By the 11th On 12 Jan, HMM-162 relieved HMM-163. . After many sightings, and in an attempt to capture NVA prisoners, HMM-265 helilifted reinforcements to the position. By 1964, all H-34s that were in country were equipped with oil tank armor plate under the engine compartment. n landing team and carrying helicopters in place of planes she operated in Japanese and Chinese waters pounded the enemy's hydroelectric complex at Suiho on the Yalu to turn off power on both sides of that river President Johnson announced a complete halt to bombing and naval bombardment of North Vietnam on 31 Oct. On 1 Nov, North Vietnam announced they would meet in Paris with the United States, South Vietnam and the communist National Liberation Front. The detonation of actual mines was minimal, but when that occured, it was most impressive. In January, the NVA commenced probing attacks on many major South Vietnamese cities. The Membership list is now up, you can find it up at the right. 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. facilities On 9 Mar the 95th NVA Regiment overran the A Shau Special Forces Camp near the Laotian border. In January 1954, Princeton was reclassified CVS-37 and, after conversion at Bremerton, Washington, took up antisubmarine/ Hunter-Killer (HUK) training operations in the eastern Pacific. Marine 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. HMM-161 redeployed on 15 Aug from MMAF to MCAS Tustin. 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. 28 of 34 helicopters were hit. 29 . By the beginning of May, Marine amphibious units were in position offshore. There is no such thing as Marines not evacuating Marines. No Marine helicopter activity was recorded. as flagship for Amphibious Ready Group Alpha USS Princeton then joined Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) for . In addition to its service in the Vietnam War, in April of 1969, the Princeton was a space recovery ship for the return of the Apollo 10 lunar landing mission. and on 7 September got underway for San Diego. Hiep Duc was retaken, but abandoned later by the ARVN, as undefendable. MAG-16 observed the situation closely from MMAF. Pless was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions, while his remaining crewmembers received Navy Crosses for their actions that day. after conversion at Bremerton The attached units were HMM-163 (H-34s), HMM-262 (H-46As) and VMO-6 (UH-1Es). It was a spectacular finale to a long night. North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh died on 3 Sep. Operation Durham Peak brought many aircrews back into the Que Son Mountains and the Que Son valley, which was first entered during Operation Harvest Moon in 1965. 24 March Quang Ngai and Tam Ky fall to the NVA Vietnamese Marines retook Quang Tri and the NVA invasion stalled as the monsoons arrived in September. 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. OPERATION HASTINGS began as a search and destroy mission 55 miles NW of Hue to counter the NVA 324B Division across the DMZ. Princeton For full info contact: USS Princeton Assn. 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. He then came under VC attack and lifted off, leaving some of his passengers in the LZ whom immediately came under heavy VC fire. Built at Camden, New Jersey, USS Princeton (CVL-23), an Independence class aircraft carrier, was commissioned in February 1943. In order to provide improved response to 3rd Marine Division units along the DMZ, PROVMAG-39 was established from the existing units at Quang Tri on 14 Apr. with other Navy It was destroyed, along with 38 other starships. We settled on using the Google Maps API and . 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). Media in category "USS Princeton (CV-37)" The following 40 files are in this category, out of 40 total. G.C. In April, two SLFs were formed, each with an HMM. Keith B. McCutcheon. 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. The USS Iwo Jima replaced the USS Princeton on 7 May. At that time, she had already been converted to an amphibious assault carrier, LPH-5, carrying only helicopters. With squadron rotations continuing three times a year for the next two years, half of the Marine Corps squadrons received invaluable combat experience prior to the large-scale deployments that started in 1965. After Operation Hastings, Princeton sailed for home, arriving on 2 September. On 30 Jan, the ARVN kicked off their massive multi-division incursion 40 miles into Laos from a point west of Khe Sanh, known as Lam Son 719. Some of the 365s missions were evidence of the wide range of unusual and sometimes humorous events in the daily schedule of helo aircrews. The SLF embarked on the USS Iwo Jima 24 Jun from Okinawa with BLT 3/7 and HMM-163 as the SLF squadron. In February 1953, she was back off the Korean coast and until the end of the conflict launched planes for close air support, "Cherokee" strikes against supply, artillery, and troop concentrations in enemy territory, and against road traffic. 18-29 July '66 Operation HASTINGS . On 24 Sep HMM-362 relieved HMM-363 as the SLF squadron. HMM-363 deployed to Qui Nhon in October in direct support of the Armys 101st Airborne, which relieved the Marine BLT securing the port. Please note: As is traditional when referring to Princeton alumni, each name is followed by the individual's graduation year. The wounded Marine survived. MAG-16 ended the year as the only helicopter group in RVN. The USS Princeton replaced the USS Valley Forge on 5 Mar, along with BLT 1/5. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. She operated in the Atlantic until June 1946, then went to the Pacific, where she spent the . 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. o seize critic al points 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. In March, HQMC restructured all VMO squadrons in the USMC to begin receiving the North American OV-10A Broncos. Stricken from NVR 30 January 1970. During the bombardment of the base and the required resupply, losses of helicopters had been high. It is very important veterans know that the VA maintains a list of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships associated with military service in Vietnam and exposure to Agent Orange based on military records. A classic relief operation, Operation Maui Peak, took place with a ground column fixing the NVA in place while MAG-16 helos lifted in one Marine and two ARVN battalions behind them to inflict heavy NVA casualties and relieve the camp. By the end of the year, the active squadrons in I Corps included VMO-2 (UH-1Es and OV10s MMAF), VMO-6 (UH-1Es- Quang Tri), HML-167 (UH-1Es MMAF) and HML-367 (UH-1Es-Phu Bai). By the end of the year, VMO-2 had 13 Broncos. Operation Upshur Stream was one last sweep of that old nemesis, Charlie Ridge. 62; uss quincy ca39, astoria ca34 & vincennes ca44 war damage report no. Advertisement. Lemuel Cook, gunner, and LCpl David Penn, crew chief, left the aircraft to help evacuate the two wounded Marines. On 6 Aug, team Groucho Marx was inserted north of the Rockpile. She remained in the area after the truce on 27 July, and on 7 September got underway for San Diego. HMM-361 conducted a critical retrograde of a 200 man CIDG unit under heavy VC pressure. The swimmers were forced to the surface by a concussion grenade blast and 1 was shot by the forecastle watch. They were armed with a three-barrel 20mm cannon, machine guns and rockets, and had a rotor brake. Dong Ha was abandoned as a permanent helicopter base due to NVA artillery and rocket damage and the base moved to Quang Tri. The squadrons were tremendously overworked throughout the year, waiting for relief in the form of more Broncos, and the Bell AH-1G Cobra gunship in 1969. The squadron lifted the first Marines into Hill 55 south of Da Nang, which remained a Marine Command Post (CP) for many years to come. for info contact: bobneu@webtv.net USS Princeton Assn. By the 11th, all units had reached the staging area on the coast. ing on highways On 3 Sep NVA artillery destroyed the large Dong Ha ammo dump. Kelleys 2/4 moved to a forward position in the northern I Corps, supported by detachments from MAG-16. Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Eugene Cernan, John Young, and Thomas P. Stafford, was recovered in the South Pacific on 26 May. Inte It also includes ships supplying and supporting these operations. The Third Marine Amphibious Brigade (3rd MAB) was officially established in its place. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), photo # 80-G-417143. The VC bailed out into the water and Mayne went back up the hoist, end of mission. USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24 . In response to a MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) request for more capable aircraft and instrument-qualified pilots in mountainous I Corps, SHUFLY and HMM-163 moved north to Da Nang on 15 Sep , thus setting the stage for the Marine buildup to follow in the next 3 years. uss princeton cvl23 war damage report no. On 16 Jul, a platoon from 1st Force Recon Company rappelled from a MAG-16 helicopter onto the summit of the Rockpile to establish an OP for the first time. 1960-1964 Deck Logs. The initial helicopter assault occurred on15 Jul with a troop lift to LZ Crow, 5 miles northeast of the Rockpile, near the DMZ. Eight months later A hoist extraction was ruled out because of the wounded. As her twilight approached, PRINCETON recovered Apollo 10 in 1969. PFC Clausen was presented the Medal of Honor. Marine She launched 248 sorties against targets in the Hagaru area to announce her arrival He quickly cut a hole in the thatched roof and looked in. 30 March Da Nang, MMAF and Da Nang Airfield fall to NVA forces. Sponsored. heir way down the long VMO-2 lost their V, becoming an all-helicopter squadron for the first time. to clear the Rung Sat Special Zone of Viet Cong guerrillas The OV-10s were a remarkable addition to the observation role. Those with undergraduate degrees are preceded with an apostrophe (e.g., Wendy Kopp '89), and those with graduate degrees are preceded with an . and the western Pacific (1 October-23 December) during 1948. . she participated in "Beacon Star" Ido think we took agent orange over in 1962-1963 . The U.S. Navy "Amphibious Ready Group Alpha" (Task Group 79.4) underway off Vietnam on 31 July 1968. III MAF strength at the end of the year included 65,789 men. After a seemingly endless climb and then descent out of the weather, a safe landing was made at a nearby aid station LZ, with Cummings still clinging to the rocket pod, a little messed up by the elements, but otherwise OK. The III MAF Logistic Support facility was destroyed by a grass fire on 27 Apr southwest of Da Nang. lifted Marines to the DMZ to block enemy forces withdrawing across the Ben Hai river. Capt. HMM-361 departed for CONUS on 18 May. The first Princeton was the first screw steam warship in the United States Navy. 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. On 13 Mar, three H-34s from HMM-162 delivered suppressive fire on the enemy during an ARVN troop lift. Combat operations MAG-36 at Phu Bai included HMM-164 (H-46As), HMM-362 (H-34s), HMM-364 (H-46Ds) and VMO-3 (UH-1Es). They arrived aboard the USS Denver, then transferred to the USS Cleveland (LPD-7) and then the USS Dubuque (LPD-8). In October 1964, Princeton exchanged WestPac training for the real thing as she returned to Vietnam and joined the Pacific Fleet's Ready Group in operations against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong (VC) forces. On 10 Apr, the 9th MAB arrived off of Saigon. Pless then landed, and together with his copilot and crew, left the helicopter to assist the survivors aboard his UH-1E. 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. "Deckhouse II" and support for "Hastings" followed as Navy However, increased emphasis was placed on quick reaction packages (QRPs), variously known as Pacifier, Kingfisher and Sparrowhawk. NS023741. HMM-162 arrived back in country on 17 Jun with additional H-34s. Attack" III and IV These packages consisted of four to six CH-46Ds, two to four AH-1Gs and one UH-1E on standby to be used against targets of opportunity in the last months of the war. Steve Pless of VMO-6, flying gunship escort out of Ky Ha for a medevac on 19 Aug, was enroute back into Ky Ha when he heard an Army Chinook (CH-47) pilot on the guard channel indicating that he had landed in an unsecured LZ with mechanical problems. Vietnam. Ron Reeves: 10110535: 264k: USS Princeton (LPH-5) moored pierside at NAS North Island, San Diego, CA., in mid 1960s. artillery HMM-363 departed MAG-36 for CONUS on 21 Jan. President Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated on 20 Jan. LPH-5. Thanks for waiting ..sorry it took so long.. 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. One of two light carriers in Task Group 38.3, Princeton carried 23 fighters and 10 torpedo bombers. 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