Ports of Call Visits
Posted by Dennis Lund
The following listing covers "port visits" for the Aircraft carriers USS Oriskany (CVA-34), and USS Hancock
(CVA-19),
on which VA-163/VA-164 were deployed to Vietnam during the conflict.
Sources for the information are listed in the text.
(Compiled in August 2003 by the Naval Aviation
History Branch, Naval Warfare Division, Naval Historical Center.)
THE LIST OF RECORDS BELOW ARE THE ONLY DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE IN
THE
ARCHIVES OF THE NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER THAT WILL PROVIDE
PORT VISITS FOR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (CV, CVA, CVAN, CVS) DURING
THE
VIETNAM CONFLICT. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES HOLD DECK LOGS FOR
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS FOR THE VIETNAM CONFLICT. THE
ADDRESS IS
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, MODERN MILITARY RECORDS,
8601 ADELPHI ROAD, COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND 20740-6001
USS ORISKANY (CVA-34)
Deployment Dates: 26 May 1966 - 16 Nov 1966
Source: Oriskany Air Intelligence Cruise
In ports
for above dates:
Pearl Harbor: 1 - 6 Jun 1966
Yokosuka: 14
- 21 Jun 1966
Subic Bay: 26 - 27 Jun 1966
Subic Bay: 30 Jun - 5 Aug 1966
Subic Bay: 10 - 15 Sep 1966
Hong Kong:
17 - 23 Sep 1966
Subic Bay: 28 Oct - 3 Nov 1966
Deployment
Dates: 16 Jun 1967 - 31 Jan 1968
Source: Oriskany Command History Report for 1967
In ports for above dates:
Pearl Harbor: 20 - 21 Jun 1967
Cubi Point: 2 - 12 Jul 1967
Subic Bay/Cubi Point: 9 - 16 Aug 1967
Sasebo: 19 Sep - 1 Oct 1967
Yokosuka: 6 -15 Nov 1967
Subic Bay/Cubi Point: 18 - 23 Dec 1967
Hong Kong: 24 - 30 Dec 1967
Cubi Point: 14 - 17 Jan 1968
USS
HANCOCK (CVA-19)
Deployment Dates: 18 Jul 1968 - 3 Mar 1969 (CVW-21)
Source: Hancock
Command History Report for 1968 and 1969
In ports for above dates:
Pearl Harbor: 24 Jul 1968
Pearl
Harbor: 27-31 Jul 1968
Yokosuka: 8 - 11 Aug 1968
Subic
Bay: 15 -17 Aug 1968
Subic Bay: 6 - 11 Sep 1968
Subic Bay: 17 - 22 Oct 1968
Singapore:
25-31 Oct 1968
Sasebo: 5-11 Dec 1968
Hong Kong: 14 - 20 Dec 1968
Subic Bay: 16-27 Jan 1969
Subic Bay: circa
10 Feb - 12 Feb 1969
At anchor - Yokosuka: 16 - 17 Feb
1969
Yokosuka: 17-21 Feb 1969
