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US Destroyer Fought Six-Hour Gun Duel With North Vietnamese Shore Batteries Killing One Sailor

Subscribe here:    / @navalfrontlinelive   April 1972. USS Higbee, a World War II-era destroyer, engaged North Vietnamese 130mm shore batteries in a sustained gunnery duel off Đồng Hới. For six hours, the ship traded fire with coastal fortifications, absorbing over 200 near misses and one direct hit that killed a sailor. This was old-school naval combat: 5-inch guns versus artillery, optical rangefinders, mechanical fire control, and crews manually loading shells while under fire. This is the story of one of the last major gun battles in US Navy history and the end of an era when destroyers still fought the way they did in 1945. Naval Frontline covers the forgotten battle. Naval Frontline covers Vietnam War naval operations, destroyer combat, shore bombardment, and gunnery warfare. Subscribe for untold naval stories. #NavalFrontline #USSHigbee #VietnamWar #NavalGunfire #DestroyerCombat #ShoreBombardment #GunDuel #NavyHistory