USS Newport News CA-148 Naval Research - CONGA Combat Naval Gunfire Support File
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Combat Naval Gunfire Support File (CONGA) 3/1966 - 1/1973
USS Newport News CA-148 CONGA Data June 1969
The Combat Naval Gunfire Support File (CONGA), 3/1966 - 1/1973 contains a record for every naval gun fire mission during that period of the Vietnam War. Each record contains the date, time, target coordinates, rounds expended, etc.
NN Viet Cruise Start Date (Local) Start Time (Local) End Time (Local) Elapsed Time Latitude Longitude MGRS Coordinates DMA (MGRS) Map Map Notes Operation Operation Nickname Forces Supported Time of Day Target Type Province Spotter Gun Ordinance Rounds Expended Range (mi) Yards (100's) Spotter Aircraft Enemy Losses Enemy Killed Second 01-Jun-69 1333 1420 0h 47m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY TROOP CONC QUANG NAM AIR 8"/55 HC 68 13.1 230 O-1 0 6 KIA Second 01-Jun-69 1445 1503 0h 18m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY BASE CAMP QUANG NAM AIR 8"/55 HC 40 11.4 200 O-1 BUNKER 2 EA DESTROYED 8 KIA Second 01-Jun-69 1445 1503 0h 18m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY BASE CAMP QUANG NAM AIR 11.4 200 O-1 TUNNEL 6 EA DESTROYED Second 01-Jun-69 2101 0717 10h 16m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY H AND I QUANG NAM 8"/55 HC 74 10.8 190 Second 01-Jun-69 2101 0717 10h 16m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY H AND I QUANG NAM 5"/38 CVT 42 10.8 190 Second 01-Jun-69 2101 0717 10h 16m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY H AND I QUANG NAM 5"/38 RAP 27 10.8 190 Second 02-Jun-69 1042 1111 0h 29m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY BUNKER QUANG NAM AIR 8"/55 HC 64 11.4 200 OV-10 BUNKER 4 EA DAMAGED Second 02-Jun-69 1523 1545 0h 22m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY TROOP CONC QUANG NAM AIR 5"/38 CVT 20 10.2 180 OV-10 Second 02-Jun-69 1523 1545 0h 22m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY TROOP CONC QUANG NAM AIR 5"/38 WP 18 10.2 180 OV-10 Second 02-Jun-69 1827 1843 0h 16m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY BASE CAMP QUANG NAM 8"/55 HC 73 11.4 200 0 2 KIA Second 03-Jun-69 0025 0528 5h 03m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR NIGHT H AND I QUANG NAM 8"/55 HC 52 11.4 200 Second 03-Jun-69 0025 0528 5h 03m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR NIGHT H AND I QUANG NAM 5"/38 RAP 12 11.4 200 Second 03-Jun-69 1804 1837 0h 33m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY BUNKER QUANG NAM AIR 8"/55 HC 33 13.1 230 O-1 BUNKER 1 EA DESTROYED Second 03-Jun-69 1804 1837 0h 33m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR DAY BUNKER QUANG NAM AIR 13.1 230 O-1 BUNKER 1 EA DAMAGED Second 03-Jun-69 2328 0407 4h 39m Naval Gunfire - SV 1ST MAR NIGHT H AND I QUANG NAM 8"/55 HC 44 14.2 250
Source: Raw .csv CONGA data downloaded from
NARA AAD August 2004, and scrubbed by Bob Chase into a usable spreadsheet, CONGANNMissionsv05.xls.
Carl W. Cole
James Island SC
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