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Title: An Iroquois ‘Huey’ Prepares to Land on the HMAS Sydney
Description: An Iroquois ‘Huey’ prepares to land on the HMAS Sydney off the Vietnam coast.Photo by Phillip Heeb.
Subjects: naval ships, Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS), Iroquois Helicopters
Local Identifier: 16-4579

Title: HMAS Sydney with 1RAR, en route to Vietnam
Description: HMAS (Her Majesty's Australian Ships) Sydney with 1RAR (1st Royal Australian Regiment), en route to Vietnam.
Subjects: Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), Vietnam War, naval ships, Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS)
Local Identifier: 16-4663

Title: View From the U.S. Naval Ship, "General Weigel"
Description: We were all up on the deck looking at Okie, and wondering what we would be doing here. 3/4 Cavalry HHT (Headquarters & Headquarters Troop) On U.S.N.S (United States Naval Ship) General Weigel, 1966. This is the Troop Ship that we left Hawaii on heading to Okie on our way to Vietnam - This is all Pacific Ocean. Photo by Roger McGill.
Subjects: soldiers, U.S. Navy, military deployment, naval ships
Local Identifier: 16-2586

Title: Taking Five On The USS Coral Sea
Description: Taking five on the USS Coral Sea, 1966. Photo by Tim Page.
Subjects: soldiers, naval ships, coral, jet aircraft, aircraft carriers
Local Identifier: 16-4600

Title: Gary Schick In His Bunk On A Ship
Description: Gary Schick in his bunk on the ship. "They were really cramped quarters. Not sure how the Navy guys do this day in and day out. 3/4 Cavalry HHT On U.S.N.S Gen. Weigel, 1966. This is the Troop Ship that we left Hawaii on heading to Okie on our way to Vietnam - This is all Pacific Ocean." -Vietnam Veteran. Photo by Roger McGill.
Subjects: Vietnam War, U.S. Navy, naval ships, naval crew
Local Identifier: 16-2496

Title: Preparing to Head for Home
Description: Preparing to head for home; 3RAR (Royal Australian Regiment) troops on the deck of the Vung Tau ferry, c. November 1968. Photo by David Limpus.
Subjects: troops, naval crew, naval ships, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR)
Local Identifier: 16-4546

Title: Walsh Pretending To Be Sea Sick
Description: "Howard Walsh showing how some guys were just so Sea Sick you just wouldn't believe it, some never got out of their bunks. The shower and Latrine were full of it. 3/4 Cavalry HHT On U.S.N.S Gen. Weigel, 1966. This is the Troop Ship that we left Hawaii on heading to Okie on our way to Vietnam - This is all Pacific Ocean." -Roger McGill. Photo by Roger McGill.
Subjects: Vietnam War, troops, naval ships, bunk beds, soldiers
Local Identifier: 16-2519

Title: Deck Crew On The USS Constellation
Description: Deck Crew on the USS Constellation, 1966. Photo by Tim Page.
Subjects: soldiers, naval ships, war photography
Local Identifier: 16-4688

Title: Lighters Packed With 3RAR Vehicles Approach HMAS Sydney
Description: Lighters packed with 3RAR vehicles approach HMAS Sydney, at Vung Tau. The departure of 3RAR troops and vehicles was the first major move in the withdrawal of the Australian forces from South Vietnam, 6 October 1971.
Subjects: Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), naval ships, supplies, soldiers, Vehicles
Local Identifier: 16-4473

Title: Crew Members Carry 5 Inch Shells
Description: HMAS (Her Majesty's Australian Ship) Brisbane on her second deployment to Vietnam operates on the gunline. Crew members carry 5 inch shells during an underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea. [Left to right] Ordinary Seaman Underwater Weapons (ORDUW) Brian Simmonds, Ordinary Seaman Elecrical Mechanic (ORDEM) Allan Jamieson, Ordinary Seaman Steward (ORDSTD) Richard Hardstaff and ORDEM William Murphy, c. July 1971.
Subjects: naval ships, navy, naval crew, Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS)
Local Identifier: 16-4565

Title: Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Divers
Description: RAN divers Able Seaman Clearance Diver Mike Ey in the water at Cat Lo, Vung Tau, and Chief Petty Officer Clearance Diver Vic Rashleigh with an unidentified American diver. The group was clearing two 4.2 mortars from the propellers of a Philippine tug. Photo by Norm Cooper. Australian naval clearance divers had been operating under various titles since the Second World War. The Clearance Diving Branch of the navy was formally established in 1951. In 1966 during a tour of South-East Asia, a team of Australian clearance divers spent a week on an unscheduled operational attachment to a United States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal team based near Saigon. Brief and unofficial though their sojourn was, they became the first Australian clearance divers to serve in Vietnam. The task that faced the eight Australian Naval Clearance Diving teams in Vietnam was complex and dangerous. The country’s long coast and many rivers, and the large Mekong Delta near Saigon gave the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong many opportunities to attack and disrupt shipping with mines and underwater obstacles, often planted by sappers known as swimmers. The attempts to combat these threats to shipping were collectively labelled ‘Stable Door’ operations and these were the primary task of the Australian clearance divers.Large merchant ships, often carrying military supplies, were a particularly valuable target as were military vessels, especially those that operated in Vietnam’s rivers. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese used a range of mine types against shipping including moored and floating mines as well as those placed on the bottom of a watercourse. In the north of the country Soviet-manufactured limpet mines were employed. The mines were also transported and placed in a variety of ways. In some instances they were tethered beneath a sampan by cables that could be cut if the vessel was approached. The most common method, however, was to have the mines placed by swimmers who had been trained in North Vietnam and who then came south to carry out anti-shipping operations. In addition to combating attacks on shipping, Australian Naval Clearance Divers were engaged in disposing of ordnance that had become unsafe, and in salvage operations. These included diving around downed aircraft to remove classified material and render any explosive material safe. After mid-1968 the Australians were also involved in operations with the South Vietnamese armed forces during which they cleared barriers along the approaches to suspected enemy positions. All eight clearance diving contingents performed difficult, dangerous tasks, often in very unpleasant conditions. The waters in which they generally operated carried swift currents, were murky – reducing visibility considerably – and choppy. The materials with which the divers worked were unstable and, if handled incorrectly, lethal. Their work did not have the same profile as that carried out by Australian naval vessels or aviators, but it was vital to the safety of shipping, both military and civilian, in South Vietnam.
Subjects: naval ships, clearance divers, Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
Local Identifier: 16-4415

Title: Living Spaces Inside a U.S. Naval Ship En Route to Vietnam
Description: This is how we lived on the ship. All 3/4 Cavalry Troopers - Gary Schick, Paul Dockendorf, Don Kress, and forget the other names. 3/4 Cavalry HHT On U.S.N.S Gen. Weigel, 1966. This is the Troop Ship that we left Hawaii on heading to Okie on our way to Vietnam - This is all Pacific Ocean. Photo by Roger McGill.
Subjects: soldiers, naval ships, military deployment, Vietnam War, Vietnam, troops, cavalry, military history, military personnel, U.S. Navy, U.S. Military
Local Identifier: 16-2573

Title: USS New Jersey
Description: "BB-62 USS New Jersey in Tonkin Gulf 1969. We used to pick up Navy artillery observer. The 2000 lb rounds from these 16 inch guns could clear lots of real estate." USS New Jersey (BB-62) is America's most decorated battleship. The USS New Jersey is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of New Jersey. New Jersey earned more battle stars for combat actions than the other three completed Iowa-class battleships, and was the only US battleship providing gunfire support during the Vietnam War. Photo and comment by Tom Everhart.
Subjects: aerial photographs, aerial views, artillery, shelling (artillery projectiles), battleships, U.S. Navy, naval ships, Vietnam, Vietnam War
Local Identifier: 16-3816

Title: Ship Full of Soldiers Just Arriving in Vietnam
Description: Ship full of soldiers just arriving in Vietnam. "Landing day 1..1967". Photo and comment by Paul Plante
Subjects: soldiers, Army, navy, Vietnam, military deployment, U.S. Military, naval ships, naval crew, U.S. Navy, Vietnam War
Local Identifier: 16-3532

Title: Intrepid Aft Engine Room
Description: Soldiers working in the Intrepid aft engine room in 1967. Photo by Ralph Bigelow.
Subjects: Vietnam War, soldiers, engines, ships, naval ships, aircraft carriers
Local Identifier: 16-2973

Title: Dockendorf Pointing To The Name Of The Ship
Description: Paul E. Dockendorf pointing to the name of the ship, USS General William Weigel. 3/4 Cavalry HHT On U.S.N.S General William Weigel, 1966. This is the Troop Ship that we left Hawaii on heading to Okie on our way to Vietnam - This is all Pacific Ocean." -Roger McGill. Photo by Roger McGill.
Subjects: Vietnam War, military personnel, naval ships, troops, ships, life preservers
Local Identifier: 16-2539

Title: United States Navy Vessel with American, South Vietnamese and Australian Personnel
Description: A United States Navy vessel with American, South Vietnamese and Australian personnel are on board in the Mekhong Delta in 1970. The Americans tried hard to gain control of this part of South Vietnam which, although close to Saigon, remained a center of Viet Cong activity. Patrolling the Delta was a significant aspect of the American experience in Vietnam.
Subjects: American, patrol, naval crew, navy, naval ships, deltas
Local Identifier: 16-4630

Title: HMAS (Her Majesty's Australian Ship) Vendetta
Description: HMAS Vendetta departed Sydney, 15 September 1969 and arrived at Da Nang on 2 October 1969. Vendetta, the only Australian-built destroyer to see active service on the gunline, was involved in an enemy bombardment from her anchorage at Da Nang the day after she arrived, 3 October 1969.
Subjects: naval ships, naval shipyards, navies, battleships
Local Identifier: 16-4485

Title: Damage From The Second Missile Which Hit HMAS Hobart
Description: Damage from the second missile which hit HMAS Hobart, most of which landed in the after seamen’s mess deck. On June 17, 1968 while on the gun line with Yankee Station off the coast of North Vietnam, HOBART was struck by three Sparrow missiles fired from a USAF 7th Air Force aircraft (one of the three missiles failed to explode). Two crewmen were killed and seven injured. HOBART and USS BOSTON had been in the vicinity of two US Navy Swift Boats (PCF-12 & PCF-19) that were attacked and sunk after a 2-hour gun battle by North Vietnamese Helicopters. US jets arrived several hours later (around midnight) but the enemy aircraft had departed. As the attack by helicopter was unprecedented, the US aircraft attacked the BOSTON and HOBART assuming they were the enemy who sunk the Swift Boats. The BOSTON suffered no casualties, and was only slightly damaged. In all, HOBART served three tours of duty, and was awarded the United States Navy Unit Commendation for the 1st and 3rd Tours in Vietnam. HOBART was decommissioned on May 12, 2000 and was sunk as a dive wreck four nautical miles west-north-west of Marina Vincent, Yankalilla Bay, South Australia on November 5, 2002.
Subjects: naval ships, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), damage
Local Identifier: 16-4501

Title: HMAS Yarra, a River Class Destroyer Escort
Description: HMAS Yarra, a River Class Destroyer Escort (DE), accompanied HMAS Sydney to Vietnam on her 14 February – 12 March 1972 voyage.
Subjects: Her Majesty's Australian Ship (HMAS), naval ships, navy, naval auxiliary ships
Local Identifier: 16-4587

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