Battle of Đồng Hới

Battle of Đồng Hới
	Part of the Vietnam War
	; MiG-17F (No. 2047) manned by pilot Nguyen Van Bay "B", one of the VPAF's aircraft participating in the Battle of Đồng Hới
Date	April 19, 1972
Location	Offshore of Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, North Vietnam
Result	North Vietnamese victory
Belligerents
North Vietnam	United States
Strength
Vietnamese figure: 2 MiG-17; U.S claimed: 2 torpedo boats; 3 MiG-17	1 cruiser; 2 destroyers; 1 frigate
Casualties and losses
Vietnamese figure: none; U.S claimed:; 2 torpedo boats; 1 MiG-17	4 wounded; 1 destroyer damaged; 1 cruiser damaged

The Battle of Đồng Hới was a clash between United States Navy warships and Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF) MiG-17F fighter bombers, several torpedo boats and shore batteries on April 19, 1972, during the Vietnam War. This was the first time U.S. warships faced an air attack since the end of World War II.

The Battle for Đồng Hới Gulf involved fierce firefights when Navy ships attempted to stop North Vietnamese troops and supplies transiting the coast highway in North Vietnam from reaching the battle front in Quảng Trị Province. The air raid described here marked the end of daylight raids by the Navy. Within a few weeks, however, all North Vietnamese resistance at Đồng Hới was suppressed.

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