Embarked aboard the USS Okinawa, 263 conducted assualt landings in Operation Beaver Cage 25 miles south of Da Nang; Operations Bear Bite 4 miles northeast of Hue/Phu Bai; and Operations Colgate 1 mile east of Hue/Phu Bai. DECKHOUSE II began on 16 Jul with the SLF near the DMZ as an amphibious assault in support of OPERATION HASTINGS with BLT 3/5 and HMM-363. 1960-1964 Deck Logs. The U.S. Navy "Amphibious Ready Group Alpha" (Task Group 79.4) underway off Vietnam on 31 July 1968. she engaged the enemy in operations "Jackstay" The USS PRINCETON (LPH-5), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, was commissioned on 18 NOV 1945, too late for action in world War II. On 27 Oct, shortly after midnight, explosions hit MMAF and the Chu Lai SATS field. 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. Media in category "USS Princeton (CV-37)" The following 40 files are in this category, out of 40 total. With non-folding blades, ten was the maximum contingent. HMM-363 was located at Da Nang. he firs t landing on the moon. HMH-361 (H-53As and some Ds) redeployed to CONUS as part of the third redeployment of US forces on 28 Jan. VMO-2 moved from MAG-16 (helicopter MAG) at MMAF to MAG-11 (fixed wing MAG) at Da Nang on 1 Feb. With the space created by the removal of HMH-361 and VMO-2 from MMAF, HMMs 161 and 262 moved from Phu Bai to MMAF. Moments later, the vessel went to general quarters with all . Next The Marine was offloaded and carried under the nose bubble of the CH-46. (CV-37, later CVA-37, CVS-37 and LPH-5), 1945-1971. As her twilight approached, PRINCETON . 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. All Rights Reserved. On 11 Jul, 9th MAB helicopters again landed VNMC troops north of Quang Tri City. The Special Landing Force (SLF) of the 7th Fleet at the beginning of the year consisted of BLT 2/3 and HMM-261 aboard the USS Valley Forge. a ship that saw action in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. MAG-36 went in as well, together with SLF A and HMM-362. NS023741. USS PRINCETON served her country as LPH-5 for for more than 10 years until decommissioned on 30 JAN 1970. On one occasion, a mine detonated near him, killing the Navy corpsman, and wounding three more Marines. USS Princeton (LPH-5) operated on Ganh Rai Bay during April 1966 (see other category) USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) entered mouth of Hue River during December 1965 (see other category) . This was the beginning of the planned replacement of H&MS-16s CH-37Cs. Search and destroy missions against Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam units followed as Princeton provided transportation, medical evacuation, logistics and communication support for the amphibious operation Deckhouse I, 18 27 June, in the Song Cau district and the Song Cai river valley, then supported 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne units engaged in Operation Nathan Hale to the south of the Deckhouse I area. with other Navy No Marine helicopter activity was recorded. The Marine TAOR shrank to essentially Quang Nam province. They were first in. From USS Princeton Newsletter No 63, Oct-Nov, 2008: In January, 1964, Princeton was in dry dock in Long Beach, California. HMM-163 and VMO-2 assisted in the evacuation of the camp, with the loss of three UH-34s. 19621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975. The 3rd MEB was supported by HMM-161 flying off of the USS Princeton until 7 May, when the squadron transferred to the USS Iwo Jima (LPH 2), remaining off the coast of Chu Lai until 12 Jun. The wing departed from the traditional helicopter package by placing particular packages (two H-46s) under the operational control of the infantry regimental commanders. She fought for just over a year and a half before she was sunk at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944, taking 108 men with her. Inside were many armed and equally surprised VC. At the same time, CH-53Ds of HMM-165 provided support to HM-12 using the Mark 105 Seabome Equipment Platform, a hydrafoil sled. with similar operations in the western Pacific and On 9 Mar the 95th NVA Regiment overran the A Shau Special Forces Camp near the Laotian border. Political considerations at higher levels delayed the start of ENDSWEEP until 12 March. Interdiction missions followed and by 4 April Princeton's planes had rendered 54 rail and 37 highway bridges inoperable and damaged 44 more. 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. 30 March Da Nang, MMAF and Da Nang Airfield fall to NVA forces. Those with undergraduate degrees are preceded with an apostrophe (e.g., Wendy Kopp '89), and those with graduate degrees are preceded with an . o seize critic al points Please check our Hours of Operation page before planning your visit. The last personnel evacuated, Marines of the combined security force, were lifted out at 0753 on 30 April aboard Swift 2-2, an H-46 from HMM-164. Keith B. McCutcheon. 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. 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). Photographed from USS South Dakota (BB-57). A total of thirty four CH-53s, twenty seven CH-46s, six UH-1Es and eight AH-1Js were committed and flew 682 sorties between first light on 29 April and 0753 on 30 April. . The crew was rescued safely. Main Landing Gear Assemblies are not. . USS PRINCETON LPH-5. 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. As noted in a later paragraph, 263 suffered heavy casualties and damage during this strongly opposed landing. The following day, bad luck dogged Operation ENDSWEEP as HMH-463s XO, Maj. Bill Smith, took his CH-53 submarine YH-11, to the bottom of Haiphong Harbor. An estimated force of 90 men from mainforce VC units, in four teams, launched a well-planned, coordinated attack on MMAF. HMMs 263, 362, 163 and 361 rotated through SLF A during the year. Keywords: Entry: 50627 Subject: O R DIV 1950-1953 . On 1 Mar, VMO-3 at Phu Bai was redesignated HML-367 with a transfer of all aircraft and personnel. OPERATION SHUFLY was initiated with the deployment of HMM-362 into Soc Trang. 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. She was reclassified in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), then as an Antisubmarine Aircraft Carrier (CVS), and finally as an amphibious assault ship (LPH), carrying helicopters and marines. The USS Midway (CVA-41) had an additional contingent of 6 USAF CH-53s (special ops) and 4 USAF HH-53s (rescue). and again ranged along that long embattled On 30 March, the North Vietnamese launched the Easter offensive focused on the two northern provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien. For the next three years, she followed a similar schedule, gaining experience in her primary mission. Asbestos in Navy Ships Associated Press, "Home-Coming Carrier Greeted at San Diego", 'The San Bernardino Daily Sun', San Bernardino, California, Thursday 30 August 1951, Volume LVII, Number 312, page 2. USS Princeton (LPH-5) underway off the coast of South Vietnam on 13 January 1967 (NNAM.1996.488.060.024).jpg. ing on highways Soon afterwards, the squadron lost 2 aircraft while on a SAR mission and 10 aircrew were killed. HMM-263 lost a great Marine Bert McCauley, Announcement for the 2023 Heavy Haulers Gathering in the Fort Worth Stock Yards. Several H-46s were damaged. MAG-36 units at Quang Tri airfield were HMM-163 (H-34s), HMM-262 (H-46As) (from SLF) and VMO-6 (UH-1Es). HMM-265 moved to MAG-16 at MMAF. 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. When Company A arrived at LZ Robin, a central position about midway along the peninsula, they established a defensive perimeter and prepared for Company B and D's arrival in the second wave. On 6 Aug, team Groucho Marx was inserted north of the Rockpile. 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. o the Marine artillery base at Gio Ling and evacuated wounded from Con Thien mountain. 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. Soon the need became apparent and both formal and informal programs took place. Princeton Camp Carroll artillery base near the DMZ was abandoned by the end of December. 10 H-34s from HMM-162 arrived at Phu Bai in support of BLT 3/4. Each of the two Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG) consisted of a composite squadron of four H-53s, fourteen H-46s and four UH-1Es. Personal initiative soon took over and crews were acquiring other more effective items such as the solid fiberglass vests worn by infantry units. From Manila, Princeton joined the 7th Fleet in the Marianas, becoming flagship of Task Force 77 (TF 77). 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. The flag of USS Princeton is now in Princeton University in the University Chapel. This is a list of (561) Princeton Shipmates from 1945-1970 signed on to THIS Website. Ha Air Facility was opened to the III MAF on 30May as LtCol P.X. Built at Camden, New Jersey, USS Princeton (CVL-23), an Independence class aircraft carrier, was commissioned in February 1943. We settled on using the Google Maps API and . Soon, the diapers were not being worn, but were folded double and sat upon. The next day another H-46 experienced a similar failure at MMAF. The Marines in the LZ who were listening for the sound of the Cobras engine guided them. The Republic of South Vietnam: 1965 to 1970 . Reactivated with the outbreak of hostilities in Korea fifteen months later She arrived in San Diego on 27 October 1967, and remained there through the end of the year. I was on board uss princeton lph-5 i need deck logs from 1962 -1964 to see if we were exposure to agent orange. The attached units were HMM-163 (H-34s), HMM-262 (H-46As) and VMO-6 (UH-1Es). Shortly after HMM-363s arrival in Qui Nhon, LtCol George Kew, CO, brought back a one-legged H-34 having left the other landing gear strut in an Army LZ. and Air Force squadrons Older aircraft were similarly retrofitted during the overhaul cycle. NHHC Photograph Collection. Shortly after launch, YM15 was hovering over a house floating down a swollen river. In October 1964 Hey Guys. destroyed gun positions and supply areas in Pyongyan; and In the early years, armor for H-34s, other than self-sealing fuel cells, and their crews did not formally exist. During the next months it was followed by HMM-265 (MAG-16, MMAF), HMM-165 (MAG-36, KyHa) and HMM-262 (MAG-36, KyHa), all in CH-46As. On 28 January, at 0800, the final cease-fire was observed. This envelope, summarized as 35 knots airspeed, 35 feet AGL, ball way out, high gross weights, and downwind in many cases required very high power settings and caused unusual stress on airframes and flight control systems. 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. Maj. Hazelbaker was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions. . As the situation clarified and it became obvious that this was a recon team in contact, Major Macauley, now able to talk to the Marines on the ground, knew that a fast reaction was needed and headed to the position without waiting to muster a full recon extract package. BLT 1/9 relieved BLT 3/26 on the SLF at the end of the year. After launch on a routine flight, he landed to load a WIA Marine, who was a booby trap victim. The team requested an emergency evac. Thirteen years and fifteen days later, on 30 April 1975, an HMM-164 CH . 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) cvs) during the vietnam conflict. Assisted by:Mike Leahy,Gene Salter,Jim Shanahan,Roger Herman,Joe Novak, Bob Stoffey, andTed Read. It was destroyed, along with 38 other starships. Some MAG-16 units, including a detachment of eight UH-1Es from VMO-2, moved to Dong Ha Airfield to support Hastings. The operation was unique in many ways and required the Marines assigned to utilize high levels of ingenuity, flexibility, and political awareness. XXL flak jackets suddenly became a high fashion item. Now that the wing was supporting only one Marine division, helicopter resources were more available. Phu Bai retained the remainder of the squadrons of MAG-36. Another fully equipped squadron would be ordered in. (CVL-23) Coordinates: 1521N 12331E. ng Cau district and the Song Cai river valley cut enemy supplies Dye Marker became the official name of the Strong Point Obstacle System (known by Marines as the McNamara Line) on 14 Jul. then deployed to WestPac to train in Okinawan waters. HMM-363 departed MAG-36 for CONUS on 21 Jan. President Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated on 20 Jan. We told them we would bring down their wounded, said Penn. In January, the NVA commenced probing attacks on many major South Vietnamese cities. The 3rd MAB included Det VMO-2, MAG-16, HML-167, HML-367, HMM-262, HMM 263 and HMH-463. Princeton received 8 battle stars for service during the Korean Conflict. Helos lifting off M Co from USS Princeton heading for the "Street Without Joy" area just north of Dong Ha on Operation DECKHOUSE II 16 July. on 24 October 1944, shortly after she was hit by a Japanese bomb while operating off the Philippines. They were last out. On 27 Aug the USS New Orleans (LPH-11) offloaded 18 CH-53As from HMH-361 to join MAG-36 at Phu Bai. On 24 Sep HMM-362 relieved HMM-363 as the SLF squadron. interrupted in Novemb Quang Tri was defended by the main-force NVA 325th Division, reinforced. Roger Henry requested permission to attempt an approach up the mountainside to the LZ. The year began with HMM-365 (UH-34Ds) in country as the helicopter element of Marine Unit Vietnam (MUV) (previously SHUFLY). Overloaded, Pless jettisoned his rocket pods, and nursed his helicopter out of the LZ. 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. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. Available for both RF and RM licensing. In May, her helicopters lifted Marines to the DMZ to block enemy forces withdrawing across the Bn Hi River. 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 9th Marines devised a tactical arrangement termed Sparrow Hawk at the beginning of the year with units from MAG-16. Initially, activities were limited to the installation of minesweeping kits (a streaming winch, a tow kit, flight control system modifications, a precise navigation system based on Loran, rearview mirrors, and 2 internal fuel cells) and AMCM aircrew training with the Magnetic Orange Pipe (MOP) at NAS Cubi Point. After Operation Hastings, Princeton sailed for home, arriving on 2 September. rruptions came in October 1961 when she rescued survivors of merchantmen Pioneer Twenty six month later, in August 1959, PRINCE was recommissioned and off Korea by December. Two days following that, HMM-362 suffered the first combat damage to an HUS-1 during OPERATION NIGHTINGALE when a bullet pierced an oil line in its engine compartment. closed mineral processing plants and munitions factories at Sindok On 18-21 Jun, the amphibious operation DECKHOUSE I was carried out with an attack on the VietCong 12 miles northwest of Tuy Hoa. Marine helos, including HMM-164, provided massive support to Marines dug in throughout Leatherneck Square in northeast I Corps. Using a primitive bomb sight (black tape on the chin bubble) developed by a bright young Lieutenant with an engineering degree, the loads were released over a target area from 1500-2000 feet, allowed to penetrate the jungle canopy or target area, and ignited by rockets from VMO-2 broncos or HML-367 cobras. The Khe Sanh combat base now had a permanent detachment of 2 H-46s, 2 H-34s and 2 UH-1Es from MAG-16. after conversion at Bremerton Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, right, speaks with Lt. Cmdr. During December, a most unusual and heroic medevac took place. The Princeton's reputation in the Navy never recovered from a devastating incident early in her service. Reclassified again On 30 January 1970, Princeton was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register, and sold for scrapping to Zidell Explorations Inc., Portland in September 1972 by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. Sinanju Some of the 365s missions were evidence of the wide range of unusual and sometimes humorous events in the daily schedule of helo aircrews. 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. USS Princeton (CV-37), Aircraft Carrier, Korean War - US NAVY PHOTO: Awards ceremony on the flight deck of USS Princeton (CV-37), circa May 1951, in which 31 Naval Aviators of Air Group 19 received Air Medals, and two more . He had to wear the big XXL vest with the right and left flaps overlapped because it was too large. The FLIRs (forward looking infrared) systems were from B-52 aircraft. her helicopters 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. This was a search and destroy operation in conjunction with OPERATION PRAIRIE I. 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