Offloaded 18 CH-53As from HMM-361 to join MAG-36 at Phu Bai
1969-oct
Operation Keystone Cardinal
1969-oct
Offloaded Battalion Landing Team 2-26
1970
Marines of the 26th Regiment boarded at Da Nang for trip back home
1970-mar-12
Docked at Da Nang
1970-aug
Provided support and security for President Nixon visit to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1971
Mike Douglas TV Show filmed onboard
1971-feb-09
Apollo 14 astronauts quarantined on Pacific Carrier. Sea kings 152123, 152121
1971-feb-09
Helicopters of HS-6 and frogmen of UDT-11 made recovery
1973-mar-28
Operation End Sweep, neutralized mines in Haiphong Harbor with Navy and Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
1973-jul-26
Transfer 13 CH-53s from Cubi Point as substitutes for HMM-165 s CH-46s, equiped with ALE-29 flare dispensers to counter heat-seeking missles, (MAU s aviation element - 13 CH-53s, 4 CH-46s, 4 AH-IJs and 2 UH-IEs)
1973-aug-06
Departed Subic Bay reaching Gulf of Thailand in four days, MAU, 1st Battalion 4th Marines and HMM-165
1973-sep-25
Skylab 2 astronauts sleep aboard as ship arrives in San Diego
1974-jan-04
Underway for Skylab IV mission
1974-feb-08
Recovered astronauts Gibson, Pogue and Carr about an hour after splashdown, 176 miles from San Diego, California
1974-apr-06
31st MAU s LPH unit swap complete from LPH-3
1974-jun-22
Returned to Subic Bay from Okinawa where HMM-164 replaced HMH-462
1975-jul
At Pearl Harbor, lowered Apollo capsule to the dock
1975-jul-24
Apollo lands 6.2 miles from recovery ship, 330 miles west of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, craft lowered by crane onto deck
DeploymentArabian SeaOperation Eagles ClawHMM-262 Flying Tigers flew aboard and joined a detachment of four AH-1T from HMA-169 to conduct operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf in response to the hostage crisis in Iran
1980-jul
Typhoon Kim means stand down, Philippines
1980-aug-19
Miss America Troop arrives by helicopter
1980-sep
Port Visit
Port VisitPort Mombasa Port Mombasa, Kenya after 33 day patrol
1980-sep-02
Shellback Initiation Ceremony
1980-sep-18
Port Visit
Port VisitDiego Garcia Port Inport Diego Garcia, for 8 hrs to refuel
1980-sep-27
Port Visit
Port VisitFremantle Harbour Fremantle-Perth, Australia, Sept.27-Oct. 2
1980-nov-13
NS Pearl Harbor Inport Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where Tiger Cruise 80 started Nov. 15th
Yokosuka Naval Base U.S. Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan
Subic Bay Harbour Pierside Subic Bay, Philippines
Hong Kong Port Port visit Hong Kong after typhoon hit
Coal Harbour Kernel Potlatch II, Vancouver, Canada
Port Mombasa Port Mombasa, Kenya after 33 day patrol
Diego Garcia Port Inport Diego Garcia, for 8 hrs to refuel
Fremantle Harbour Fremantle-Perth, Australia, Sept.27-Oct. 2