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AN/SQS 32A sonar system

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USS Maddox Sonar and Radar Recordings, August 2-4, 1964
On August 2, 1964, the USS Maddox was attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin while on an intelligence mission [1]. The USS Turner Joy joined the Maddox on August 2 and assist…