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| Battle of Dong-Yin | |||||||
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| Part ofProject National Glory | |||||||
Dongyin, Lienchiang in the East China Sea (labelled as Tung-yin Shan東引山) (1953 | |||||||
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| Unknown | |||||||
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| 1 destroyer | 8 gunboats | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Official claim: 3 killed 4 wounded Estimate: 7 killed 43 wounded | 4 boats sunk 2 boats damaged | ||||||
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TheBattle of Dong-Yin (Chinese:東引海戰) also known as theBattle of May First (Chinese:五一海戰) was a naval conflict between forces of theRepublic of China Navy and thePeople's Liberation Army Navy aroundDongyin island,Fukien Province,Republic of China on 1 May 1965. Both sides subsequently claimed victory.

Around 12:40 AM on May 1, 1965, a ROCN Northern DivisionDong-jiang aPC-461-class submarine chaser on patrol northeast of Dong-Yin Island encountered a PLAN force consisting of 4 fast attackType 062 gunboat. The PLAN combatants attempted to encircle the ROCN destroyer, and the two sides exchanged fire from a distance of 500 to 1,000 yards.
In the ensuing exchange, the Dong-jiang received a total of 154 hits. Seven crew members died, 19 received serious injuries, and 24 received minor injuries. The ship's casualty rate reached 62%. The ship remained in service until 1970.
2 PLAN gunboats were damaged, one was slightly damaged by Taiwanese retaliatory fire, and a second which collided with a gunboat had to be towed.[1]
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