Princeton (LPH 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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SEVE DAY IN NOVE BER Tote that Bail I I After PRINCETON had enjoyed five days of good liberty in I-long Kong, Word came from Commander Seventh Fleet and the American Consul to load up with humanitarian supplies for aid of flood victims in South Vietnam, The Work was back-breaking, and members of , ships company and Battalion Landing Team X3 loaded over 1,000 tons of food and clothing. Arriving on station, the ship steamed back afnd forth 1,342 miles while pilots of HMM 162 heli-lifted the supplies in 1,020 s orties, to three provincial distribution centers. The flood left from 7,000 to 9,000 persons dead and close toa million homeless. The Navy-Marine Team aboard PRINCETON was doing its part to help. The supplies included clothing, wheat, flour, dry milk, and soybeans. Contributions were from CARE, .Church World Service, Lutheran Charities, and the Mennonite Central'Com-, IHIUISS.

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WZ',f ll PORT 9 Rough or calm seas, the supplies come across. Nw x. USS SACRAMENTO QAOE-lj is a new concept in supply ships. lt's like driving up to a supermarket, gun shop, and gas station all in one. During underway training in San Diego last summer, PRINCETON was the first carrier- type to be refueled by the new SACRAMENTO, We met her again in Westl-vac.

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PRINCETON 's Navy and Marine bakers converted eight tons of flour into 16,000 loaves of French bread in eight days of round-the-clock operation. The 888-foot flight deck looked more like a warehouse with fork lifts whizzing back and forth keeping the helicopters loaded with their life-giving supplies. Informed sources tell us that the flight deck crew is still removing beans from under the tie-down rails. l