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Series: Records About Naval Gunfire Support During the Vietnamese Conflict (CONGA)
USS Keppler DD765, sorted by MISSION FIRING DATE
Contains 212 records
This series contains data from daily and weekly Operations Summary Reports (OPREP-5) sent by teletype from Military Assistance Command-Vietnam in Saigon. The data document naval gunfire support missions in South Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict and the shore bombardment of North Vietnam as part of Operation Sea Dragon and subsequent bombardments. The files consist of one record for each firing mission and include information on: the date and beginning and ending times of the firing mission; the type of the firing ship; name of mission; type of operation; name and hull type of the warship; aircraft sortie data; target information; enemy war casualties; friendly battle casualties; and ordnance expenditures. Beginning on January 31, 1968, the files also include information on provinces, air sorties, and ordnance expended.
Editor's notes:
1) The records for the 1966-67 era appear to be incomplete or inaccurate.
examples:
a. I have not been able to locate a record or consecutive records (QUANTITY OF ORDNANCE EXPENDED) that would verify our cruise book's statement of "RECORD FIRING 468 ROUNDS IN 7 MINUTES".
b. I kept a personal log that included all dates our guns fired. Many of these dates do not appear in these records.
If anyone can explain these, send me an email.
2) I reformatted the times from military 000000 type entries to 00:00:00 for easier reading.
However, this presents a new question.
example:
see record #5, 31:00:01
How do we get a time of 31 hours?
If anyone can explain this, send me an email.
3) I added a column to convert the RANGE TO TARGET IN THOUSANDS OF YARDS to RANGE TO TARGET IN MILES.
If anyone sees a problem with my math, send me an email.
Ken Kapes, MR2
USS Keppler DD765, 1966-1970
1) The records for the 1966-67 era appear to be incomplete or inaccurate.
examples:
a. I have not been able to locate a record or consecutive records (QUANTITY OF ORDNANCE EXPENDED) that would verify our cruise book's statement of "RECORD FIRING 468 ROUNDS IN 7 MINUTES".
b. I kept a personal log that included all dates our guns fired. Many of these dates do not appear in these records.
If anyone can explain these, send me an email.
2) I reformatted the times from military 000000 type entries to 00:00:00 for easier reading.
However, this presents a new question.
example:
see record #5, 31:00:01
How do we get a time of 31 hours?
If anyone can explain this, send me an email.
3) I added a column to convert the RANGE TO TARGET IN THOUSANDS OF YARDS to RANGE TO TARGET IN MILES.
If anyone sees a problem with my math, send me an email.
Ken Kapes, MR2
USS Keppler DD765, 1966-1970