On the night of August 4, 1964, USS Turner Joy moved through the dark waters of the Gulf of Tonkin when radar screens suddenly lit up with possible enemy contacts. Seaman Dennis Plzak and the crew ...

Dozens gathered May 26 on the fantail of the historic destroyer USS Turner Joy in downtown Bremerton to commemorate Memorial Day. The ceremony, hosted by the Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council of ...

The two destroyers were the USS Maddox (DD-731) and the USS Turner Joy (DD-951). While the Maddox gets much of the press today for the actions on August 4, 1964 that precipitated the war, the ...

The USS Turner Joy’s Role in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident Today, as a floating memorial, the Turner Joy stands as a testament to naval engineering and warfare—but also as a reminder of the ...