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Operation More than hall o( our time in WESTPAC was spent at sea, all hut a few weeks in Operation Sea Dragon off the coast of North Vietnam. Conducting over 700 missions, BOSTON pounded the enemy coastal supply system, striking at both supply centers and highways, and enemy coastal logistics craft. More than 400 water- borne logistics craft - or as we came to call them, Wiblics - were destroyed or damaged by shells from BOSTON ' S guns. Sea Dragon forces operate in the most dangerous waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Consistantly, we came within the range of North Vietnamese coastal batteries. But BOSTON, unlike the three other heavy cruisers who also operate in Sea Dragon, escaped without taking a direct hit. Shrapnel littered our decks and hundreds of rounds kicked fountains of water up on all sides, but each time BOSTON steamed free to fight again. fMpi a ' ' ' ' V. .». .i --:-— ' ■ ' js-trf- esd-
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Xi fi C mMm ] imsmmmmmmm WESTPAC - the Western Pacific - is the domain of the Seventh Fleet. The waters of Vietnam, the Formosa Straits, Korea and all adjacent areas are dominated by Seventh Fleet units, policing those seas for America. BOSTON was attached to the Seventh Fleet for her part in the combat, as many other East Coast units (but never before a cruiser) had been when they deployed to the Pacific. Operational control of the Fleet, under COMSEVENTHFLEET, is designated to several type commanders, and BOSTON was a part of the Cruiser Destroyer Group of the Seventh Fleet. Seventh Fleet operates all types of missions in Vietnam, as well as other parts of the Pacific. Minesweepers, river patrol boats, swift boats, aircraft carriers, destroyers, cruisers, amphibious types and hospital ships are all part of the Fleet. And ships such as BOSTON are sent from the Atlantic to bolster these forces.
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Sea Dragon ' . All missions in Sea Dragon were conducted at General Quarters, when all hands are at their battle stations. The hours were unbelievably long - many times we steamed from a mission out safer waters to rearm our diminishing ammunition supply. But with all the strain and anguish of carrying out our mission, we came to realize we were doing a job for our country, and we endured with pride. »v
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