In October 2012 retired Rear Admiral, Lloyd "Joe" Vasey, was interviewed by David Day on Asia Review and gave a detailed account of the August 4 incident. According to Admiral Vasey, who was aboard , a guided missile cruiser, in the Gulf of Tonkin and serving as chief of staff to Commander Seventh Fleet, "Turner Joy" intercepted an NVA radio transmission ordering a torpedo boat attack on "Turner Joy" and "Maddox". Shortly thereafter, radar contact of "several high speed contacts closing in on them" was acquired by the USS "Turner Joy", which locked on to one of the contacts, fired and struck the torpedo boat. There were 18 witnesses, both enlisted and officers, who reported various aspects of the attack; smoke from the stricken torpedo boat, torpedo wakes (reported by four individuals on each destroyer), sightings of the torpedo boats moving through the water and searchlights. All 18 of the witnesses testified at a hearing in Olongapo, Philippines, and their testimony is a matter of public record.