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1970-1979: Humanitarian Actions


Operation Frequent Wind, April 29 1975. Republic of Vietnam Air Force Personnel and their families arrive on board USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), in the South China Sea. This helicopter was one of 15 that landed on board Blue Ridge during the day. All ...

Operation Frequent Wind, April 29, 1975.   Republic of Vietnam Air Force Personnel and their families arrive on board USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) in the South China Sea.   This helicopter was one of 15 that landed on board Blue Ridge during the day.  All were ditched or pushed into the sea because of lack of space on board the ship.  NHHC Photograph Collection, Navy Subject Files.  


NH 97659: USS Forrestal (CV-59). Crewmen secure the cable and hook on a box, during underway replenishment operations in the Atlantic Ocean, 26 June 1976. Photographed by PH1 G. Burgess. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

L45-253.02.01: USS Sanctuary (AH-17) passing underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, California, undated. NHHC Photograph Collection.

USS Inchon (LPH-12) moored to the main passenger pier in Alexandria, Egypt. Inchon visited the city following her participation in Operation Nimbus Star. Photographed by PH1 John Myer. NHHC Photograph Collection, Navy Subject Files.

330-CFD-DN-SC-89-08877: USS Camden (AOE-2), starboard view underway, photographed by Bartett, August 1, 1987. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Operation Frequent Wind, April 29, 1975 A Vietnamese Air Force HU-1 Huey Helicopter is deliberately ditched near USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), as one of the ship’s boats stands by to pick up the pilot. This helicopter was one of 15 which landed on boa...

LCU 1654 unloads refugees from war-torn Lebanon in the well of the dock landing ship USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) as the ship stands off Beirut. Spiegel Grove took 276 people to safety in Athens, Greece, during Operation Fluid Drive. Photographed b...

330-CFD-DN-ST-86-01855: USS Leahy (CG-16), an aerial port beam while underway, January 17, 1983. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

300-CFD-DN-ST-88-07037: Spreading a wake of blowing snow, a ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules aircraft of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VXE-6) taxis for takeoff after leaving scientists at a remote camp during Operation Deep Freeze. Photographed b...
Published: Tue Apr 28 13:23:51 EDT 2020