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Go on over to CDR Salamander's and just read the whole thing. While the Air Force and Naval Aviation get a lot of credit for pounding the heck out of North Vietnam during Linebacker II, the surface fleet pulled its own weight. Not only did they provide essential escort to the carriers, they shot the heck out of the coastline of North Vietnam. 

One neat little bit in that story- The North Vietnamese used radar directed coast artillery guns to defend against these surface raids. And so the USN quickly came up with a countermeasure. The ASROC launcher was modified to carry the AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missile. The ship's Electronic Support Measures (ESM) would give a good indication of the bearing to the shore based fire control radar, and some fair estimate of range. The ship could then simply turn the ASROC to the relative bearing, elevate the launcher cells, and loft  a Shrike at it, with a fair chance of success.