USS Princeton (LPH-5)

1959-1970

Formerly USS Princeton (CV-37)

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Essex (long hull) class

CV · Aircraft Carrier

Timeline

Date	Event
Mar 2, 1959		reclassified LPH-5
Apr 9, 1962	Deployment	emabrked 24x HUS-1 (later UH-34D) of HMM-362 and launched them on 15 Apr to Soc Trang air base, SW of Saigon. Operation Shufly
Jan 30, 1970	Decommissioned
1971	Struck

See also

Built		Ship	Class
1945	CV-37	USS Princeton	Essex (long hull) class
1989	CG-59	USS Princeton	Ticonderoga VLS class