In the Beginning
In the Beginning We Flew Off These Ships
USS Princeton (CV-37)
Deployed: 5 January 1956 as HS-2 Det N
Established as HS-6 on 1 June 1956 – Lcdr Dougal D. McKay, OinC
Returned to San Diego on 1 August 1956
Aircraft: HO-4S – Modex HVxx
Ports of Call: Pearl Harbor, HI; Bangkok, Thailand; Yokosuka, Japan; Manila, P.I.; Subic Bay, P.I.; Buckner Bay, Okinawa; Kure, Japan; Keelung, Formosa; Sasebo, Japan; Hong Kong
Significant Operations and Events: Air Wing shore-based in Japan while USS Princeton embarks Marines for participation in SEATO Operation Firmlink in Thailand, HUK (Hunter/Killer) ASW exercises in WESTPAC, HS-6 established
USS Philippine Sea (CVS-47)
Emergency sortie: 8 November to 21 November 1957 to search for survivors of Pan Am Flight 7 – Cdr Ernest C. Harris, Commanding
Deployed: 13 January to 25 July 1958 – CDR Earnest C. Harris and then CDR Earl F. Oglesby, Commanding
Aircraft: HSS-1 – Modex UDxx
Ports of Call:
Significant Operations and Events: