. Later that night in the club, LtCol Kew made the following statement: You all know that the 1820 engines are a critical supply item. On 31 Aug, during a medevac, a CH-46A from HMM-262 disintegrated in-flight while enroute to the USS Tripoli. Marine Helicopters from HMM-164 and HMM-265 participated in the initial lift. In September, the VMO-squadrons were assigned a priority mission of a 24-hour medevac standby with a UH-1E medevac slick, a UH-1E gunship and crew of four pilots, two crewchiefs, a door-gunner and a corpsman. Kimmel and his Airborne Observer (AO) were killed two weeks later. A helicopter, possibly a Sikorsky R-5, lands on the deck of USS Princeton (CV-37), 5 December 1947. artillery Any questions?. Inte this time to impede enemy infiltration from the DMZ. By mid-1969, wing helicopters were flying at 150 percent of their authorized utilization. she transported Marine Air Group 36 to Viet Nam in August A visit was made to the U.S. Embassy and the Defense Attach Office (DAO) in Saigon on 12 Apr for evacuation site and LZ selection. Many of the Marines in these squadrons had served multiple tours in-country fighting the North Vietnamese and questioned that they would now in effect be working in cooperation with their former enemies. The medevac team was now a single H-34 or H-46 with a UH-1E gunship chase on 24 hour standby. Reclassified CVA-37 (1 October 1952) she emerged from conversion as an amphibious assault carrier USS ORISKANY USED in Korea and Vietnam wars photo fd9 - $24.53. On 16 Feb a detachment of Marines under Col Paul Niesen and four new Bell AH-1J twin-engine Sea Cobras arrived in RVN for combat evaluation, attached to HML-367. However, increased emphasis was placed on quick reaction packages (QRPs), variously known as Pacifier, Kingfisher and Sparrowhawk. 25 March Hue and Hoi An fall to communist forces r support If it werent war, it could have been a symphony. Capt. They arrived aboard the USS Denver, then transferred to the USS Cleveland (LPD-7) and then the USS Dubuque (LPD-8). On 15 April 1962,a Sikorsky HUS-1 (later redesignated the UH-34D) crew from LtCol Archie Clapps HMM-362 touched down on a World War II Japanese fighter strip 3 miles from Soc Trang, southwest of Saigon, in the Mekong Delta. CVS-37 and then LPH-5, a helicopter landing platform ship in March 1959. HMM-261 helos were again heavily damaged when inserting 2/4 the next day as a blocking force. HMM-363 moved further south to Tuy Hoa, again in support of the 101st Airborne, which was opening another airfield at Phu Cat. Completing that mission successfully By the beginning of May, Marine amphibious units were in position offshore. He continued to bring wounded aboard. Once BrigGen Carey had discovered the fact, he convinced Admiral Whitmire to rescind his order, assuming that the communists would be in control by morning. In May, her helicopters lifted Marines to the DMZ to block enemy forces withdrawing across the Bn Hi River. Mark A. Russ 2. USS Princeton (LPH-5) underway off the coast of South Vietnam on 13 January 1967 (NNAM.1996.488.060.024).jpg. in the So Personal Comments Page 2 - USS Princeton (CV-37) - US Navy - Korean War Project - Almost three thousand units pages are available at the Korean War Project. NH 93797: USS Princeton (LPH-5), U.S. Marines loading relief supplies on a USMC/Sikorsky Ch-34 helicopter for delivery to South Vietnam. By the late 60s, all new production UH-1Es, CH-46s and CH-53s were equipped with pilots armored seats, and CH-46s also had engine armor. 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. One half of the UH-1E inventory would be transferred from the VMOs to new Marine Light Helicopter Squadrons (HMLs) for the duration of the war. MAG-16 ended the year as the only helicopter group in RVN. In February, HMM-363 rejoined MAG-36 at Chu Lai, after five months in support of US Army and Korean operations at Qui Nhon, Tuy Hoa, and Phu Cat in II Corps. The NVA executed its plan to overrun Con Thien on 8 May. HMM-161 attempted a retraction of the reinforcing unit, but was waved off by the ground commander due to intense enemy fire after picking up 20 of the 45 troops. The pilots of HMM-365 returned to Okinawa aboard the USS Princeton to take on replacement aircraft. Assisted by:Mike Leahy,Gene Salter,Jim Shanahan,Roger Herman,Joe Novak, Bob Stoffey, andTed Read. The operation commenced 12 miles south of Da Nang, in an area that was and would be cleared many times with support from MAG-16. VMO-2 was practically wiped out. The sappers destroyed 19 helicopters and damaged another 35 that evening, killing three Marines; two from VMO-2, and a Navy corpsman on medevac standby. A VA-195 Dambusters AD-4 Skyraider takes off the aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CV 37) during the Korean War. He was released by North Vietnam and returned to the United States in 1973. Another fully equipped squadron would be ordered in. Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Eugene Cernan, John Young, and Thomas P. Stafford, was recovered in the South Pacific on 26 May. Keith B. McCutcheon. She deployed again to Vietnam from 30 January 19 June 1967, and again ranged along the coast. 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 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 detonation of actual mines was minimal, but when that occured, it was most impressive. The following account of an HMM-165 night medevac turned recon extract tells how both extraordinary courage on the part of the crew and spontaneous inter-service coordination resulted in a successful life saving mission. USS New Orleans LPH 11 December 3 1969 (N36383) No Cachet. ing on highways resumed interdiction. April 1963 saw the tempo of operations pick up with the advent of clear weather. Free for commercial use, no attribution required. HMM-261 relieved HMM-162 on 8 Jun , continuing the building of combat experience in the helicopter community. and "Osage" In December, she returned to the United States. On 31 January, PFC Mike Clausen, an HMM-263 crew chief, was the embodiment of the highest ideals of Marine helicopter aircrews when he participated in a rescue mission to extract elements of a platoon that had inadvertently entered a minefield while attacking enemy positions. After Operation Hastings, Princeton sailed for home, arriving on 2 September. In the year 2367, the Princeton participated in the Battle of Wolf 359. Additional VMO-2 O-1Bs arrived; Birddogs had already been in-country with SHUFLY and the 9th MEB. Army UH-1B gunships from the US Army 68th Aviation Co. in Da Nang regularly escorted the Marine H-34s. "Proud Hunter" The Membership list is now up, you can find it up at the right. It had become obvious that a plan was needed immediately. USS PRINCETON LPH-5 Vietnam War Ships Carrier Photo Cacheted First Day Postmark. In the meantime, the missions continued. 1965 Those with undergraduate degrees are preceded with an apostrophe (e.g., Wendy Kopp '89), and those with graduate degrees are preceded with an . On 1 Mar, VMO-3 at Phu Bai was redesignated HML-367 with a transfer of all aircraft and personnel. VA-195 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 19 (CVG-19) and made two deployments to Korea aboard the Princeton, from Nov. 9, 1950 to May 29, 1951, and from March 21 to Nov. 3, 1952. On 15 Mar, HML-167 was established at MMAF with 13 UH-1Es from VMO-2. The U.S. Navy "Amphibious Ready Group Alpha" (Task Group 79.4) underway off Vietnam on 31 July 1968. The first fatalities in Marine helicopters occurred 6 Oct 62 , when a HUS-1 crashed due to mechanical failure,killing 7 of the 8 aboard. It was destroyed, along with 38 other starships. This was the first significant contact with major VC units (1st Viet Cong Regiment). 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 USS Princeton replaced the USS Valley Forge on 5 Mar, along with BLT 1/5. FOR SALE! Operation Double Eagle I began 28 Jan with a two-battalion amphibious operation south of Quang Ngai supported by MAG-36 and a heliborne assault by the SLF BLT and HMM-362. President John F. Kennedys assassination on 22 Nov 63 resulted in President Lyndon B. Johnson taking over the reigns of the American government. HullNumber.com does not share your information. During September and October They then transferred to the USS Princeton in Subic Bay and returned to Dong Ha in April. . Decommissioned 30 January 1970. The year began with HMM-365 (UH-34Ds) in country as the helicopter element of Marine Unit Vietnam (MUV) (previously SHUFLY). The USS Tripoli replaced the USS Valley Forge in July. 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. The South Vietnamese Marine Division (VNMC) held the advancing NVA at the My Chanh in April. I was on board uss princeton lph-5 i need deck logs from 1962 -1964 to see if we were exposure to agent orange. HMH-463 (CH-53Ds), with Dets from HMM-164 (CH-46Ds) and HML-167 (UH-1Es) attached; and HMM-165 (a composite squadron with a mix of CH-53Ds, CH-46Ds and UH-1Es) joined TF 78, together with the Navys HM-12 (RH-53As). The corpsman soon became exhausted and Penn attempted to carry the man by himself. NS023741. MAG-36 at Phu Bai included HMM-164 (H-46As), HMM-362 (H-34s), HMM-364 (H-46Ds) and VMO-3 (UH-1Es). On the 29th of July, a mis-firing Zuni rocket hit an external . Operations kicked off with Operation Taylor Common in the Arizona territory, northwest of An Hoa, supported by MAG-16. vertical envelopment 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. in the Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf area. The 3rd MarDiv moved north from Da Nang to Hue; the First Marine Division moved up from Chu Lai to Da Nang, and the operating areas of Marine helos moved similarly. This armor was constructed of a steel-kevlar sandwich and performed well. 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. Kachon Scott Margolis, the operations officer aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), during a scheduled visit to the ship. On 10 May, a Marine A-4 Skyhawk was downed during a bombing mission south of the DMZ by a surface to air missile (SAM) fired from a position north of the Ben Hai River in the DMZ. They were armed with a three-barrel 20mm cannon, machine guns and rockets, and had a rotor brake. For the period 1960-1964, many logs were produced in a revised format, with slightly truncated columnar data immediately preceding the remarks instead of on a separate page. Quick Ship Facts. a ship that saw action in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. We told them we would bring down their wounded, said Penn. This was the beginning of the planned replacement of H&MS-16s CH-37Cs. On 16 Aug, the SLF conducted DECKHOUSE III on the Vung Tau Peninsula 60 miles south of Saigon with HMM-363. On 2 Oct 63 , HMM-361 relieved HMM-261. On 10 Nov, pilots and aircrew were just starting to get on with serious Birthday Ball business when emergency flood relief flights caused by monsoon rains in the Da Nang area were launched. Capable of transporting a battalion landing team and carrying helicopters in place of planes, Princeton's mission became that of vertical envelopmentthe landing of Marines behind enemy beach fortifications and providing logistics and medical support as they attack from the rear to seize critical points, cut enemy supplies, sever communications, and link up with assault forces landed on the beaches. The FLIRs (forward looking infrared) systems were from B-52 aircraft. HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously. As her twilight approached, PRINCETON recovered Apollo 10 in 1969. Following shakedown off Cuba, Princeton with Air Group 81 embarked remained in the Atlantic and operated with the 8th Fleet until June 1946. Carlos Septien and Gil Hernandez 3. As they scrambled aboard, the VC resumed their attack on the helo crew and its new passengers. Later that same day, Capt John Eilertson, 1/LT Ron Pettis, Sgt Nathanial Tucker, and LCpl Francis Mayher evacuated 40 Vietnamese refugees in one flight, setting a payload record for H-34s that may still stand. MAG-36 units at Quang Tri airfield were HMM-163 (H-34s), HMM-262 (H-46As) (from SLF) and VMO-6 (UH-1Es). He rolled in with rockets and machine guns, which caused the VC to scatter. Lemuel Cook, gunner, and LCpl David Penn, crew chief, left the aircraft to help evacuate the two wounded Marines. Typical of HMM squadrons operations conducted during an SLF tour were those of HMM 263 during the period Feb Nov 1967. Reclassified again By July, when Operation Endsweep was concluded, the squadrons had logged 2000 hours of tow time. Returning to her homeport Task Force Delta, initially consisting of three Marine battalions, grew to six battalions, and five Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) battalions. On 8 Jan, four CH-53As arrived in RVN, attached to MAG-16. HMH-463 deployed to MCAS Kaneohe Bay. These and other actions caused the Marines to develop procedures to perform quick engine changes, QECs, in the field. Then transferred to the Pacific Fleet, she arrived at San Diego, departing again on 3 July 1946 to carry the body of Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon back to Manila for burial. Sadly, HMM-163 made the cover of Life Magazine (16 Apr 65) when it showed YP-13s copilot hit by gunfire. In July, a detachment of 10 UH-34Ds from HMM-161 moved from Phu Bai to Qui Nhon in II Corps to support the SLF BLT, which came ashore with HMM-163 to secure the port area during the arrival of the 1st Cavalry Division. From May 1959 January 1960, Princeton trained with Marine units from Camp Pendleton, then deployed to WestPac to train in Okinawan waters. 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. then covered the evacuation from Hungn She remained in the area after the truce on 27 July, and on 7 September got underway for San Diego. RVN losses were significant. Despite their efforts, the ship burned to the waterline. The loss of 3 A/C (2 Marine, 1 Navy) during ENDSWEEP was attributed to material failure in each case. Although ARVN operations continued to increase, the overall need for helicopter support steadily decreased. At the beginning of the year, MAG-16 at MMAF had HML-167 (UH-1Es), HML-367 (AH-1Gs), HMMs 263 and 364 (CH-46Ds), HMH-361 (H-53As) and 463 (H-53Ds) and VMO-2 (OV-10As). Interdiction missions followed and by 4 April Princeton's planes had rendered 54 rail and 37 highway bridges inoperable and damaged 44 more. Apr 1972: The squadron participated in Operation Freedom Train, tactical air sorties against military and logistic targets in the . 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] . At 1420 on 29 April, Operation FREQUENT WIND commenced. ng Cau district and the Song Cai river valley On 9 Apr HMM-364 replaced HMM-362 on the SLF. A Navy C2 Greyhound is being . She first appeared in Vietnam in 1962, and returned for combat deployments through the 1960s. bobneu@webtv.net Thank you. One of her last missions was to serve as the prime recovery ship for the Apollo 10 space mission. closed mineral processing plants and munitions factories at Sindok At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. The line up of squadrons at the end of the year included HMMs 164, 165, 262, and 265 (H-46s); HMMs 263, 362 (SLF), 363, and 364 (H-34s); Det HMH-463 (4 H-53As, afloat) VMO-2, VMO-6, and VMO-3 (who arrived 29 Dec) (UH-1Es), H&MS-11 (3 UH-34Ds), H&MS-16 (4 UH-34Ds)(6 CH-37s)(9 O-1Cs), H&MS-17 (4 UH-34Ds) and H&MS-36 (3 UH-34Ds). It had already overrun Lang Vei on 4 May. NHHC Photograph Collection. U.S. Navy Ships in Vietnam. The first fixed-wing OV-10A arrived in-country in May, and was assigned to VMO-2 at MMAF. he firs t landing on the moon. Additional squadrons included HMH-462 (H-53s-Phu Bai) and HMH-463 (H-53s-MMAF). pounded the enemy's hydroelectric complex at Suiho on the Yalu to turn off power on both sides of that river drop tanks. The first mounting of 30 cal. USS Princeton (CVCVACVS37, LPH5) was one of 24 Essexclass aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. Eugene Mettler (KIA according to Carl Septien, but NOT on The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in DC) 1. DEC. 12 1961 SAIGON VIETNAM ? The ships supported operations "Fortress Attack III" and "Scotland II". 1900-1949: Humanitarian Actions. In March, she assisted in countering an enemy threat to the Marine artillery base at Gio Linh and evacuated wounded from Con Thien. Reactivated with the outbreak of hostilities in Korea fifteen months later This was part of the planning for Operation EAGLE PULL, which would evacuate the Americans and allied personnel from the Cambodian city of Phnom Penh if and when required. MACV announced, in January, that all Marines would be withdrawn from RVN during the first half of 1964 as part of a plan to end direct US participation in the war. USS Princeton was used during the filming of the 1952 Monogram Pictures feature Flat Top. USS Rasher SS 269 December 17 1969 Portland OR Pmk. 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 . and departed again 3 July The Princeton (CG 59) is the 13th Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser and the sixth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name of Princeton. rruptions came in October 1961 when she rescued survivors of merchantmen Pioneer HMM-164 (H-46As) was assigned to SLF B aboard the USS Tripoli. The crew chief and gunners were picked up immediately by the wingman. Thanks for waiting ..sorry it took so long.. USS Princeton (CV/CVA/CVS-37, LPH-5) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy.The ship was the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Princeton. Crew losses were equally high. USS Princeton (LPH-5) with Amphibious Ready Group Alpha off Vietnam 1968.jpeg 1,908 1,532; 636 KB. On 15 April 1962, a Sikorsky HUS-1 (later redesignated the UH-34D) crew from LtCol Archie Clapp's HMM-362 touched down on a World War II Japanese fighter strip 3 miles from Soc Trang, southwest of Saigon, in the Mekong Delta. concentrat Following these, 263s most significant operation was Beau Charger which was the first official incursion by US Forces into the DMZ. 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 battle stars, and the Vietnam War. 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