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Vietnam War Campaigns |
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Campaigns and Dates | Campaigns and Dates |
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Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
20 April to 4 May 1968 16 to 23 June 1968 30 June 1968 |
Vietnamese Winter-Spring 1970
21 November to 3 December 1969 12 to 29 January 1970 3 to 15 April 1970 |
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V
1 to 16 July 1968 26 July to 1 August 1968 22 to 28 August 1968 3 to 16 Septmeber1968 |
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
3 to 15 May 1970 2 to 13 June 1970 |
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI
4 to 11 February 1969 18 to 22 February 1969 |
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
3 to 15 July 1970 20 to 30 June 1971 |
Tet69/Counteroffensive
23 February to 3 March 1969 9 to 19 March 1969 21 April to 5 May 1969 11 to 22 May 1969 28 to 29 May 1969 |
Consolidation I
1 to 7 July 1971 19 to 29 July 1971 11 to 19 August 1971 2 to 10 September 1971 19 to 28 September 1971 17 to 27 October 1971 19 to 20 November 1971 |
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
25 June to 8 July 1969 13 to 22 July 1969 28 to 30 July 1969 29 August to 6 September 1969 9 to 21 September 1969 |
Vietnam Ceasefire
6 to 19 July 1972 2 to 15 August 1972 26 to 27 August 1972 3 to 15 September 1972 22 September to 1 October 1972 18 October to 1 November 1972 23 November to 3 December 1972 13 to 26 December 1972 4 to 23 January 1973 22 to 27 February 1973 11 to 19 March 1973 |
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USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) |
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267k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) builders plaque
Photo by J.D. Martin Jr. during March 1981 Tiger Cruise. |
HS1 Steve Martin, USCG Ret. | ||
61k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) during VERTREP of USS Boston (CAG-1), on station off the coast of Vietnam, South China Sea, 1968 | Photo by John Jazdzewski | ||
57k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) during VERTREP of USS Boston (CAG-1), on station off the coast of Vietnam, South China Sea, 1968 | Photo by John Jazdzewski | ||
57k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) during VERTREP of USS Boston (CAG-1), on station off the coast of Vietnam, South China Sea, 1968 | Photo by John Jazdzewski | ||
50k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) and USS Edson (DD-946) during VERTREP of USS Boston (CAG-1), on station off the coast of Vietnam, South China Sea, 1968. | Photo by John Jazdzewski | ||
70k | One of HC-3 USS Niagara Falls Det, helicopters during VERTREP of USS Boston (CAG-1), on station off the coast of Vietnam, South China Sea, 1968 | Photo by John Jazdzewski | ||
51k | One of HC-3 USS Niagara Falls Det, Helicopters over USS Boston (CAG-1)'s bow during VERTREP, on station off the coast of Vietnam, South China Sea, 1968 | Photo by John Jazdzewski | ||
79k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) moored at India Basin, Naval Station, Sasebo, Japan in 1969. | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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67k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) in support of Marine Amphibious operations near the DMZ in Vietnam, 1969. Photo from the USS Repose (AH-16). | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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300k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) breaks off from USS Repose (AH-16) after completing an UNREP during operations in the area near the DMZ in 1969. | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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577k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway in the Gulf of Tonkin near Yankee Station conducting a VERTREP during replenishment operations in 1969. | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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287k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) bridge while underway off the coast of Vietnam in 1969. | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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400k | A "Seadevils" Helicopter Composite Squadron Seven (HC-7) H-46 Sea Knight assigned to USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) conducting VERTREP operations with units of Task Force 77.7, off the coast of Vietnam, circa 1969-70. | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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1791k | Gunnery practice (Mount 32) aboard USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), off the coast of Vietnam, circa 1969-70. | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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39k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway in the South China Sea, April 1969. Photo taken from USS Winston (AKA-94). | Masao Aochi BT2 USS Winston 1968-69 | ||
897k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) at Naval Station Subic Bay, date unknown. Photo was taken from B/N seat of an A-6 Intruder in the take off roll out from NAS Cubi Point. | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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284k | Overhead view of USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) replenishing the aircraft carrier
USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in February 1970. Coral Sea, with assigned Attack Carrier Air Wing 15
(CVW-15), was deployed to Vietnam from 23 September 1969 to 1 July 1970.
U.S Naval History and Heritage Command photo # USN 1144387>/i> |
Robert Hurst | |
50k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) moored at India Basin, Naval Station, Sasebo, Japan circa 1970. In the foreground is USS Hanson (DD-832). | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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106k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) on station, South China Sea, 1970 | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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38k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) moored to a buoy at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1970. | Photo by William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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197k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) at anchor in 1970, location unknown. US Navy photo. |
David Buell | ||
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133k | A HC-3 (Det 106) H-46 Sea Knight helicopter on USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) flight deck is about to take off to deliver supplies via VERTREP to
HMAS Brisbane (D 41) off Vietnam in 1971.
Photo by Bob Westthorp RAN 1964-1988. |
Bob Canchola | |
315k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) and USS San Jose (AFS-7) transfer cargo during their 1971 WESTPAC deployments. US Navy photo. |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | ||
71k | View looking aft during VERTREP by one of HC-3 (Det 106) helicopters assigned to USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) of the attack aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) off the coast of Vietnam in 1972. | Al Cusak | ||
67k | View looking across the harbor at Danang, South Vietnam in 1972 from one of USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) twin 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts. | Al Cusak | ||
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138k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) approaches HMAS Brisbane (D-41) off the
coast of Vietnam in 1971 to conduct a vertical replenishment of Brisbane using her Sea Knight helicopter seen on her stern flight deck.
Photo by: Bob Westthorp RAN 1964-1988. |
Bob Canchola | |
101k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway, date and location unknown. | William P. Jones, MD Medical Officer USS Niagara Falls |
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113k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway, circa 1975, location unknown. US Navy photo. |
Tommy Trampp | ||
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236k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway in the harbor at San Diego, CA., date unknown.
George Barbar |
Nicholas Tiberio | |
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235k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway off San Diego, CA., date unknown.
George Barbar |
Nicholas Tiberio | |
241k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) foc'sle as the ship gets underway at Pearl Harbor, HI., 25 March 1981.
Photo by J.D. Martin Jr. during March 1981 Tiger Cruise. |
HS1 Steve Martin, USCG Ret. | ||
236k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) helmsman at the wheel on the bridge.
Photo by J.D. Martin Jr. during March 1981 Tiger Cruise. |
HS1 Steve Martin, USCG Ret. | ||
277k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) looking forward from atop the bridge structure.
Photo by J.D. Martin Jr. during March 1981 Tiger Cruise. |
HS1 Steve Martin, USCG Ret. | ||
230k | Medical Department personnel manning the rails as USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) enters the Port of San Francisco, CA., 31 March 1981.
Photo by J.D. Martin Jr. during March 1981 Tiger Cruise. |
HS1 Steve Martin, USCG Ret. | ||
230k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) mess deck, March 1981.
Photo by J.D. Martin Jr. during March 1981 Tiger Cruise. |
HS1 Steve Martin, USCG Ret. | ||
213k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) signal bridge, March 1981.
Photo by J.D. Martin Jr. during March 1981 Tiger Cruise. |
HS1 Steve Martin, USCG Ret. | ||
213k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) foc'sle. while mooring at Singapore in 1982. | HS1 Steve Martin, USCG, Ret (at the time of the photo HM2, USN) | ||
296k | View of USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) from ascending helicopter taking off for Masirah, Oman in July 1982. | HS1 Steve Martin, USCG, Ret (at the time of the photo HM2, USN) | ||
150k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) in dry dock at Todd Shipyard, San Francisco, CA., prior to her home port change to Guam. US Navy photo by JO2 Russell L. Coons from "All Hands" magazine, November 1983 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | ||
106k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), alongside USS Constellation (CV-64) and USS Leahy (CG-16), underway in the South China Sea whilst part of Carrier Task Force 77.7. | Robert Hurst | ||
109k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo by JO2 Russell L. Coons, from "All Hands" magazine, June 1984 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | ||
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216k | Aerial stern view of USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway, date and location unknown.
U.S. National Archvives and Records Administration, College Park, MD., Identifier 6928605, a U.S. Navy photo now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. |
Robert Hurst | |
66k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
CWO3 Kenneth J Seaman USN Ret | ||
80k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
American Federation of Scientists Web Site |
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57k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
American Federation of Scientists Web Site |
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43k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) moored pierside, Naval Station Long Beach, CA., date unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | ||
58k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) sits in the harbor in Bahrain on April 1, 1991 in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. Department of Defense Visual Imaging Center photo |
Fred Weiss | ||
62k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) in the Persian Gulf, 8 August 1991 The British destroyer HMS Gloucester (D-96), foreground, comes alongside USS Niagara Falls for underway replenishment as the destroyer USS Fife (DD-991) steams nearby during Operation Desert Storm. Department of Defense Visual Imaging Center photo |
Fred Weiss | ||
131k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway off San Diego, CA., date unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | ||
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443k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) departs Apra Harbor, Guam, 27 August 1992.
U.S. Navy photo by PH2(Sw) John Gay, USN. Flicker photo ID: 330-CFD-DN-ST-92-09915 |
Robert Hurst | |
88k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway passing Orote Point while entering the outer harbor, Naval Station Guam, Marianas Islands, date unknown. US Navy photo. |
Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr | ||
86k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) outbound to sea from San Diego, CA., date unknown. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | ||
USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) |
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59k | A port bow view of USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) as seen from a lower deck of USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during an Underway Replenishment at sea (UNREP), 1 November 2001. Department of Defense Visual Imaging Center photo |
Fred Weiss | ||
44k | Aerial view of USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) approaching East Timor, June 2002 | Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus | ||
70k | USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) at anchor off Dili, East Timor, June 2002 | Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus | ||
75k | USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) at sea in the Middle East, 29 April 2003 to support multiple strike forces deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.US Navy photo # 030429-N-4441P-020 by PH2 Michael J. Pusnik, Jr. | US Navy Newsstand | ||
326k | USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG-65) prepare for an early morning replenishment at sea (RAS), 9 December 2004. Benfold, part of the Abraham Lincoln Strike Group was on a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean. US Navy photo # 041209-N-8539M-039 Pacific Ocean (Dec. 9, 2004) by PHAN Nicholas B. Morton.. |
Robert M. Cieri | ||
44k | USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) underway off the coast of Indonesia, 18 January 2005, in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia, 26 December 2004. US Navy photo # 050118-N-4336M-088 by PHAN Cristina R. Morrison. | Jack Treutle | ||
403k | USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) underway off the coast of Madang, Papua New Guinea, 17 May 2005, with an active volcano in the background, as it transports medical personnel from the MSC hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) to the local village to provide health care and community relations (COMREL). Mercy and Niagara Falls are currently on station off the coast of Papua New Guinea to provide humanitarian assistance
and focused medical care to the residents affected by a volcano eruption in the area. US Navy photo # 050517-N-1485H-003 by PH3 Lamel J. Hinton. |
Robert Hurst | ||
120k | USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) delivers cargo to the hanger bay of USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) during a replenishment at sea (RAS) in the Pacific Ocean, 23 July 2006. RAS is the on and off-loading of stores and equipment while ships are underway. US Navy photo # 060723-N-3946H-028.by MCSN Patrick L. Heil |
Chester Morris | ||
1522k | USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) conducts an underway replenishment with the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53). John Paul Jones is deployed with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG). The Nimitz CSG is operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating off the western Pacific and Indian oceans. US Navy photo # 080414-N-8421M-003 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 14, 2008) by MC1 David Mercil. | Lee Wahler | ||
1353k | USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) conducts an underway replenishment with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68), 3 May 2008. Nimitz is operating as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. US Navy photo # 080503-N-1276B-005 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 3, 2008) by MC2 Orrin Batiste. | Lee Wahler | ||
1436k | Super PUMA helicopters fly much needed bottled water to Kalibo, Republic of the Philippines from the deck of USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen. At the request of the government of the Republic of the Philippines, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and elements of her Carrier Strike Group (CSG) were off the coast of Panay Island providing humanitarian assistance and disaster response in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen. US Navy photo # 080629-N-5961C-008 PACIFIC (June 29, 2008) by MCCS Spike Call. |
Lee Wahler | ||
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202k | USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) underway in the harbor at Sydney, Australia, date unknown. | Nicholas Tiberio | |
351k | USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) being relieved by USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) while underway in WestPac, date unknown. US Navy photo from the Military Sealift Command collections. |
TJ Tropea | ||
2817k | Ex-USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) moored at the Navy Inactive Ship Facility, Pearl Harbor, HI., 6 April 2011 | Photo by Michael Goughan | ||
104k | Ex-USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) under tow by USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), outbound from Pearl Harbor, 12 July 2012. Niagara Falls was sunk as a RIMPAC 2012 target in position 23-00 N 159-55W (60 miles NNW of Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii) on the morning of 14 July 2012. | Photo by Ray Edwards | ||
146k | Ex-USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3) sinking, 14 July 2012, after being expended as a target during a SINKEX as part of the annual RIMPAC 2012 exercise. US Navy photo # 120714-0-ZZ999-001. |
Ron Reeves |
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Commanding Officers | ||
01 | CAPT. Holley Sr., Horace Clinton | 24 April 1967 - 31 August 1968 |
02 | CAPT. Huff, Andrew French | 31 August 1968 - 12 February 1970 |
03 | CAPT. Cocke, Edward Maxwell | 12 February1970 - 20 October 1971 |
04 | CAPT. Carter, Charles Curtis | 20 October 1971 - 30 September 1972 |
05 | CAPT. Long, Charles Remington | 30 September 1972 - 15 March 1974 |
06 | CAPT. Christensen Jr., Charles Stahl, USN (NYMA-1947) | 15 March 1974 - 21 June 1975 |
07 | CAPT. McDaniel, Eugene Baker (Red) | 21 June 1975 - 10 September 1976 |
08 | CAPT. McCarthy Jr., Paul Fenton :VADM | 10 September 1976 - 15 December 1977 |
09 | CAPT. Schlenzig, Robert Edward | 15 December 1977 - 7 December 1979 |
10 | CAPT. Lee, Bobby Clyde :RADM | 7 December 1979 - 9 July 1981 |
11 | CAPT. Terry, Ross Randle | 9 July 1981 - 12 January 1983 |
12 | CAPT. Bowers Jr., John Martin | 12 January 1983 - 28 June 1984 |
13 | CAPT. Beck, Gary Laurence | 28 June 1984 - 14 June 1986 |
14 | CAPT. Browne Jr., Herbert A. :VADM | 14 June 1986 - 15 January 1988 |
15 | CAPT. Gay, John Philip | 15 January 1988 - 27 July 1989 |
16 | CAPT. Houser Sr., Robert Edward | 27 July 1989 - 24 January 1991 |
17 | CAPT. Daughtry Jr., Joseph Sutton, USN (USNA 1967) | 24 January 1991 - 16 October 1992 |
18 | CAPT. Brown, Gregory Charles, USN (USNA 1969) | 16 October 1992 - 23 September 1994 |
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