File:North Vietnamese Shantou-class gunboat burning after aircraft attack on 5 August 1964.jpg

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Description A North Vietnamese Shantou-class gunboat burns near Hon Ne Island, after an attack by aircraft from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA-64), off North Vietnam's Lach Chao Estuary, 5 August 1964. The Shantou-class wanown in the United States as the Swatow-class.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo NH 95613 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author U.S. Navy, taken by a USS Constellation (CVA-64) reconnaissance plane.

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