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).
(10 April 1972 to 8 March 1973)
CHAPTER XXVI
APPENDIX III
“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.
|