Princeton (LPH 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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X 1 2. h 800 'At sea, tihe'Seventh Fleet's am- phibious assault ship, USS Prince- Largest Relief Mission Underway ln. Q. Ngai Helene: From Princeton Keep Continuous Airlift l QUANG NGAAI, November l9- The largest relief nission in this country's memory began its third daythis -wrning as U Nlarine helicopters began lifting tons of giving supplies into two of the liarclvst hit provmucs' ,, ..i ' 'ies are being air-lifted 53,000 poiiiitls and the rcmaiiiler Ti- 'coffers on board the -2,500 loxves i3fC3C.i,l'OL1U1fCd ton: Served- Q55 the 0P?rati0nS'bi93Se A ' i i -fi. a-sliivh is steam- out the additional siipplfs. The fpr uassembllng, .loading and.-?1r- off :ine coast afternoon airlifi came ro lifting humanitarian supplies. Q mam' he Uhg. 45 sums, llifogj than Loooftiig gfffeed atgd 0 ' U into the stuck- Yesterday morning lielitgopicrs ship mg Were alrl 9 rom e 43 w tv-ns of rc- commenced lifting vital siipphfs . ' ' Q re ,leetiiied to Quamf fn in allitlon to The, Ship's e Marine Beiieiien A i gy: the dismcgig i,j'Ou4mg ilihfii M Landing Team 3-3 helped load sup- J. 51511- ' - , I ' , .T : , 3 ,, . . . . A...-1. South turd l1..iTll.L of Binh Dinh plies for helicopter delivery. Bread I . ,' T 4 ,- - - . , years. wi ill l-tgjin receiving, help 'within baked aboard the Princeton for U - , H, ,Ure mx.. MN.: thu: the Hood victims brought personal Q V N Wd iFUl.ne'-get fi A-fa C1 phi .h thanks to the bakers from Re- Y ,HMC F' Q, i ' ' 1' V INT' pubiie of viei-Nam 2nd Deputy ' - A 1 41:15 01? 'l fW 5 Prime-'Minister Nguyen Xuan Oanh- 'A A' if I 3 'Iii-lnigmwliicililrg dtxlie I 'Heli-copter pilots of M-arine Me- f ' ii ' 'D ' dium Helicopter squadron .162 op ' 'i J',f'? ,Emlfofm fm -1 Mj' flew more than 1,000 sorties from W ' Q . X - If digg? awa lzfiih mg Wim: the Princeton, logging an esti- w 1'-1, I HE wpfrsw K a'C.n'3kmi' mated 600 hours. em XR .- ggi' atic stipply lift are I lifcx in Marine Helicopter ' X ' which, up untij ,. , . 1-'iffy ,X , frsiiplg 01 Q9 X fd Off :asv 11 K 0' -9 it X ' .1-ajif'-.e'-3'l4i'5f',. X U15 Pi nga O Xvx , - ' ,..f, ' 1.55.51 5 -5. Q X X - .',g,:, mg ation? 'V .r NQX ' ,QJS3 of Cenifai 'i l '-1X 1- ,fffifi . Navy ship -I i t Nik en 2125 W iii! MSW ' 'x 0 lief supplies wliiizli .1 X Y NX ' , 'Jr families affected X V S 15 45 izst storm to hit this X5 NSA 1 I ' sian country in Go. X X i ' 0 ,- flint helm F it 511 N N Si: ' from me U55 Prnuct XX , U - 0'-vn a , ,. . . , e ' A ' ' ' f PRI CETO W fi , 'A ' 12:11 noon. lt was Il. X 'lx pw ' af ' W , .3 Q pounds of bile .IX ufx is , , . Nxt two rifle Xxx NN, it fo f + -' ln i the 0 he i fi 0 yflifffd the dfiilll Igffzllx . - uing Ng i. YIIOSC of F file X W lr nearly Squadron 16- ' ' 0 t 'Uma iC0 Yill fi' 0 3 0 U S F A'd t i . . orces I - i-:.e::'ff ' 0 00 lCtllTlS -a'71 . X i . -1? nl ' In Vlet-Nam Told