What navy hospital ships participated in the vietnam war?

Answer 1

Dad

Answer 2

Here's the most complete list I know of.

The list does not include "brown water" boats though some of these ships did duty in brown water.

• USS Agerholm DD 826
• USS Aludra AF 55
• USS America CVA 66
• USS Richard B. Anderson DD 786
• USCGC Androscoggin WHEC 68
• USS Ashtabula AO 51
• USS Aspro SSN 648
• USS Ault DD 698
• USS Bache DD 470
• USS Badger DE 1071
• USS Bainbridge DLGN 25
• USCGC Barataria WHEC 381
• USS Barb SSN 596
• USS Barbel SS 580
• USS Barney DDG 6
• USS Barry DD 933
• USS Bashaw AGS 241
• USS Basilone DD 824
• SS Brinkly Bass DD 887
• USS Bauer DE 1025
• USS Bausell DD 845
• USS Baya AGSS 318
• USS Beale DD 471
• USS Belknap DDG 26
• USS Bellatrix AF 62
• USS Benner DD 807
• USS Bennington CVS 20
• USCGC Bering Strait WHEC 382
• USS Berkeley DDG 15
• USS Charles Berry DE 1035
• USS Fred T. Berry DD 858
• USCGC Bibb WHEC 31
• USS Biddle DLG 34
• USS Bigelow DD 942
• USS Black DD 666
• USS Blackfin SS 322
• USS Blakely DE 1072
• USS Blandy DD 943
• USS Blue DD 744
• USS Blueback SS 581
• USS Bluegill AGSS 242
• USS John A. Bole DD 755
• USS Bonefish SS 582
• USS BonHomme Richard CVA 31
• USS Borie DD 704
• USS Bordelon DD 881
• USS Boston CAG 1
• USS Boyd DD 544
• USS Bradley DE 1041
• USS Braine DD 630
• USS Charles E. Brannon DE 446
• USS Bream SSK 243
• USS Bridget DE 1024
• USS Brister DER 327
• USS Bronstein DE 1037
• USS Brooke DEG 1
• USS Brownson DD 868
• USS Brush DD 745
• USS Buchanan DDG 14
• USS Buck DD 761
• USS Dennis J. Buckley DD 808
• USS Bugara SS 331
• USS Butte AE 27
• USS Cacapon AO 52
• USS Caiman SS 323
• USS Caliente AO 53
• USS Camp DER 251
• USS Camden AOE 2
• USCGC Campbell WHEC 32
• SS Canberra CAG 2
• USS Capitaine AGSS 336
• USS Carbonero SS 337
• USS Carpenter DD 825
• USCGC Castle Rock WHEC 383
• USS Castor AKS 1
• USS Catfish SS 339
• USS Charles P. Cecil DD 835
• USS Theodore E. Chandler DD 717
• USS Chara AE 31
• USS Charr SS 328
• USCGC Chase WHEC 718
• USS Chemung AO 30
• USS Chevalier DD 805
• USS Chicago CG 11
• USS Chipola AO 63
• USS Cimmaron AO 22
• USS Cochrane DDG 21
• USS Cogswell DD 651
• USS Collett DD 730
• USS Columbus CG 12
• USS Cone DD 866
• USS Constellation CVA 64
• USS Conway DD 507
• USS Cony DD 508
• USCGC Cook Inlet WHEC 384
• USS Coontz DLG 9
• USS Coral Sea CVA 43
• USS Corry DD 817
• USS Cowell DD 547
• USS John R. Craig DD 885
• USS Cusk SS 348
• USS Alfred A. Cunningham DD 752
• USS Dahlgren DLG 12
• USS Dale DLG 19
• USCGC Dallas WHEC 716
• USS Damato DD 871
• USS Josephus Daniels DLG 27
• USS Albert David DE 1050
• USS Davidson DE 1045
• USS Davis DD 937
• USS Decatur DDG 31
• USS DeHaven DD 727
• USS Dewey DLG 14
• USS Diamond Head AE 19
• USS Diodon SS 349
• USCGC Duane WHEC 33
• USS Du Pont DD 941
• USS Duncan DDR 874
• SS Eaton DD 510
• USS Edmonds DE 406
• USS Edson DD 946
• USS Richard S. Edwards DD 950
• USS Harold J. Ellison DD 864
• USS England DLG 22
• USS Enterprise CVN 65
• USS Epperson DD 719
• USS Evans DE 1023
• USS Frank E. Evans DD 754
• USS Eversole DD 789
• USS Falgout DER 324
• USS Fanning DE 1076
• USS Fechteler DD 870
• USS Finch DER 328
• USS Firedrake AE 14
• USS Fiske DD 842
• USS Flasher SSN 613
• USS Fletcher DD 445
• USS Flint AE 32
• USS Forrestal CVA 59
• USS Forster DER 334
• USS Fox DLG 23
• USS Douglas H. Fox DD 779
• USS Myles C. Fox DD 829
• USS Furse DD 882
• USS Galveston CLG 3
• USS Glennon DD 840
• USS Goldsborough DDG 20
• USS Graffias AF 29
• USS Grapple ARS 7
• USS Grasp ARS 24
• USS Gray DE 1054
• USS Grayback SS 574
• USS Great Sitkin AE 17
• USS Eugene A. Greene DD 711
• USS Greenfish SS 351
• USCGC Gresham WHEC 387
• USS Gridley DLG 21
• USS Guadalupe AO 32
• USS Guardfish SSN 612
• USS Gudgeon SS 567
• USS Gurke DD 783
• USS Gurnard SSN 662
• USS Haddock SS 621
• USS Haleakala AE 25
• USCGC Half Moon WHEC 378
• USS Halsey DLG 23
• USCGC Hamilton WHEC 715
• USS Francis Hammond DE 1067
• USS Hamner DD 718
• USS Hancock CVA 19
• USS Hanson DD 832
• USS Harder SS 568
• USS Harwood DD 861
• USS Hassayampa AO 145
• USS Haverfield DER 393
• USS Hawkins DD 873
• USS Hector AR 7
• USS Henderson DD 785
• USS Hepburn DE 1055
• USS Joseph Hewes DE 1078
• USS Higbee DD 806
• USS Hissem DER 400
• USS Hoel DDG 13
• USS Holder DD 819
• USS Holister DD 788
• USS Harold E. Holt DE 1074
• USS Hooper DE 1026
• USS Hopewell DD 681
• USS Horne DLG 30
• USS Hornet CVS 12
• USS Harry E. Hubbard DD 748
• USS Hull DD 945
• USS Robert K. Huntington DD 781
• USS Independence CVA 62
• USCGC Ingham WHEC 35
• USS Ingraham DD 694
• USS Intrepid CVS 11
• USS Arnold J. Isbell DD 869
• USS Isle Royale AD 29
• USS Jamestown AGTR 3
• USS Jason AR 8
• USS Jenkins DD 447
• USS Johnston DD 821
• USS Claud Jones DE 1033
• USS John Paul Jones DDG 32
• USS Jouett DLG 29
• USS Turner Joy DD 951
• USS Kansas City AOR 3
• USS Kawishiwi AO 146
• USS Kearsarge CVS 33
• USS Kennebec AO 36
• USS Keppler DD 765
• USS Kilauea AE 26
• USS King DLG 10
• USS John King DDG 3
• USS Kitty Hawk CVA 63
• USCGC Klamath WHEC 66
• USS Klondike AR 22
• USS Knox DE 1052
• USS Frank Knox DD 742
• USS Koiner DER 331
• USS Richard E. Kraus DD 849
• SS Kretchmer DER 329
• USS Kyes DD 787
• USS Lang DE 1060
• USS Everett F. Larson DD 830
• USS William C. Lawe DD 763
• USS Lawrence DDG 4
• USS Laws DD 558
• USS Leary DD 879
• USS Lexington CVA 16
• USS Wallace L. Lind DD 703
• USS Lockwood DE 1064
• USS Lofberg DD 759
• USS Long Beach CGN 9
• USS Lowe DER 325
• USS Lowry DD 770
• USS George K. MacKenzie DD 836
• USS Maddox DD 731
• USS Mahan DLG 11
• USS Manatee AO 58
• USS Manley DD 940
• USS Mansfield DD 728
• USS Marias AO 57
• USS Markab AR 23
• USS Mars AFS 1
• USS Marsh DE 699
• USS Leonard F. Mason DD 852
• USS Massey DD 778
• USS Mattaponi AO 41
• USS Mauna Kea AE 22
• USS Mauna Loa AE 8
• USS Mazama AE 9
• USS McCaffery DD 860
• USS John S. McCain DL 3
• USS Robert H. McCard DD 822
• USS Lynde McCormick DDG 8
• USS McDermut DD 677
• USS McGinty DE 365
• USS McKean DDR 784
• USS McMorris DE 1036
• USS Medregal SS 480
• USCGC Mellon WHEC 717
• USCGC Mendota WHEC 69
• USS Menhaden SS 377
• USS Meredith DD 890
• USS Meyerkord DE 1058
• USS Midway CVA 41
• USS Milwaukee AOR 2
• USCGC Minnetonka WHEC 67
• USS Mispillion AO 105
• USS Samuel N. Moore DD 747
• USCGC Morgenthau WHEC 722
• USS Morton DD 948
• USS Mount Baker AE 4
• USS Mount Hood AE 29
• USS Mount Katmai AE 16
• USS Mullany DD 528
• USS Mullinnix DD 944
• USS Navasota AO 106
• USS Neches AO 47
• USS New DD 818
• USS New Jersey BB 62
• USS Newell DE 322
• USS New Orleans LPH 11
• USS Newport News CA 148
• USS Niagara Falls AFS 3
• USS Nicholas DD 449
• USS Nitro AE 23
• USS Noa DD 841
• USS O'Bannen DD 450
• USS O'Brien DD 725
• USS O'Callahan DE 1051
• USS O'Hare DD 889
• USS Okinawa LPH 3
• USS Oklahoma City CLG 5
• USS Oriskany CVA 34
• USS Orleck DD 886
• USS Ouellet DE 1077
• USCGC Owasco WHEC 39
• USS James C. Owens DD 776
• USS Oxford AGTR 1
• USS Ozbourn DD 846
• USS Paracutin AE 18
• USS Floyd B. Parks DD 884
• USS Parsons DDG 33
• USS Passumpsic AO 107
• USS Paul DE 1080
• USS Perch SS 313
• USS Perkins DD 877
• USS Permit SSN 594
• USS John R. Perry DE 1034
• USS Newman K. Perry DD 883
• USS Oliver Hazard Perry DD 844
• USS Philip DD 498
• USS Pickerel SS 524
• USS Picking DD 685
• USS Pictor AF 54
• USS Piedmont AD 17
• USS Platte AO 24
• USS Plunger SSN 595
• USS Pogy SSN 647
• USS Pollux AKS 4
• USS Pomfret SS 391
• USS Pomodon SS 486
• USCGC Pontchartrain WHEC 70
• USS Ponchatoula AO 148
• USS Porterfield DD 682
• USS Power DD 839
• USS Prairie AD 15
• USS William V. Pratt DLG 13
• USS Preble DLG 15
• USS Preston DD 795
• USS Prichett DD 561
• USS Princeton LPH 5
• USS Providence CLG 6
• USS Puffer SSN 652
• USS Hugh Purvis DD 709
• USS Pyro AE 24
• USS Queenfish SS 393
• USS Radford DD 446
• USS Ramsey DEG 2
• USS Rainier AE 5
• USS Ranger CVA 61
• USS Rasher AGSS 269
• USS Rathburne DE 1057
• USS Raton AGSS 270
• USS Razorback SS 394
• USS Redfish AGSS 395
• USS Reeves DLG 24
• USS Regulus AF 57
• USS Remora SS 487
• USS Renshaw DD 499
• USS Repose AH 16
• SS Rich DD 820
• USS Charles H. Roan DD 853
• USS Roark DE 1053
• USS Samuel B. Roberts DD 823
• USS Robison DDG 12
• USS Rock AGSS 274
• USS Rogers DD 876
• USS Ronquil SS 396
• USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA 42
• USS Rowan DD 782
• USS Forrest B. Royal DD 872
• USS Rupertus DD 851
• USCGC Rush WHEC 723
• USS Sabalo SS 302
• USS Sacramento AOE 1
• USS Sailfish SS 572
• USS Saint Paul CA 73
• USS Salmon SS 573
• USS Sample DE 1048
• USS San Jose AFS 7
• USS Sanctuary AH 17
• USS Santa Barbara AE 28
• USS Saratoga CVA 60
• USS Sargo SSN 583
• USS Sarsfield DD 837
• USS Savage DER 386
• USS Savannah AOR 4
• USS Scamp SSN 588
• USS Schofield DEG 3
• USS Schuylkill AOT 76
• USS Sculpin SSN 590
• USS Seadragon SSN 584
• USS Sea Fox SS 402
• USCGC Sebago WHEC 42
• USS Segundo SS 398
• USS Shangri-La CVS 38
• USS Shark SSN 591
• USS Shasta AE 6
• USS Shelton DD 790
• USCGC Sherman WHEC 720
• USS Marvin Shields DE 1066
• USS Ernest G. Small DDR 838
• USS Snook SSN 592
• USS Somers DDG 34
• USS Southerland DD 743
• USCGC Spencer WHEC 36
• USS Charles S. Sperry DD 697
• USS Spinax SS 489
• USS Sproston DD 577
• USS William H. Standley DLG 32
• USS Steinaker DD 863
• USS Sterett DDG 31
• USS Sterlet SS 392
• USS Stickell DD 888
• USS Stoddard DD 566
• USS Benjamin Stoddert DDG 22
• USS Joseph Strauss DDG 16
• USS Stormes DD 780
• USS Stribling DD 867
• USS Strong DD 758
• USS Allen M. Sumner DD 692
• USS Suribachi AE 21
• USS Lyman K. Swenson DD 729
• USS Swordfish SSN 579
• USS Taluga AO 62
• USCGC Taney WHEC 37
• USS Tang SS 563
• USS Tanner AGS 15
• USS Tappahannock AO 43
• USS Taussig DD 746
• USS Tautog SSN 639
• USS Taylor DD 468
• USS Tecumseh SSBN 628
• USS Herbert J. Thomas DD 833
• USS Lloyd Thomas DD 764
• USS John W. Thomason DD 760
• USS Ticonderoga CVA 14
• USS Tingey DD 539
• USS Tiru SS 416
• USS Tolovana AO 64
• USS Topeka CLG 8
• USS Towers DDG 9
• USS Trathen DD 530
• USS Trigger SS 564
• USS Trippe DE 1075
• USS Truxtun DLGN 35
• USS Henry W. Tucker DD 875
• USS Tunny APSS 282
• USS Richmond K. Turner DLG 20
• USS Uhlmann DD 687
• USS Vammen DE 644
• USS Vance DER 387
• USS Vega AF 59
• USS Vesole DD 878
• USS Vesuvius AE 15
• USS Virgo AE 30
• USS Vogelgesang DD 862
• USS Volador SS 490
• USS Wabash AOR 5
• USS Waccamaw AO 109
• USCGC Wachusett WHEC 44
• USS Waddell DDG 24
• USS Wahoo SS 565
• USS Wainwright DLG 28
• USS Waldron DD 699
• USS Walke DD 743
• USS Walker DD 517
• USS Waller DD 466
• USS Charles R. Ware DD 865
• USS Warrington DD 843
• USS Wedderburn DD 684
• USS John W. Weeks DD 701
• USS Whipple FF 1062
• USS White Plains AFS 4
• USS Whitehurst DE 634
• USS Wichita AOR 1
• USS Wilhoite DE 397
• USS Wilkinson DL 5
• USS Henry B. Wilson DDG 7
• USS Robert L. Wilson DD 847
• USS Wiltsie DD 716
• USCGC Winnebago WHEC 40
• USCGC Winona WHEC 65
• USS Wiseman DE 667
• USS Worden DLG 18
• USS Wrangell AE 12
• USCGC Yakutat WHEC 380
• USS Yorktown CVS 10

Answer 3

The only active battleship in the world in 1968 was the Iowa class battleship USS New Jersey. She was activated to help reduce jet fighter bomber losses over North Vietnam and at the same time still deliver the ordnance necessary to support the escalation of the war. Approximately 1,000 US jets were destroyed in 1966 alone; the New Jersey fired nearly 6,000 rounds of 16" shells during her tour on the gunline. She was history's last all gunned battleship to see combat.

Answer 4

Numerous more ships served in Vietnam than your list indicates. Many were also "Brown Water" such as amphibious LPD's, LSD's, LST's, LHA's, etc. The USS Denver (LPD-9) was involved in many Campaigns/Engagements. Historians divided the US involvement in Vietnam into 29 or 30 total Campaigns. A brief First-Hand account follows. The USS Denver as a "Flag Ship" was involved partially or totally in 18 of those campaigns during only the period of January, 1970 through July, 1972. They made four WestPac tours including one full 9 month, two turn-around 3-5 month, and finally one full tour (12+ months) that was twice extended for 30 days and then indefinitely. In early 1970, in the Gulf of Thailand/Siam, the Denver was instrumental in the recovery of the US Merchant Ship SS Columbia Eagle and her crew, after two of their crew undertook an armed mutiny and took that heavily laden ship into Cambodia where they claimed political asylum. A rather rich and involved history followed that incident throughout the end of the US/Vietnam Conflict/War, including Search & Rescue up through the DMZ for downed pilots, loading/offloading thousands of Marines & Special Forces personnel, supplies, and equipment at various locations from Vong Tau through DaNang, and they were key to the later very successful usage of Cobra Helicopters, as well as retaliatory measures along Quang Tri Province/Beach after the North's 1972 Easter Offensive. During that time the Denver was awarded Meritorious Unit Citation by the Sec'y of the Navy for being the first US Navy ship to launch missions into North Vietnam. The Denver had also earned Combat Action Ribbon, Vietnam Service Medal with at least six Battle Stars, Vietnam Campaign Medal, etc. Many of the sailors on board the Denver were "Blue Water", "Brown Water", and "Boots on the Ground". There must be many other US ships that experienced similar types of duty, although perhaps "Flag Ship" designation made a difference as far as the USS Denver was concerned. At the end, the Denver carried over 2,000 Vietnamese refugees out of the country to freedom in the US.

Answer 5

With very few exceptions, all US Navy warships rotated on a tour off the Vietnamese coastline. All US Aircraft Carriers launched airstrikes into North Vietnam from YANKEE station or into South Vietnam from DIXIE station. All US Cruisers (8 or 6 inch guns) and US Destroyers (5 inch guns) delivered naval gunfire support from the gun line in South Vietnam, and duelled with North Vietnamese Shore Batteries off the coast of North Vietnam. US Warships, on a individual basis, rotated from the Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets with the Pacific Fleets.

Answer 6

Nearly every warship and supply ship in the USN served somewhere off the coast of Vietnam; either on Yankee Station (North Vietnam) or Dixie Station (South Vietnam); this includes aircraft carriers & submarines.

The only "rare" warship that should probably be remembered...because it was the ONLY one, was the Iowa Class United States Navy battleship USS New Jersey which worked the "Gunline" from 1968 until 1969 firing approximately 5,000 sixteen inch shells at communist positions. The USS New Jersey was the last of the "all gunned" US Navy battleships; after the Vietnam War all the battlewagons received new smart missiles (Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, etc) and computers.

Answer 7

Of all the Iowa class battleships (USS Iowa, USS Wisconsin, USS Missouri, USS New Jersey); only the USS New Jersey saw combat in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. The New Jersey fired nearly 6,000 sixteen inch shells and almost 15,000 five inch shells at enemy targets in Vietnam. She fired more rounds in Vietnam than she did during WWII.

During her tour on the gunline, the New Jersey was the ONLY active battleship in the world; as well as the last all gunned battleship to be engaged in combat. (After Vietnam the Iowa's were equipped with CRUISE MISSILES) to supplement their 16" guns.

Answer 8

The Vietnam War was America's last war in which a PROPELLER driven single engined PURPOSE built warplane was used in combat; and, that engaged in aerial combat and shot down an enemy aircraft (a MiG17 jet). The A1 Skyraider, a dive bomber to be exact, shot down two MiG 17's; one was a shared aerial kill by two A1's, and the sole aerial victory was by US Navy LTjg Patton, flying cowling number 409. Lieutenant Patton's Skyraider has been recently marketed as an R/C (Radio Controlled) model airplane in 2008 (the aircraft has a 70" wingspan). It was featured on the cover of Model Airplane News magazine in that year. See film "Rescue Dawn" showing the A1 in action.

A few of the other jet aircraft flown by the USN during the War were:

1. F8 Crusader (see film: Dog-fights history channel; the last gunfighter)

2. F4 Phantom II (last US aces of the 20th century)

3. A4 Skyhawk (Senator McCains aircraft)

4. A6 Intruder (see film: Flight of the Intruder)

5. A7 Corsair II

Answer 9

The world's last all gun battleship (no cruise missiles), the Iowa class USS New Jersey was the world's only active battleship in 1968, and the only battleship to see action in the Vietnam War.

Answer 10

US Navy Hospital Ships Sanctuary & Repose, together they attended to about 20,000 wounded US servicemen during the Vietnam war. Hospital Ship "Hope" may have participated in the Vietnam war also, however she had been either sold or loaned to some "volunteer" group during the 1960s.

Only Sanctuary remains and she might be going to the re-cyclers (scrappers) sometime in the future (if she hasn't gone already).