![]() ![]() During the Christmas 1966 standdown, spokesmen said more than 500 enemy supply boats were spotted moving along the coast. ![]() In that period, 1,378 supply craft were sighted and 664 were reported hit. Navy spokesmen point to the first three months of Sea Dragon to indicate the operation’s effectiveness. Hundreds of other targets - bridges, trucks, ferries, piers, roads, wharves, military structures and troop concentration among them - were blasted by the force’s five, six and eight-inch shells. ![]() Sea Dragon ships hit at least 90 gun sites in the north this year. Six sailors were injured, and the mount knocked out of use. destroyer was reported hit in her forward gun mount by enemy shells in March, 1967. Sailors pull rope during the refueling and rearming operation on board the USS Buchanan destroyer by the tanker USS Tappahannock (not visible). ![]()
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