Sea Dragon assets were a part of Task Force 70.8, whose mission was naval shore bombardment.

[3] The destroyers Mansfield and Hanson of the U.S Navy Seventh Fleet commenced operations on 25 October 1966 off the coast of Quang Tri Province to intercept and destroy waterborne supply craft which were attempting to carry supplies and personnel from North Vietnam to areas south of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in South Vietnam.

[2] Targets included radar stations, boat repair facilities, bridges, and surface-to-air missile sites.

Seventh Fleet calculated that after one year of operations that Sea Dragon had sunk or damaged 2,000 logistics craft.

[4] During the operation lifetime 29 Sea Dragon ships damaged by shore battery fire with five sailors killed and 26 wounded.