Keywords: North Vietnamese motor torpedo boat in Tonkin Gulf on 2 August 1964.jpg Tonkin Gulf Incident August 1964 Photograph taken from the U S Navy destroyer USS Maddox DD-731 during her engagement with three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin 2 August 1964 The view shows one of the boats speeding towards the Maddox Official U S Navy photo https //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-700000/USN-711525 html USN 711525 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1964-08-02 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Vietnam People's Navy Gulf of Tonkin incident P-4 class torpedo boat |