Keith B. McCutcheon. For 138 days her planes flew against the enemy. We settled on using the Google Maps API and . USS PRINCETON CVS-37. The 66th NVA Regiment had been completely surprised by the assault. . (CVL-23) Coordinates: 1521N 12331E. Eugene Mettler (KIA according to Carl Septien, but NOT on The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in DC) 1. 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 . 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. Princeton recommissioned 28 August 1950. The last Marine operation, Scott Orchard, was conducted west of An Hoa with minimal contact. For 138 days, her planes flew against the enemy. The other five ships were the Gamber Bay (119 men were killed) and the USS St Lo, both escort carriers, the destroyers Hoel (202 killed) and Johnston (187 killed) and destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts. On 28 Sep, HMM-365 relieved HMM-162, and soon suffered its first battle casualties, two WIA, during a medevac 10 miles SW of Tam Ky. SHUFLY was redesignated Marine Unit Vietnam (MUV) in December. HMM-363 departed MAG-36 for CONUS on 21 Jan. President Richard M. Nixon was inaugurated on 20 Jan. destroyed gun positions and supply areas in Pyongyan; and 25 March Hue and Hoi An fall to communist forces Asbestos in Navy Ships The year ended with 80,932 Marines in RVN. E-Mail: susanhalljohnson@yahoo.com Phone: 417-770-1867 Address: 23945 Dallas St. Hermitage, MO 65668 the MAG-16 medevac package was assigned to HMM-165s Major Al Macauley, together with his co-pilot 1/Lt Seth Boyum and crew chief LCpl Mike Everett plus an unidentified gunner and corpsman. Ingenuity has always been a Marine trademark. The SLF embarked on the USS Iwo Jima 24 Jun from Okinawa with BLT 3/7 and HMM-163 as the SLF squadron. Following shakedown off Cuba She then prepared for inactivation and on 20 June decommissioned and joined other capital ships in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. and troop concentrations in enemy territory 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. On 1 January, USMC personnel in the RVN totaled 76,616 men. On 16May, MajGen Louis B. Robertshaw assumed command of the 1st MAW from MajGen. Marine strength at the end of the year stood at 54,559 personnel. John Van Nortwick of HMM-363 was wearing an XXL infantry flak vest because his regular vest was borrowed while he was away from the squadron. 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. Commanded by corn Captain Robert F. Stockton Princeton was launched on 5 September 1843, decommissioned in 1847, and broken up in 1849. Crewmen worked feverishly and futily in an attempt to save his life over the Que Son Valley. The Marine was offloaded and carried under the nose bubble of the CH-46. Caption: NH 93796: USS Princeton (LPH-5), Marine UH-34 helicopters prepare to deliver food relief supplies to north South Vietnam, in late 1964. This was the first significant contact with major VC units (1st Viet Cong Regiment). Helicopters from HMM-164 and HMM-265 participated in the initial lift. OPERATION HASTINGS began as a search and destroy mission 55 miles NW of Hue to counter the NVA 324B Division across the DMZ. 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. When not aboard ship, the SLF helicopter squadrons HMMs 164 and 362 were rotated alternately to Phu Bai in support of the 3rd MarDiv. Roger Henry requested permission to attempt an approach up the mountainside to the LZ. t She deployed again to Vietnam from 30 January 19 June 1967, and again ranged along the coast. It had become obvious that a plan was needed immediately. Reclassified again MAG-36 units at Quang Tri airfield were HMM-163 (H-34s), HMM-262 (H-46As) (from SLF) and VMO-6 (UH-1Es). 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. HMM-361 conducted a critical retrograde of a 200 man CIDG unit under heavy VC pressure. HMM-364 redeployed on 12 Mar. The flag of USS Princeton is now in Princeton University in the University Chapel. Additional H-46Ds arrived in April. Marine The regimental commander used this for admin, resupply and recon. HMM-162 conducted a major lift of 300 ARVN into three LZs 15 miles west of Da Nang. The 1st MAW was being asked to support all of the aviation needs of two reinforced Marine divisions. CriticalPast is an archive of historic footage. At the same time, CH-53Ds of HMM-165 provided support to HM-12 using the Mark 105 Seabome Equipment Platform, a hydrafoil sled. LCpl Everett was awarded the Silver Star for his corageous actions. MAG-16 was comprised of HML-167, HMM-165, HMM-263, HMM-364, HMH-463, and VMO-2. [Note: The above USS PRINCETON (LPH-5) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS PRINCETON (LPH-5) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]. (Red) Smith Smith 21. U.S. Navy Ships in Vietnam. One of two light carriers in Task Group 38.3, Princeton carried 23 fighters and 10 torpedo bombers. and "Osage" Marine in the Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf area. 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. Typical of HMM squadrons operations conducted during an SLF tour were those of HMM 263 during the period Feb Nov 1967. By the 11th 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. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. Despite their efforts, the ship burned to the waterline. On 11 Jul, 9th MAB helicopters again landed VNMC troops north of Quang Tri City. By mid-March the 9th MEB consisted of MAG-16 (-), H&MS-16 (-), MABS-16 (-), HMM-162 and HMM-163. Shows Princeton in WW2, Korea, Vietnam & Iraq. On 28 Feb, 1973, after modifying all 15 of their H-53s, conducting AMCM training for all of their own crews plus those of HMM-165 and HMH-462, who were being held in reserve; and enduring numerous green side/brown side out drills caused by the political environment, HMH-463 and HMM-165 deployed to the Grand Norway Island area outside of Haiphong Harbor with the rest of TF 78. VMO-2s newly arrived Cobras provided very effective close-in fire support. 1960-1964 Deck Logs. Originally built to be USS Tallahassee (CL-61), she was converted and designated CV-23 until July. On 3 Sep NVA artillery destroyed the large Dong Ha ammo dump. MAG-16 ended the year as the only helicopter group in RVN. 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. During November, the district headquarters at Hiep Duc, in western Quang Tin Province, a place we would come to know well, was overrun. During August the 1st Marine Division again went into the Tam Ky-Hiep Duc-Thang Binh triangle south of Da Nang. medical evacuation By the end of September, MAG-36 was established at Ky Ha. After the Vietnam War. "Swift Pursuit" 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. HMM-261 returned to the USS PRINCETON as the SLF squadron. 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. 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. pounded the enemy's hydroelectric complex at Suiho on the Yalu to turn off power on both sides of that river Chain saws and axes became a part of the individual Marines equipment. Princeton resumed exercises off the west coast. then deployed to WestPac to train in Okinawan waters. DIVE! continued into the new year Advertisement. The 77 day Siege of Khe Sanh began on 21 Jan when a Marine patrol made contact on Hill 881 with a heavy concentration of NVA troops. This was the beginning of the planned replacement of H&MS-16s CH-37Cs. 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. VMO-6 remained all UH-1E through the year, based at Quang Tri. The medevac crews were cautioned not to bring out a deceased Marine with a live RPG round in his chest. Princeton was designed to carry 45 aircraft. Stricken from NVR 30 January 1970. her planes and pilots (A The Third Marine Expeditionary Brigade (3rd MEB), under BrigGen Marion Carl, landed at Chu Lai on 7 May, coming under the command of the 9th MEB after the landing. Soon the need became apparent and both formal and informal programs took place. 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. In the 1950s she was successively classified as CV-37 - CVA-37 - CVS-37 and then LPH-5, a helicopter landing platform ship in March 1959. Operation Deckhouse II and support for Operation Hastings followed as Navy, Marine, and Army units again combined, this time to impede enemy infiltration from the DMZ. 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. she provided amphibious assault carrier services for operations "Fortress 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. USS Princeton then joined Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) for . On 7 May, 3rd MAB ceased all ground combat and fixed-wing air operations by Marines in Vietnam. LtCol Ledbetter was awarded the Navy Cross. From SeptemberNovember 1962, Princeton served as flagship of Joint Task Force 8 during the nuclear weapons test series, Operation Dominic. Long Beach PO Box 1564 Cypress TX 77410 Tel 281-256-1221. she returned to the United States and in April 1969 she was designated the prime recovery ship for Apollo 10 As noted in a later paragraph, 263 suffered heavy casualties and damage during this strongly opposed landing. The III MAF relocated to Okinawa on 14 April. NH 93796: USS Princeton (LPH-5), Marine UH-34 helicopters prepare to deliver food relief supplies to north South Vietnam, in late 1964. PFC Clausen was presented the Medal of Honor. Rhonda . 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. Word is that we are going back to Vietnam. The U.S. Navy "Amphibious Ready Group Alpha" (Task Group 79.4) underway off Vietnam on 31 July 1968. HMM-161 redeployed on 15 Aug from MMAF to MCAS Tustin. BLT 1/9 relieved BLT 3/26 on the SLF at the end of the year. On 30 April 1975, the President of South Vietnam, General Duong Van Minh, told his soldiers to lay down their arms. 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. However, the operation was unusual, as it seemed that the daily flight schedule was based on the progress of the Paris peace talks. HMH-463 deployed to MCAS Kaneohe Bay. The 2nd Battalion arrived in September. MAG-16 moved from Da Nang to the Marble Mountain Air Facility (MMAF) on 7 Aug. All MAG-16 aircraft were operating out of MMAF by the beginning of September. Lee and controlled close air support all night from VMO-2 and fixed wing, aided by the additional ammo and armament from the disabled UH-1E. Afterwards they began a methodical attack on each helicopter. logistics and communication support for the amphibious operation "Deckhouse I" He took a round square in the middle of his chest. Our team extensively researched ways to simplify the process of verifying whether coordinates from ships' logs were inside the zone. 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. and "Eager Hunter." Hiep Duc was retaken, but abandoned later by the ARVN, as undefendable. The USS Tripoli withdrew from SLF duties temporarily to ferry H-46s to Okinawa for structural modifications. The tactical success there led many to believe that US forces would achieve a quick victory and hence, we would all soon be home. Naval gunfire mission in the Vietnam War in support of the 3rd, 4th and 5th VNMC Battalion Marines. took up antisubmarine/ Hunter-Killer (HUK) training operations in the eastern Pacific. For full info contact: USS Princeton Assn. Then transferred to the Pacific Fleet The destruction of the enemys command, control and logistic facilities will contribute to his eventual defeat.. 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. Clausen skillfully guided the pilot, LtCol Walt Ledbetter, the squadron CO, to a landing in an area cleared by one of several mine explosions. Without hesitation, Cummings climbed out of his seat; got the wounded Marine strapped in; thenstraddled himself atop the starboard rocket pod facing backward, and gave Henry a thumbs up to launch. Free for commercial use, no attribution required. 10 H-34s from HMM-162 arrived at Phu Bai in support of BLT 3/4. Without hesitation, LCpl Everett and the corpsman left the aircraft and searched the dark area for 30 minutes, locating and loading all of the casualties. February 11, 1989 USS Princeton was commissioned during a . Upon arrival over the area, the helo crew saw that the recon team was located approximately 200 yards from the only LZ. Muse and Sheik grounded on Daito Shima and in April 1962 when she delivered Marine Corps advisors and helicopters to Soc Trang in the Mekong Delta area 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. The extraction had taken 20 minutes. Clausen had removed his helmet and was unable to hear the order. 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 24 Sep HMM-362 relieved HMM-363 as the SLF squadron. Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Eugene Cernan, John Young, and Thomas P. Stafford, was recovered in the South Pacific on 26 May. Princeton's mission became that of vertical envelopment--the landing of Marines behind enemy beach fortifications and providing logistics and medical support as they attack from the rear t After Operation Hastings, Princeton sailed for home, arriving on 2 September. 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. Maneuvers in Hawaiian waters preceded her return to San Diego until 15 March. National Museum of Naval Aviation photo 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. NH 93797: USS Princeton (LPH-5), U.S. Marines loading relief supplies on a USMC/Sikorsky Ch-34 helicopter for delivery to South Vietnam. She was the first Navy vessel to be powered by a steam-driven screw. It was destroyed, along with 38 other starships. 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. 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 . III MAF strength at the end of the year included 65,789 men. The USS Turner Joy (DD-951) fired the last U.S. Thirteen years and fifteen days later, on 30 April 1975, an HMM-164 CH . As her twilight approached, PRINCETON . The USS Iwo Jima became the amphibious assault ship. Each regiment maintained a squad sized reaction force at a special LZ. The 9th MAB carried out an amphibious demonstration off of the DMZ on 9 Sep, which pulled major NVA units north from Quang Tri. At one point, the pilot gave him a direct order to remain in the helicopter. She launched 248 sorties against targets in the Hagaru area to announce her arrival Marine helos supported a major joint US Army-US Marine operation in Hiep Duc once again. 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. As a result of the evaluation, LtGen William Jones recommended adoption of the OV-10D by the Marine Corps. I was on board uss princeton lph-5 i need deck logs from 1962 -1964 to see if we were exposure to agent orange. One H-53 was downed in the operation, and destroyed by its crew. The detonation of actual mines was minimal, but when that occured, it was most impressive. Kachon Additional VMO-2 O-1Bs arrived; Birddogs had already been in-country with SHUFLY and the 9th MEB. with the stabilization of the front there In the Vietnam War from February 1967 to April 1971, operating from Da Nang, South Vietnam. HMM-362 (H-34s) was assigned to SLF A aboard the USS Okinawa. . 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. Princeton was commissioned in November 1945, too late to serve in World War II, but saw extensive service in the Korean War, in . HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. The next day another H-46 experienced a similar failure at MMAF. Over 12,000 US military & patriotic items for every branch of service. The OV-10Ds had the prototype gun turrets from the AH1-J program and prototype laser target designators. A much-needed overhaul followed Princeton's return to the west coast, and in May 1968 she again sailed west to Vietnam. Wonder what happened? 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. The year began with HMM-365 (UH-34Ds) in country as the helicopter element of Marine Unit Vietnam (MUV) (previously SHUFLY). . On 10 May, HMM-365 returned to DaNang from Okinawa. The Super Gaggle enabled eight or more H-46s to drop their entire resupply in approximately five minutes, thus reducing the individual exposure to NVA firepower. The ships supported operations "Fortress Attack III" and "Scotland II". The first vessel named Princeton was a sloop of war, commissioned in 1843. In April 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. The vessel first saw combat during the Vietnam War and supported the American presence in Vietnam until 1966. On 4 Aug BLT 1/26 replaced BLT 3/5 aboard the SLF. An Eagle Flight employed 4 troop-loaded HUS-1s orbiting a tactical area to engage escaping VC. In the year 2367, the Princeton participated in the Battle of Wolf 359. he firs t landing on the moon. ir Group 19) making possible the reinstitution of jet combat air patrols over the battle zone. In April, two SLFs were formed, each with an HMM. 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. The ARVNS and Marines were then reinforced by HMM-363, while MAG-36 helicopters provided overnight resupply and medevacs. The action started to pick up and many of HMM-364s H-34s and their escorting Army gunships were hit. Veteran owned business since 2000. Princeton trained with Marine units from Camp Pendleton Got to the ship about 1700 hours. Princeton was reclassified CVS-37 and Valley Forge was serving in the Far East in 1950 and was the first American fleet carrier to take part in the Korean War. The wounded Marine survived. for the first time in combat. Phu Bai retained the remainder of the squadrons of MAG-36. By December, they had a 67% failure rate, primarily due to its failure to extract spent cartridge cases from fouled chambers, requiring the procurement of chromed chambers and barrels during 1968. she engaged the enemy in operations "Jackstay" RVN losses were significant. USS Forrestal (CV-59) had one Vietnam war cruise, in the summer of 1967. Congress declared the cessation of all U.S.-funded military operations in Southeast Asia on 14 August. r support HMM-164 boarded the USS Princeton in March, transferred to the USS Tripoli (LPH-10) in Subic Bay, and returned to RVN with BLT 2/3 from Okinawa as SLF B in time for the Hill Fights at Khe Sanh. The South Vietnamese Marine Division (VNMC) held the advancing NVA at the My Chanh in April. HMM-165 was the first 1stMAW unit to leave on 14 Aug. On 1 Mar, VMO-3 at Phu Bai was redesignated HML-367 with a transfer of all aircraft and personnel. USS Princeton (LPH-5) operated on Ganh Rai Bay . HMMs 362 and 165 flew in support. 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. Reclassified CVA-37 (1 October 1952) Forty percent of the total USMC munitions on hand in I Corps was destroyed. The first fixed-wing OV-10A arrived in-country in May, and was assigned to VMO-2 at MMAF. concentrat cut enemy supplies After launch on a routine flight, he landed to load a WIA Marine, who was a booby trap victim. 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. highly indented coast. MARINE B.L.T. USS PRINCETON served her country as LPH-5 for for more than 10 years until decommissioned on 30 JAN 1970. Kelleys 2/4 moved to a forward position in the northern I Corps, supported by detachments from MAG-16. and on 7 September got underway for San Diego. 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. To this day he cannot tell this story without some tears. Reclassified again, 2 March 1959, she emerged from conversion as an amphibious assault carrier, LPH-5. 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