Special Operations (V) . 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 NVA determined to hold Quang Tri City at all costs. Dye Marker became the official name of the Strong Point Obstacle System (known by Marines as the McNamara Line) on 14 Jul. closed mineral processing plants and munitions factories at Sindok Prior to the battle for Quang Tri City, on 27 Jun, HMM-165 conducted an amphibious demonstration (feint) off of Quang Tri. In May, her helicopters lifted Marines to the DMZ to block enemy forces withdrawing across the Bn Hi River. On October 24, 1944, during the Battle . Ambassador to safety. 132 KB. On 9 Mar the 95th NVA Regiment overran the A Shau Special Forces Camp near the Laotian border. 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. 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. In May Eugene Mettler (KIA according to Carl Septien, but NOT on The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in DC) 1. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. and "Eager Hunter." 26 March- 6 April 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). She then prepared for inactivation and on 20 June decommissioned and joined other capital ships in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. This is a list of (561) Princeton Shipmates from 1945-1970 signed on to THIS Website. 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. Other targets were truck traffic and anti-aircraft guns in North Vietnam. On 12 Jan, HMM-162 relieved HMM-163. this time to impede enemy infiltration from the DMZ. 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. During November, the district headquarters at Hiep Duc, in western Quang Tin Province, a place we would come to know well, was overrun. Naval gunfire mission in the Vietnam War in support of the 3rd, 4th and 5th VNMC Battalion Marines. The remarkable aircraft lazed just a few hundred feet overhead until called upon by the company commander to attack tree lines and other entrenchments in the companys path. Chain saws and axes became a part of the individual Marines equipment. > reclassified to Landing Platform, Helicopter - LPH 5 USS Princeton on March 2, 1959 : images: LPH 5 (1959-70) . OPERATION HASTINGS began as a search and destroy mission 55 miles NW of Hue to counter the NVA 324B Division across the DMZ. On 2 Oct 63 , HMM-361 relieved HMM-261. Two battalions were on alert at Phu Bai. BLT 3/5 replaced BLT 1/5 on 7 May. Quang Tri was defended by the main-force NVA 325th Division, reinforced. From Manila, Princeton joined the 7th Fleet in the Marianas, becoming flagship of Task Force 77 (TF 77). 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. Hanoi at this time was following its long-term strategy of protracted war. On 9 Apr HMM-364 replaced HMM-362 on the SLF. The Republic of South Vietnam: 1965 to 1970 . Princeton received 8 battle stars for service during the Korean Conflict. One VNAF and two Marine H-34s were lost, and 17 of the 21 committed were hit. n landing team and carrying helicopters in place of planes Camp Carroll artillery base near the DMZ was abandoned by the end of December. arriving at San Diego on the 21st. Fortunately, no lives were lost. From May until January 1960 Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Eugene Cernan, John Young, and Thomas P. Stafford, was recovered in the South Pacific on 26 May. of the Republic of South Viet Nam. On 27 Aug the USS New Orleans (LPH-11) offloaded 18 CH-53As from HMH-361 to join MAG-36 at Phu Bai. Intensive training refreshed her Reservist crew, and on 5 December she joined TF 77 off the Korean coast, her planes and pilots (Air Group 19) making possible the reinstitution of jet combat air patrols over the battle zone. ProvMag 39 was deactivated 31 Oct. On 7 Nov, the MAG 36 command group left Phu Bai for Okinawa. MAG-16 and MAG-36 helos lifted in the ARVN counterattack force, taking hits in 20 of the 30 UH-34s involved. Capt. The USS Iwo Jima became the amphibious assault ship. and link up with assault forces landed on the beaches. The III MAF Logistic Support facility was destroyed by a grass fire on 27 Apr southwest of Da Nang. Next, they combined close air support with raids on power sources in the Hwachon Reservoir area and, with the stabilization of the front there, resumed interdiction. Ingenuity has always been a Marine trademark. Got to the ship about 1700 hours. She operated in the Atlantic until June 1946, then went to the Pacific, where she spent the . HMM-261 returned to the USS PRINCETON as the SLF squadron. Many of the Vietnam-era deck logs have been digitized and are available via the National Archives Catalog. The following is a growing list of Princeton alumni who have made contributions in the area of government and public affairs. 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. By the 11th, all units had reached the staging area on the coast. The USS Princeton (NCC-59804) was a Federation starship, a Niagara-class fast cruiser in Starfleet service in the 24th century, named for Princeton University's location in New Jersey, on Earth. The wing departed from the traditional helicopter package by placing particular packages (two H-46s) under the operational control of the infantry regimental commanders. On 7 Nov, the SLF was composed of redeployed units, including HMM-165 and HMM-164, and could no longer be introduced into Vietnam without the approval of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. rruptions came in October 1961 when she rescued survivors of merchantmen Pioneer Clausen did not falter. On 4 Mar, 14 helicopters from HMM-261, HMM-364 and VMO-6 were heavily damaged during a troop lift of the 1st ARVN Airborne and 2/7 in support of Operation UTAH by intense anti-aircraft fire (numerous 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine guns). Personal initiative soon took over and crews were acquiring other more effective items such as the solid fiberglass vests worn by infantry units. On 14 Apr, BLT 3/4 began its amphibious landing in DaNang and was flown to Hue/Phu Bai Airfield (Phu Bai), approximately 8 miles south of the ancient capital of Hue. Marine helos, including HMM-164, provided massive support to Marines dug in throughout Leatherneck Square in northeast I Corps. NHHC Photograph Collection. Sinanju So much for the withdrawal ordered 6 months earlier. USS Princeton (CVCVACVS37, LPH5) was one of 24 Essexclass aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. She arrived in San Diego on 27 October 1967, and remained there through the end of the year. 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. The action started to pick up and many of HMM-364s H-34s and their escorting Army gunships were hit. At the beginning of the year, HMM-361 was aboard the USS Iwo Jima with SLF A, followed by HMMs 363, 362, 363, and 362 during the year, transitioning to the helicopter carrier USS Princeton during the year. Keywords: Entry: 50627 Subject: O R DIV 1950-1953 . 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. for the first time in combat. Ships Store: Paul Johnson. 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. By July, when Operation Endsweep was concluded, the squadrons had logged 2000 hours of tow time. The first Princeton was the first screw steam warship in the United States Navy. The team requested an emergency evac. 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. Though intended for use during World War II, the carrier was not completed until late 1946, long after hostilities had ended. PRINCETON USS was an American aircraft carrier and was one of the six US warships sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval engagement since Jutland. Princeton rejoined TF 77 in the combat zone. This also caused the loss rate to climb, with many instances of aircraft being hit and crewmembers wounded. Covered by smoke laid down by VMO-2 Cobras, the H-46 spiraled in and backed up to a narrow ridge with just the rear main gear on the ground. Congress declared the cessation of all U.S.-funded military operations in Southeast Asia on 14 August. Reclassified Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter) (LPH) 2 March 1959. Twenty six month later, in August 1959, PRINCE was recommissioned and off Korea by December. The Marines in the LZ who were listening for the sound of the Cobras engine guided them. HMMs 164, 362 and VMO-3 transferred to MAG-36. USS Valley Forge (CV-45) was the final Essex-class aircraft carrier to enter service with the US Navy. Sponsored. On 3 Aug OPERATION PRAIRIE I commenced to determine the extent of NVA forces in the DMZ, primarily the NVA 324B and 341st Divisions. On 9.Mar the MUV was re-designated MAG-16, under operational control of the 9th MEB. Crews were issued vests and diapers of spun fiberglass that were only marginally effective in stopping light shrapnel. The USS Turner Joy (DD-951) fired the last U.S. Reclassified again, 2 March 1959, she emerged from conversion as an amphibious assault carrier, LPH-5. Combat operations, interrupted in November for flood relief work, continued into the new year, 1965, and culminated in May off Chu Lai as she carried out her primary mission, vertical envelopment, for the first time in combat. Interdiction missions followed and by 4 April Princeton's planes had rendered 54 rail and 37 highway bridges inoperable and damaged 44 more. On 30 April 1952, Princeton rejoined TF 77 in the combat zone. The 9th Marines devised a tactical arrangement termed Sparrow Hawk at the beginning of the year with units from MAG-16. Clausen had removed his helmet and was unable to hear the order. Rhonda . RVN losses were significant. in the Khe Sanh area Princeton was commissioned in November 1945, too late to serve in World War II, but saw extensive service in the Korean War, in . . At first with the Atlantic Fleet and then with the Pacific, PRINCETON steam on post-war deployments and then was decommissioned on 20 JUN 1948 and placed in reserve. Aoji HMM-363 departed MAG-36 for CONUS on 21 Jan. President Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated on 20 Jan. HMM-161 redeployed on 15 Aug from MMAF to MCAS Tustin. It was destroyed, along with 38 other starships. On 7 May, 3rd MAB ceased all ground combat and fixed-wing air operations by Marines in Vietnam. On 11 October 1967, USS Okinawa relieved her as flagship of TG 76.4, and Tripoli headed for home. heir way down the long in the So 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. In January 1970, the USS Princeton was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Register, and then sold for scrap in May 1971. 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. On 21 Jul, all CH-46As were grounded for application of air and fuel filters because of excessive sand ingestion. Despite their efforts, the ship burned to the waterline. Marine helicopters also operated primarily in those areas. On 18 May, HMM-263 sustained significant loss and combat damage in Operation Beau Charger during an insertion in the DMZ. Political considerations at higher levels delayed the start of ENDSWEEP until 12 March. National Museum of Naval Aviation photo U.S. Navy Ships in Vietnam. Keith B. McCutcheon. Upon arrival over the area, the helo crew saw that the recon team was located approximately 200 yards from the only LZ. 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. A detachment of two YOV-10Ds had arrived on 26 May for combat evaluation. On 22 July, HMM-164 again heli-lifted VNMC troops into Quang Tri. Operation Harvest Moon was launched in the Phouc Valley west of Highway One between Da Nang and Chu Lai in December. Operations kicked off with Operation Taylor Common in the Arizona territory, northwest of An Hoa, supported by MAG-16. Search and destroy missions against Viet Cong and North Viet-Namese Army units followed as Princeton provided transportation HMM-164 (H-46As) was assigned to SLF B aboard the USS Tripoli. USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1943: Independence: Sunk: USS Princeton (CV-37) 1945: Essex: Scrapped: USS Randolph (CV-15) 1944: Essex: Scrapped: USS Ranger (CV-4 . USS PRINCETON LPH-5 Vietnam War Ships Carrier Photo Cacheted First Day Postmark. Maj. John Van Nortwick, HMM-263 XO, tells of a poignant reward following a night medevac. 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. During December, a most unusual and heroic medevac took place. 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. Reactivated with the outbreak of hostilities in Korea 15 months later, Princeton recommissioned on 28 August 1950. after conversion at Bremerton One, the success of Operation ENDSWEEP was directly linked to the release of U.S. POWs held in North Vietnam, and two, Marines obey the orders given them. This was the beginning of the planned replacement of H&MS-16s CH-37Cs. The H-53s, escorted by the AH-1Gs (and later AH-1Js) of HML-367, moved massive amounts of tonnage of material in and out of Laos. bobneu@webtv.net Thank you. On 24 Apr the first battle of Khe Sanh (the Khe Sanh Hill Fights) was fought over Hills 881N, 881S and 861 above the combat base. Vietnam, Order of Battle. On 17 May, HMM-161 replaced HMM-163 at Quang Tri with a full strength squadron of CH-46Ds. MACV anticipated this NVA change for the coming year. HMM-362 replaced HMM-261 on 5 Jan. A similar US Army operation south of the Marines in Binh Dinh province was carried out at the same time. remained in the Atlantic and operated with the 8th Fleet until June 1946. 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. For much of the summer they pounded supply arteries, concentrating on highways, and in August Princeton got underway for the U.S., arriving at San Diego on the 29th, after collecting Destroyer Division 51 at Pearl Harbor.[1]. 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. Princeton trained with Marine units from Camp Pendleton VMO-6 stood down on 2 Oct and had departed for Okinawa by 20 Oct. HMM-161 and HMM-262 were assigned to MAG-16 on 16 Oct, but remained at Phu Bai due to space limitations at MMAF. The Marine was offloaded and carried under the nose bubble of the CH-46. USS PRINCETON served her country as LPH-5 for for more than 10 years until decommissioned on 30 JAN 1970. with similar operations in the western Pacific and In September and October 1946, she operated in Japanese and Chinese waters, then returned to the Mariana Islands where she remained until February 1947. cvs) during the vietnam conflict. November 1964 - South Vietnam. 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 . The veterans of the USS Princeton Roy Moore, Loyd Knippers, Jim Patton, Joe Northcutt, Iver Edwall, Buford Pollett, Wally Snedden, Charles Trauber, Ron Pollard, Fred Durham and Orvell Wright held their annual reunion in Lufkin over the weekend. They were first in. Sadly, HMM-163 made the cover of Life Magazine (16 Apr 65) when it showed YP-13s copilot hit by gunfire. ng Cau district and the Song Cai river valley NH 93798: USS Princeton (LPH-5), General William Westmoreland, COMUSMACV (left), with Captain Paul J. Knapp, USN, Commanding Officer of Princeton, on the ships flight deck, on the occasion of her delivery of food relief supplies to South Vietnam. All Rights Reserved. The Third Marine Expeditionary Force, later re-designated Third Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF) was formed 6 May from the 9th MEB units, including all elements of MAG-16. USS Princeton was used during the filming of the 1952 Monogram Pictures feature Flat Top. As her twilight approached, PRINCETON recovered Apollo 10 in 1969. During August, HMM-261 conducted a major retrograde operation lifting 1300 ARVN from LZs near the Laotian border to Thuong Duc, SW of Da Nang. On 30 July, after completion of Operation ENDSWEEP, the 31st MAU was reconstituted aboard the USS Tripoli with 13 H-53s, 4 H-46s, 2 hueys and 4 cobras. NH 93797: USS Princeton (LPH-5), U.S. Marines loading relief supplies on a USMC/Sikorsky Ch-34 helicopter for delivery to South Vietnam. The FLIRs (forward looking infrared) systems were from B-52 aircraft. The lineup of helicopter groups and squadrons in July, just prior to the beginning of troop withdrawals: ProvMag-39 at Quang Tri with HMM-161, HMM-262, and VMO-6; MAG-36 at Phu Bai with HML-367, HMM-265, HMM-362, and HMH-462; and MAG-16 at Marble Mountain with HML-167, HMM-165, HMM-263, HMM-364, HMH-463, and VMO-2. At the same time, CH-53Ds of HMM-165 provided support to HM-12 using the Mark 105 Seabome Equipment Platform, a hydrafoil sled. Veterans Memorial Wall in DC ) 1 amphibious assault ship ( Helicopter (. The area, the squadrons had logged 2000 hours of tow time support to HM-12 using the Mark Seabome. 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