She deployed again to Vietnam from 30 January 19 June 1967, and again ranged along the coast. and troop concentrations in enemy territory DIVE! On 11 Oct, HMM-261 replaced HMM-163 as the SLF squadron and the USS Valley Forge (LPH 8) replaced the USS Iwo Jima. On 10 May, HMM-365 returned to DaNang from Okinawa. On 16 June DET, HMA-369 arrived at the 9th MAB with AH-1J Sea Cobra gunships to commence Marine Hunter-killer operations (MarHuk) against small boat traffic ferrying cargo from merchant ships to landing sites off the North Vietnamese coast. The Det provided three of these sorties while the squadron aboard USS Inchon provided the remainder. MAG-16 at MMAF included H&MS-16 (O-1s and H-34s), HMM-265 (H-46As), HMM-363 (H-34s), HMH-463 (H-53s) and VMO-2 (UH-1Es). She was . Their other missions continued. Bill and the crew got out with minor injuries and swam to the surface. Now that the wing was supporting only one Marine division, helicopter resources were more available. VMO-2 lost their V, becoming an all-helicopter squadron for the first time. Posted in Video / Tagged aircraft carrier, Carrier Air Wing 11, CG-59, Coronado, CVN-68, documentary, naval aviation, Nimitz class, Operation Iraqi Freedom, PBS, Pearl Harbor, Persian Gulf, United States Navy, USS Nimitz, USS Princeton, YouTube / Leave a comment The American Navy In Vietnam (1967) Ingenuity has always been a Marine trademark. Writers:John Van NortwickandAlan Barbour. After many sightings, and in an attempt to capture NVA prisoners, HMM-265 helilifted reinforcements to the position. She launched 248 sorties against targets in the Hagaru area to announce her arrival, and for the next six days continued the pace to support Marines fighting their way down the long, cold road from the Chosin Reservoir to Hungnam. The USS Princeton (LPH 5) was the designated amphibious assault ship at the beginning of the year. This was to be a common sight for the next six years. VMO-6 remained all UH-1E through the year, based at Quang Tri. she participated in "Beacon Star" On 1 January, USMC personnel in the RVN totaled 76,616 men. A helicopter, possibly a Sikorsky R-5, lands on the deck of USS Princeton (CV-37), 5 December 1947. The fourth USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a United States Navy Independence -class light aircraft carrier active in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. OPERATION SHUFLY was initiated with the deployment of HMM-362 into Soc Trang. On 8 Mar, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (9th MEB), including Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/9 and BLT 1/3 were landed across the beaches and via Da.Nang harbor. The 600-foot light carrier USS Princeton (CVL23) was commissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard on February 25, 1943, and was sunk 20 months later, on October 24, 1944, in Leyte Gulf during heroic efforts to retake the Philippines from the Japanese. Princeton was commissioned in November 1945, too late to serve in World War II, but saw extensive service in the Korean War, in which she earned eight . The key words were High Theater, as the operation was based on the statistical theory that a given number of mine sweeps in a given geographical area would produce a 99.9% assurance that no more live mines were present. Veteran owned business since 2000. The policy of rotating squadrons into Vietnam every four months commenced 1 Aug when HMM-163 relieved HMM-362. The hazards to the aircraft and aircrews lay in the flight envelope required to accomplish the mission. In October 1964 Princeton exchanged WestPac training for the real thing as she returned to Viet Nam and joined . The copilot, LtCol Chuck Pitman, had been wounded, and he and the pilot, Maj Mike Wasco, spent a few anxious hours in a water-filled bomb crater until an Army UH-1 arrived to get them out. cut enemy supplies On 27 Apr, a year after the arrival of Marine helicopters into Vietnam, the first loss occurred of an aircraft that was not recovered, and directly attributed to enemy action. The Bell AH-1G Cobra arrived at MMAF with VMO-2 on 10 Apr. M-60 machine guns on a helicopter occurred in August, inside the cargo hatch of an HUS-1. Operation Upshur Stream was one last sweep of that old nemesis, Charlie Ridge. Stingray teams from 1st Force Recon were inserted by UH-1Es from VMO-2 along suspected enemy avenues of approach. As noted in a later paragraph, 263 suffered heavy casualties and damage during this strongly opposed landing. Please note that the Catalog does not always list logs in chronological order. The medevac crews were cautioned not to bring out a deceased Marine with a live RPG round in his chest. NHHC Photograph Collection. A section of H-34s from HMM-364 provided an emergency resupply of ammunition to B company of 1/7 as two helos came across the zone a few feet off the ground while the crewmen kicked the ammo boxes out the doors under extremely heavy fire. Shortly after launch, YM15 was hovering over a house floating down a swollen river. she arrived at San Diego on the 31st . they combined close air support with raids on power sources in the Hwachon Reservoir area and USS PRINCETON served her country as LPH-5 for for more than 10 years until decommissioned on 30 JAN 1970. The HUS-1 became the UH-34D, the OE-1 the O-1B, the R4D the C-117, the HR2S-1 (deuce) the CH-37C and the GV-1 became the KC-130. with other Navy The Blue Water Navy Veteran's Act of 2019 Map provides a way for veterans to determine if their ship entered the zone created by the law. 166k. LPH-5. PO Box 1564 Cypress TX 77410 Tel 281-256-1221. MajGen Bruno Hochmuth, Commanding General, 3rd MarDiv died when his UH-1E from VMO-3 exploded and crashed 5 miles NW of Hue on 14 Nov killingCapts Kelsey and Carter, and Cpl Ron Phelps. highly indented coast. The VMO-2 broncos, also used during Lam Son 719 to plant electronic sensor strings near approach routes, flew out of country on 31 Mar. closed mineral processing plants and munitions factories at Sindok For 138 days her planes flew against the enemy. and Army units aga This was the first major contact with the 21st NVA Regiment. On 15 Apr. Flight crews averaged 13 hours in the air, and Capt Berry was high timer with 18.3 hours. after that operation HMM-261 helos were again heavily damaged when inserting 2/4 the next day as a blocking force. On 9 Mar the 95th NVA Regiment overran the A Shau Special Forces Camp near the Laotian border. of the Republic of South Viet Nam. A much-needed overhaul followed Princeton's return to the west coast, and in May 1968 she again sailed west to Vietnam. For the next five years she alternated HUK exercises off the west coast The last half of May was punctuated by extreme political unrest in I Corps, resulting in Prime Minister Ky sending ARVN units into DaNang to reestablish his authority. and departed again 3 July Returning to her homeport Ambassador to safety. Reclassified CVA-37 (1 October 1952) From SeptemberNovember 1962, Princeton served as flagship of Joint Task Force 8 during the nuclear weapons test series, Operation Dominic. He was released by North Vietnam and returned to the United States in 1973. Both MAG-16 and MAG-36 plus HMM-363 from Qui Nhon and HMM-261 from the SLF supported Task Force Delta and the 5th ARVN Regiment as they swept this familiar ground in search of VC and NVA units. arriving 2 September. USS PRINCETON LPH-5. with the stabilization of the front there The ship was laid down as Valley Forge one of the "long-hull" Essex class on 14 September 1943 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The Nixon Administration adopted a policy seeking to end U.S. involvement in RVN either through negotiations or by turning the combat role over to the Vietnamese. The National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) has custody of the Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941 - 1983 in the Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel (Record Group 24). HMM-162 joined HMM-163 in Da Nang in response to increasing helicopter requirements in-country. The FLIRs (forward looking infrared) systems were from B-52 aircraft. In the Vietnam War from February 1967 to April 1971, operating from Da Nang, South Vietnam. 27 April-4 May Returning to her homeport, Long Beach, California, Princeton visited San Francisco, Puget Sound, and Hawaii as part of the 1965 Pacific Midshipman Training Squadron. The crew was rescued safely. The 23 rounds were stacked on these straps parallel to the diir. All Rights Reserved. In October 1964 delivered Marine Corps advisors and helicopters to Soc Trang in the Mekong Delta area of the Republic of South Vietnam. During April the 9th MAB with PROVMAG-39 consisting of HMM-164 and HMM-165 (27 H-46s), HMH-462 (16 H-53s-USS Okinawa), HMH-463 (16 H-53s-USS Hancock), HML-367, and HMA-369, was activated for the evacuation. The total number of ships on the list is 308. As the pilot held this precarious position, Sgt. ARVN units moving into old USMC areas still required Marine helo support from MAG-16. Fortunately, no lives were lost. South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu had suggested, at the beginning of the year, that ARVN forces were ready to replace part of the allied forces. The Marine effort in 1969 was aimed at destroying the NVA staging and assembly areas and lines of communication near the population centers of Dong Ha, Quang Tri, Da Nang and Quang Tri. Hiep Duc was retaken, but abandoned later by the ARVN, as undefendable. With heavy fire support from four Cobras and two OV-10s, the H-46 was able to spiral safely upward from the LZ under heavy ground fire. These years of the war saw an increased rate of casualties to both aircraft and aircrew. The crew chief, Cpl. HMM-362 (reinf) included 24 recently overhauled HUS-1 helicopters, a detachment of 3 OE-1s from VMO-2, one R4D, and 50 additional maintenance personnel. They then transferred to the USS Princeton in Subic Bay and returned to Dong Ha in April. During May, HMM-362 flew its first night medevac. Vice Adm. Kitchener Visits USS Princeton. HMM-162 left Vietnam 15 May for Okinawa. The LZ was honeycombed with well-used trails leading from North Vietnam to the south. He also believed in creating LZs where they were required, rather than picking a naturally existing LZ near the insertion point. HMM-362 (reinf), assisted by HMM-261, both from the amphibious assault ship USS PRINCETON (LPH-5), was ashore by mid-afternoon and ready to accept missions the following day. rruptions came in October 1961 when she rescued survivors of merchantmen Pioneer Combat operations On 27 Oct, shortly after midnight, explosions hit MMAF and the Chu Lai SATS field. She then prepared for inactivation and on 20 June decommissioned and joined other capital ships in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. However, the operation was unusual, as it seemed that the daily flight schedule was based on the progress of the Paris peace talks. It also includes ships supplying and supporting these operations. The first Princeton was the first screw steam warship in the United States Navy. Additional VMO-2 O-1Bs arrived; Birddogs had already been in-country with SHUFLY and the 9th MEB. Thanks for waiting ..sorry it took so long.. o seize critic al points MAG-16 and MAG-36 helos lifted in the ARVN counterattack force, taking hits in 20 of the 30 UH-34s involved. then covered the evacuation from Hungn This is a list of (561) Princeton Shipmates from 1945-1970 signed on to THIS Website. May 1951 - August 1951 with CVG-19 aboard USS Princeton (CV 37) June 1952 - February 1953 with ATG-2 aboard USS Essex (CV 9) . Capable of transporting a battalio USS Princeton, a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier built at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in November 1945, a few months after the end of World War II. to protect Viet-Namese in the Phu Loc area from Viet Cong "harassment.". The CH-53D Sea Stallion assault helicopter was delivered to the USMC with a lift capacity of 8000 pounds and 38 troops, which increased the payload over the H-53A by two tons. The NVA executed its plan to overrun Con Thien on 8 May. HMM-263 lost a great Marine Bert McCauley, Announcement for the 2023 Heavy Haulers Gathering in the Fort Worth Stock Yards. Naval gunfire mission in the Vietnam War in support of the 3rd, 4th and 5th VNMC Battalion Marines. They sank small craft to prevent the recapture of offshore islands; blasted concentrations of supplies, facilities, and equipment behind enemy lines, participated in air-gun strikes on coastal cities, pounded the enemy's hydroelectric complex at Suiho on the Yalu River to turn off power on both sides of that river, destroyed gun positions and supply areas in Pyongyang; and closed mineral processing plants and munitions factories at Sindok, Musan, Aoji, and Najin. Those with undergraduate degrees are preceded with an apostrophe (e.g., Wendy Kopp '89), and those with graduate degrees are preceded with an . The action started to pick up and many of HMM-364s H-34s and their escorting Army gunships were hit. With 11 Marines wounded, 1 dead, and the remaining 8 holding their positions for fear of detonating other mines, Clausen quickly leaped from the helicopter and, in the face of enemy fire, moved across the extremely dangerous, mine-laden area to assist in carrying casualties to the waiting helicopter. HMM-163 returned to MMAF and then to CONUS on 31 Aug. HMH-462 arrived at MAG-36 on 21 Aug with additional H-53As. The rumor among MAG-36 Marines onboard the USS Princeton enroute from CONUS had been that they would turn around and head back because of the great success of Operations Starlight, the war would soon be over. In March HMM-364 personnel departed, their H-34s now flown by the VNAF. After the ship was sold for scrapping, some of the steel deck plate was acquired by Fermilab in 1972 for use in its experimental areas. Our team extensively researched ways to simplify the process of verifying whether coordinates from ships' logs were inside the zone. Henry and his co-pilot, 1st Lt. Dave Cummings, proceeded upward through the ravines, just above the canopy, much of the time at low airspeeds. Two composite squadrons, HMM-165 (reinf) on the USS Tripoli, and HMM-164 (reinf) off of the USS Okinawa from the 9th MEB had arrived to support the Vietnamese Marines. for the first time in combat. One of her last missions was to serve as the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 10 space mission. Maneuvers in Hawaiian waters preceded her return to San Diego until 15 March. The most costly and bitterly opposed helicopter operation to date, Sure Wind 202 took place on 27 Apr. Operation STONE was completed during the month of February in Quang Nam Province. Some of the 365s missions were evidence of the wide range of unusual and sometimes humorous events in the daily schedule of helo aircrews. On February 28, 1844, during a Potomac River pleasure cruise and . In September, three HUS-1s were hit by small arms fire, and a crew chief was wounded, becoming the first Marine helicopter aircrew casualty of the war. One of two light carriers in Task Group 38.3, Princeton carried 23 fighters and 10 torpedo bombers. Operation ENDSWEEP was tasked with the clearance of US-laid sea mines from Haiphong Harbor and its approaches in accordance with the then on going Paris Peace Accords. Nixons troop withdrawal plan began on 14 Jul with BLT 1/9 leaving for Okinawa. Johnson Island Operation Dominic Spring and Summer of 1962, Oct 2 '62 to Nov 3 '62 Johnston isle Last 2 hydrogen & 7 nuke's, Shellback Initiation - 11 NOV 1966 - Pacific Ocean, Sailed up and river in south viet nam 17 miles, Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1967 - Pacific Ocean, Shellback Initiation - 16 SEP 1967 - Pacific Ocean, Shellback Initiation - 31 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean, Shellback Initiation - 27 SEP 1968 - Pacific Ocean, Shellback Initiation - 16 SEP 1968 - Pacific Ocean, Shellback Initiation - 10 SEP 1968 - Pacific Ocean, Shellback Initiation - 20 MAY 1969 - Pacific Ocean, operation milrow/ uss princeton lph5 nuclear tests. NHHC Photograph Collection. 26 March- 6 April All vessels of Inshore Fire Support [IFS] Division 93 during their entire Vietnam tour USS Carronade (IFS 1) USS Clarion River (LSMR 409) [Landing Ship, Medium, Rocket] . HMM-161 redeployed on 15 Aug from MMAF to MCAS Tustin. USS Princeton (CV-37) was deployed to Vietnam four times between 1964 and 1967. MARINE B.L.T. Reclassified CVA-37 (1 October 1952), Princeton returned to California on 3 November for a two-month respite from the western Pacific. DEC. 12 1961 SAIGON VIETNAM ? The attached units were HMM-163 (H-34s), HMM-262 (H-46As) and VMO-6 (UH-1Es). The 1st MAW was being asked to support all of the aviation needs of two reinforced Marine divisions. On 15 Mar, HML-167 was established at MMAF with 13 UH-1Es from VMO-2. Dye Marker became the official name of the Strong Point Obstacle System (known by Marines as the McNamara Line) on 14 Jul. and the western Pacific (1 October-23 December) during 1948. They were armed with a three-barrel 20mm cannon, machine guns and rockets, and had a rotor brake. sever communications The 9th MAB naval gunfire element flew with Det B of HML-367 from the USS Denver (LPD-9). U.S. Navy Ships in Vietnam. In February 1953 Search and destroy missions against Viet Cong and North Viet-Namese Army units followed as Princeton provided transportation Although she was extensively modified internally as part of her conversion to an LPH, external modifications were minor, so throughout her career Princeton retained the classic appearance of a World War II Essex-class ship. Princeton's planes Inte This was to have been the build-up to the NVA main force attack on Khe Sanh while other diversions and coordinated attacks were planned at other Marine positions in I Corps, presumably on 8 May, the 13th anniversary of the fall of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu. and "Osage" MAG-16 supported the 1st Mar Div, the Republic of Korea Marines, and occasionally the 3rd Mar Div. Her keel was laid down on October 15, 1986, at the Litton - Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., and she was launched on October 2, 1987. 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