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USS Midway (CVA-41) 3^rd VIETNAM COMBAT CRUISE 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 - 9^th WestPac” Deployment

 (10 April 1972 to 8 March 1973)

CHAPTER XXVI

Appendix II

 

 

 

     CVA-41 1972 Schedule, Sequence of Events, Visitors, Awards, Caualities and Statistics (1 January to 31 December 1972) is located in 1972 YEARS END SUMMARY – Chapter 26, Appendix VI.

 

a. Engineering:

b. AIMD:

c. Medical:

d. Communications:

e. Dental:

f. Deck:

g. Weapons expenditures:

h. Air Department:

 

     “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-days), followed by operations on “Yankee Station” from 13 to 31 May 1972 (19-days); 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-days); Yankee Station OPS from 24 August to 10 September 1972 on her fourth line period (18-days); Yankee Station OPS from 20 September to 12 October 1972 on her fifth line period (23-days); Yankee Station OPS from 24 October to 23 November 1972 on her sixth line period (31-days); Yankee Station OPS from 3 to 20 December 1972 on her seventh line period (18-days) (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-days); and her ninth and final line period from 4 to 9 February 1973, while combat missions and strikes were restricted to Laos (6-days). (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.

 

Line Period	Total strike / combat Support sorties	Total strike sorties	Total combat support sorties	Total sorties
1 – 30/04/72 - 31/05/72	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 - 20/12/72	962	494	468	1,924
TOTAL	12,751	7,830	5,255	25,836
Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972.

 

1973 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 - 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		322	65
Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.

 

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

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) Damanged / Fires
Line Periods	1 to 7 - Apr. to Dec. 1972	8 - Jan. 1973	9 - Feb. 1973	Total BDA Events
Total BDA Events		71	13
Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.

 

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

 

BDA – (bomb damage assessment) Damanged / Fires
Line Periods	1 to 7 - Apr. to Dec. 1972	8 - Jan. 1973	9 - Feb. 1973	Total BDA Events
Destroyed / Fires		322	65
Damaged / Fires		71	13
Total BDA Events
Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1972 and 1973.

 

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 Simular 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 - Destroyed / Fires) for First through Ninth Line Periods simular 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 Simular 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 - Damaged) for First through Ninth Line Periods simular 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 simular 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.

 

USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) 1973 Schedule, Sequence of Events, Visitors, Awards,  Caualities and Special Topics (9 March to 31 December 1973) is located in 1973 YEARS END SUMMARY:

 

1.  Operations Department

2.  Engineering Department

3.  Air Department

4.  Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD)

5.  Communications Department

 

Message Traffic Volume - 1973
Month	Incoming	Outgoing	Total
Jan	21,545	5,669	27,214
Feb	12,010	3,173	17,183
Mar	4,500 (est)	1,050 (est)	5,550 (est)

 

6.  Weapons Department

 

7.  Deck Department

 

JP-5 Issued in Gallons - 1973
Jan	3,219,639
Feb	1,334,017
Mar	145,203

 

8.  Navigation Department

9.  Supply Department

10. Medical Department

11. Dental Department

12. Executive Department

 

CVA-41 1973 Schedule (1972/73 WestPac) (1 January to 8 March 1973):

 

DATE	LOCATION	DATE	LOCATION
1 Jan 1973	En route Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines	25 Jan - 2 Feb 1973	Inport Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines
2 - 3 Jan 1973	Inport Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines	4 - 9 Feb 1973	Yankee Station OPS
3 Jan 1973	En route Yankee Station	10 - 15 Feb 1973	Inport Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines
4 Jan 1973	Yankee Station OPS	26 Feb 1973	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
4 - 23 Jan 1973	Yankee Station OPS against North Vietnam, South Vietnam and Cambodia and after 16 January 1973, only Laos targets	8 Mar 1973	Arrived NAS Alameda, CA Concluding 8th “WestPac”
24 Jan 1973	En route Subic Bay, Republic of Philippines
Ref. CVA-41 1972 Schedule (1972/73 WestPac) is located in 1972 YEARS END SUMMARY.
Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1973.

 

CVA-41 1973 Sequence of Events, Visitors, Awards and Caualities (1 January to 8 March 1973):

 

EVENTS, VISITORS, AWARDS AND CASUALITIES	DATE
VADM Cooper, Commander Attack Carrier Striking Force Seventh Fleet visited.	5 Jan 1973
LT John C. LINDAHL, VA-56 was lost at sea	6 Jan 1973
LT MICHAEL T. MCCORMICK and LTJG ROBERT A. CLARK, VA-115 were declared missing in action	10 Jan 1973
A Midway F-4J, flown by Lt. Vic Kovaleska and R.I.O. Lt. Jim Wise, shot down the last MIG and the last aerial kill of the Vietnam War, when a Sidewinder missile brought down a North Vietnamese MiG-17.	12 Jan 1973
US Navy stops OPS against North Vietnam on 16 January 1973. The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973 to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War.	16 Jan 1973
ADR3 WILLIAM S. STRINGHAM, VAW-115 was lost at sea, en route “Yankee Station”.	3 Feb 1973
Ref. CVA-41 1972 Sequence of Events, Visitors, Awards and Caualities is located in 1972 YEARS END SUMMARY.
Ref. USS MIDWAY Command History for Calendar Year 1973.