Haiphong shipyard bombed

Workers Press no. 832, 3 August 1972 · scan page 3

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AMERICAN Navy planes have bombed Haiphong shipyard for the first time in an attempt to stop North Vietnamese vessels running the blockade of the country's ports.

Haiphong is the premier port of North Vietnam and its shipyard builds and repairs shallowdraught vessels used to unload supplies from Chinese freighters anchored offshore to avoid US mines.

Pilots from the aircraft carrier 'Saratoga' claimed much of the yard had been left in flames. Hanoi's Foreign Ministry said the US had also deliberately bombed residential areas of Haiphong, destroying 400 homes and killing wounding a great many civilians.

The statement said hundreds of tons of demolition and antipersonnel bombs , had been dropped on seven residentiai areas of the city over the weekend and on Monday.