouses

8

.

.

.

.

.

.

8

RR Cars

47

.

18

2

16

17

.

100

Stacks of supplies

 

.

 

7 TPP

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

7 TPP

KBA

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

AAA Guns (Silenced)

 

11

 

1

 

9

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

21

AAA Sites

.

.

.

.

8-S

8-S

.

16

Bunkers

3

.

.

.

.

3

.

3

Artillery/field psns

 

17

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

17

SAM launchers

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Piers

1

1

.

.

.

.

.

2

MIG 17’s & MIG 19’s

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Thermal Power Plant

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Tracked Vehicle

 

1

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

1

Gunboats –one sunk

 

2

 

2

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

4

Numerous Road and Track Cuts

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

SAM sites

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

 

Ferries 

.

1

.

.

.

.

.

1

CD Guns

.

1

.

.

.

.

.

1

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam

 

Damaged

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam Operations

Line Period

Type Target

1

 2

3

4

5

6

7

Total BDA Events

Pontoon Bridge Sections

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

.

SAM’s

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

POL Tanks

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Pump houses (POL)

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Craters on Vinh Airfield

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Mortar position (Silenced)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

Buildings

.

.

.

.

.

2

1

3

Coastal Defense / AAA guns

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

.

Locomotives

.

.

1

.

.

.

.

1

PT Boats

.

.

1

.

.

.

.

1

Bulldozers

.

1

1

.

.

.

.

2

25 MT PUG POL tanks

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

SAM Canisters

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Fires

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Sustained fires

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

CD Site

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

37/57 mm

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

57 mm silenced

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Supply Bundles

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Radar vans

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam

 

Damaged

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam Operations

Line Period

Type Target

1

 2

3

4

5

6

7

Total BDA Events

Portable Radar Antennas

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

Missile Transporter and support vehicles

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

.

Missile Transporter

 

1

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

1

55 Gal Oil Drums

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

Runways Cratered at: QUANG LANG & VINH

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

2

Quan Lang Airfield cratered

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

.

 

 

1

1

Pipelines cut

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

51 cal positions

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

51 mm Gun

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

 

RR Flat cars

.

.

.

.

.

.

2

2

RR Boxcars

.

.

.

.

.

.

7

7

Barge

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Tanks

.

.

.

.

.

.

1

1

Buses

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Cranes

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

TOTAL BDA Events

165

285

114

52

97

67

25

805

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam

 

Destroyed / Fires &

Damaged / Fires

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Seventh Line Periods during 1972 North Vietnam Operations

Line Period

Type Target

1

 2

3

4

5

6

7

Total BDA Events

Destroyed / Fires

Line Period

709

476

558

276

1095

545

197

3,856

Damaged / Fires

Line Period

165

285

114

52

97

67

25

805

 TOTAL BDA Events

874

761

672

328

1192

612

222

4,661

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972.

 

USS Midway (CVA-41) Eighth and Ninth Line Periods in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin when CVW-5 began flight operations on “Yankee Station”, conducting combat sorties against communist forces in North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia and after 16 January 1973, only Laos targets from 4 to 23 January 1973 and from 4 to 9 February 1973” (Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1973):

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment - Destroyed / Fires) for Eighth and Ninth Line Periods during 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

Destroyed / Fires

BDA – (bomb damage assessment)

Line Period

Type Target

8 – 04/01/73 - 23/01/73

9 – 04/02/73 - 09/02/73

Total BDA Events

Secondary Explosions

16

23

39

Sustained Fires

.

16

16

Water Borne Logistics Crafts

 

7

 

.

7

Pier

.

.

 

Railroads Cut

2

.

2

Road Cuts

9

2

11

Bridges

5

.

5

Bridge Approach Cratered

 

1

 

.

1

Trucks

7

5

12

Tanks

2

1

3

River Fords Cut

2

.

2

Hangar

1

.

1

Bamboo Rocket Launchers

 

3

 

.

3

Buildings

44

1

45

Bunkers

112

16

128

Trenchlines Cut

9

.

9

Foxholes

96

.

96

Bulldozer

1

1

1

Gun Positions (Silenced)

 

4

 

4

4

Stack, of Supplies

.

1

1

TOTAL BDA Events

321

70

391

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment - Damaged) for Eighth and Ninth Line Periods during 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

Damaged

BDA – (bomb damage assessment)

Line Period

Type Target

8 – 04/01/73 - 23/01/73

9 – 04/02/73 - 09/02/73

Total BDA Events

Secondary Explosions

.

.

.

Sustained Fires

37

.

37

Water Borne Logistics Crafts

 

1

 

.

1

Pier

1

.

1

Railroads Cut

.

.

.

Road Cuts

.

.

.

Bridges

.

.

.

Bridge Approach Cratered

 

.

 

.

 

.

Trucks

12

9

21

Tanks

.

1

1

River Fords Cut

.

.

.

Hangar

.

.

.

Bamboo Rocket Launchers

 

.

 

.

.

Buildings

16

.

16

Bunkers

4

.

4

Trenchlines Cut

.

.

.

Foxholes

.

.

.

Supply Area

.

.

.

Bulldozer

.

1

1

Gun Positions (Silenced)

 

.

 

2-S

2-S

Stack, of Supplies

.

.

.

TOTAL BDA Events

71

13

84

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment - Destroyed / Fires) for First to Ninth Line Periods during 1972 and 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) Destroyed / Fires

Line Periods

1 to 7 - Apr. to Dec. 1972

8 - Jan. 1973

9 - Feb. 1973

Total BDA Events

Total BDA Events

3,856

321

70

4,247

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment - Damaged) for First to Ninth Line Periods during 1972 to 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) Damaged

Line Periods

1 to 7 - Apr. to Dec. 1972

8 - Jan. 1973

9 - Feb. 1973

Total BDA Events

Total BDA Events

805

71

13

889

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment – Destroyed / Fires and Damaged) for First to Ninth Line Periods during 1972 to 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

Destroyed / Fires &

Damaged

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Ninth Line Periods during 1972 and 1973 North Vietnam Operations

Line Periods

1 to 7 - Apr. to Dec. 1972

8 - Jan. 1973

9 - Feb. 1973

Total BDA Events

Destroyed / Fires

3,856

321

70

4,247

Damaged / Fires

805

71

13

889

Total BDA Events

4,661

392

83

5,136

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Ninth Line Periods during 1972 to 1973 North Vietnam and Laos Operations:

 

Line Periods / Dates

Destroyed / Fires

Line Period

Damaged

Line Period

Total BDA Events

1 – 30/04/72 - 31/04/72

709

165

874

2 – 11/06/72 - 07/07/72

476

285

761

3 – 17/07/72 - 13/08/72

558+

114

672+

4 – 24/08/72 - 10/09/72

276+

52

328+

5 – 20/09/72 -12/10/72

1,095+

97

1,192+

6 – 24/10/72 - 23/11/72

545+

67

612+

7 – 03/12/72 - 0/12/72

197+

25

222+

1-7 BDA Events

3,856

805

4,661

8 – 04/01/73 - 23/01/73

321

70

387

9 – 04/02/73 - 09/02/73

71

13

84

8-9 BDA Events

392

83

475

1-9 BDA Events

4,248

888

5,132

1972 North Vietnam (One to Seven Line Periods)

1973 North Vietnam and Laos Operations (Eighth Line Period)

1973 Laos Operations (Ninth Line Period)

All dates are base on reported schedule date of “Yankee Station” periods and first line period Southern Ops Area, staying in line with content of the Command History Report.

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.

 

USS Midway (CVA-41) First through Ninth Line Periods Simular Targets in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin when CVW-5 began flight operations on Yankee Station,conducting combat sorties against communist forces in North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia and after 16 January 1973, only Laos targets from 4 to 23 January 1973 and from 4 to 9 February 1973” (Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1973):

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment - Destroyed / Fires) for First through Ninth Line Periods similar Targets during 1972 and 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

Destroyed / Fires

BDA – (bomb damage assessment)

 

Line Period

Type Target

 

1 to 7 - Apr. -Dec. 1972

 

8 – 04/01/73 - 23/01/73

 

9 – 04/02/73 - 09/02/73

Total BDA Events

Secondary Explosions

1,169

16

23

1,208

Sustained Fires

30

.

16

46

Water Borne Logistics Crafts

 

.

 

7

 

.

 

7

Pier

2

.

.

2

Railroads Cut

+

2

.

2

Road Cuts

+

9

2

11

Bridges

179

5

.

184

Bridge Approach Cratered

 

.

 

1

 

.

 

1

Trucks

359

7

5

371

Tanks

2

2

1

5

River Fords Cut

.

2

.

2

Hangar

.

1

.

1

Bamboo Rocket Launchers

 

.

 

3

 

.

 

3

Buildings

28

44

1

73

Bunkers

115

112

16

243

Trenchlines Cut

.

9

.

9

Foxholes

.

96

.

96

Supply Area

.

1

1

2

Bulldozer

 

.

 

4

 

4

 

8

Gun Positions (Silenced)

 

.

 

4

 

4

 

8

Stack, of Supplies

40

.

1

41

TOTAL BDA Events

1,924

325

74

2,323

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 & 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment - Damaged) for First through Ninth Line Periods similar Targets during 1972 and 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

Damaged

BDA – (bomb damage assessment)

 

Line Period

Type Target

 

1 to 7 - Apr. -Dec. 1972

 

8 – 04/01/73 - 23/01/73

 

9 – 04/02/73 - 09/02/73

Total BDA Events

Secondary Explosions

.

.

.

.

Sustained Fires

.

37

.

37

Water Borne Logistics Crafts

 

.

 

1

 

.

 

1

Pier

2

1

.

3

Railroads Cut

.

.

.

.

Road Cuts

.

.

.

.

Bridges

134

.

.

134

Bridge Approach Cratered

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Trucks

158

12

9

179

Tanks

1

.

1

2

River Fords Cut

.

.

.

.

Hangar

.

.

.

.

Bamboo Rocket Launchers

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

Buildings

3

16

.

19

Bunkers

3

4

.

7

Trenchlines Cut

.

.

.

.

Foxholes

.

.

.

.

Supply Area

.

.

.

.

Bulldozer

2

.

1

3

Gun Positions (Silenced)

 

.

 

.

 

2-S

 

2-S

Stack, of Supplies

7 TPP

.

.

7 TPP

TOTAL BDA Events

310

71

13

394

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 & 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment - Destroyed / Fires) for First through Ninth Line Periods similar targets during 1972 and 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) Destroyed / Fires

Line Periods

1 to 7 - Apr. to Dec. 1972

8 - Jan. 1973

9 - Feb. 1973

Total BDA Events

Total BDA Events

1,924

325

74

2,323

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment - Damaged) for First through Ninth Line Periods similar targets during 1972 and 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) Damaged

Line Periods

1 to 7 - Apr. to Dec. 1972

8 - Jan. 1973

9 - Feb. 1973

Total BDA Events

Total BDA Events

310

71

13

394

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment - Destroyed / Fires and Damaged) for First through Ninth Line Periods similar targets during 1972 and 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia Operations:

 

Destroyed / Fires &

Damaged

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) for First to Ninth Line Periods during 1972 and 1972 North Vietnam Operations

Line Periods

1 to 7 - Apr. to Dec. 1972

8 - Jan. 1973

9 - Feb. 1973

Total BDA Events

Destroyed / Fires

1,924

325

74

2,323

Damaged

310

71

13

394

Total BDA Events

2,234

396

87

2,717

Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.