Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1960 | |
| Aug 19, 1961 | |
| Apr 14, 1962 | |
| May 18, 1967 | launched US Marines into the Ben Hai River Valley and into LZ Goose. Detachment of HMM-263 aboard. Special Landing Force Alpha Operation Beau Charger |
| Apr 4, 1968 | Apollo 6 mission, 1st LPH as primary recovery ship, 370 miles north of Hawaii |
| Jun 1969 | HMM-265 replaced HMM-362 onboard, replaced by HMM-165 in August, SLF helicopter squadrons HMMs 164 and 362 were rotated to Phu Bai in support of the 3rd MarDiv |
| Dec 13, 1970 | At Subic Bay Naval Base, Philippines |
| Dec 25, 1970 | Returned to San Diego, California after 7 month WESTPAC |
| Aug 7, 1971 | Apollo 15 astronauts lifted aboard by helicopter with Soviet tug in target area |
| May 1972 | HMM-164 from the 9th MEB arrived in support of the Vietnamese Marines, each ARG consisted of 4 H-53s (including 156656 ) , 14 H-46s and 4 UH-1Es |
| Oct 1973 | Replaced the USS Tripoli LPH-10 in Subic Bay, (in the Pacific fleet there were only 3 LPHs for 5 squadrons), transferred all embarked MAU elements |
| Apr 5, 1974 | Arrived at Subic Bay with elements of the 31st MAU that unloaded cargo for LPH turnover to the USS New Orleans LPH-11 |
| Mar 1975 | Underway from Subic Bay for the Gulf of Thailand |
| Apr 12, 1975 | Operation Eagle Pull, in the Gulf of Thailand with US Marines CH-53 helicopters to evacuate personnel from Phnom Penh |
| May 3, 1975 | Arrived at Subic Bay with 150 evacuees aboard from Phnom Penh |
| Jan 1980 | WESTPAC, in place of USS New Orleans LPH-11, relieves USS Tripoli LPH-10 |
| Dec 25, 1987 | Bob Hope Christmas show onboard |
| Oct 12, 1990 | Persian Gulf During Operation Desert Storm, UNREP with fleet oiler Andrew J. Higgins TAO 190 Operation Desert Shield/Storm |
| Jan 29, 1991 | Marines capture Umm al Maradim Island, 12 miles off the coast of Kuwait |
| Nov 17, 1992 | |
| Nov 17, 1992 | |
| Jun 6, 2002 | COMSUBPAC off Southern California |