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| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase II
30 September to 12 October 1966 24 to 31 October 1966 9 to 18 November 1966 3 to 12 and 21 to 26 December 1966 16 to 24 January 1967 7 to 15 and 25 to 28 February 1967 16 to 24 March 1967 2 to 8 April 1967 | Vietnamese Summer-Fall 1969
9 to 15 and 20 to 26 June 1969 |
| Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase III
17 to 28 November 1967 11 to 18 and 23 to 28 December 1967 08 to 14 and 21 to 29 January 1968 | Sanctuary Counteroffensive
12 May to 7 June 1970 20 to 30 June 1970 |
| Tet Counteroffensive
8 to 17 February 1968 27 February to 8 March 1968 13 to 24 March 1968 | Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase VII
1 to 4 July 1970 17 to 25 July 1970 31 July to 8 August 1970 17 to 27 August 1970 1 to 4 September 1970 |
| Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase IV
05 to 19 April 1968 30 April to 6 May 1968 11 to 18 and 24 to 26 May 1968 | Consolidation I
7 to 18 and 23 to 26 August 1971 14 to 28 September 1971 9 to 24 October 1971 9 to 13 November 1971 20 to 30 November 1971 |
| Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase VI
16 to 30 December 1968 7 to 16 January 1969 4 to 11 February 1969 | Consolidation II
1 to 6 December 1971 9 to 14 and 17 to 22 December 1971 2 January to 8 January 1972 |
| Tet 69/Counteroffensive
1 to 11 and 17 to 22 March 1969 31 March to 6 April 1969 25 April to 7 May 1969 12 to 21 May 1969 | Ceasefire Campaign
17 to 29 November 1972 6 to 10 and 20 to 30 December 1972 7 January to 20 January 1973 25 January to 28 January 1972 |
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66k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) at anchor, 24 February 1956, place unknown. US Navy photo # NH 42637 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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104k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) underway at sea, circa 1956-1959. US Navy photo # NH 99054 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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127k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) entering the Dry Dock #1 at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, July 1956. US Navy photo |
Richard Miller BMCS USNR | |
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95k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) underway, date and place unknown. | . | |
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71k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hand" magazine, May 1958 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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68k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) underway at San Francisco Bay in 1958. Photo ©Allied Photographers of San Francisco. |
Robert M. Cieri | |
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124k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) during an UNREP with Ranger (CV-61), date and place unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hand" magazine, April 1959 |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | |
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37k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) during Underway Replenishment (UNREP) with Yorktown (CVS-10) in 1959. Photo taken from HMS Chichester. | Photo by Rob Jerrard | |
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106k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) during underway replenishment with Ranger (CVA-61) and Coontz (DLG-9), 21 September 1961. US Navy photo # NH 99055 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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13k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) departing under Golden Gate Bridge, March 1964, to rendezvous with the Oriskany (CV-34) battle group and then on to Pearl Harbor | Photo by Dan Axtell USS Ponchatoula January 1963 to August 1965 |
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103k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) alongside Yorktown (CVS-10) as she refuels a destroyer (Fletcher class, ex-DDE) off her starboard side, 25 January 1965. US Navy photo # NH 99056 by PH2 J.D. Waino, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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25k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) laying at anchor, Hong Kong 1965, for R&R after being relieved by Sacramento (AOE-1) upon completion of her tour in the Gulf of Tonkin. | Photo by Dan Axtell crew member January 1963 to August 1965 |
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98k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) at Pearl Harbor, HI., 12 February 1966 | © Richard Leonhardt | |
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48k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) during underway replenishment of Enterprise (CVN-65) while in the Tonkin Gulf in 1967. | Barry Litchfield USS Ponchatoula | |
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112k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) prepares to refuel Coontz (DLG-9), in the South China Sea in July 1969. Another guided missile frigate is pulling away in the distance. photographed from on board Coontz (DLG-9). US Navy photo # USN 11395711 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
Robert Hurst | |
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89k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) being maneuvered by tugs to get into position for entry into Richland (AFDM-8), in preparation for drydocking at Guam during the 1970s. US Navy photo # NH 99062 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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115k | Astern view of Ponchatoula (AO-148) while drydocked in Richland (AFDM-8), at Guam during the 1970s. Open Lighter (NSP)YC-1458 is in the foreground. Original caption: "The size of the ship's propellers is evident in this photograph taken in drydock." US Navy photo # NH 99063 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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88k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) drydocked in Richland (AFDM-8), at Guam during the 1970s. US Navy photo # NH 99061 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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91k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) prepares to refuel Coontz (DLG-9), in the South China Sea, July 1969. Another guided missile frigate is pulling away in the distance. Photographed from Coontz. US Navy photo # USN 1139571 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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150k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) underway off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, 26 March 1970. US Navy photo # NH 98832 by PH1 E.L. Goligoski, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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167k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) underway in the Pacific Ocean, circa 1970. US Navy photo # NH 99057 by PHCS Fautheree, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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83k | Ponchatoula (AO-148) refueling Kitty Hawk (CV-63) while underway in the Pacific Ocean during Operation "RimPac 75", 7 April
1975. A Canadian Navy frigate and HMCS Provider are in the left background, with a US Navy Knox class escort ship following them. The Australian and New Zealand navies also took part in this operation. US Navy photo # NH 99058 by PH1 W.J. Galligan, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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87k | Ponchatoula (T-AO-148) comes alongside Blue Ridge (LCC-19) to conduct underway replenishment, during operations in the Philippine Sea, 3 December 1991. US Navy photo # NH 99059 by PHAN Gary Denman, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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101k | Ponchatoula (T-AO-148) underway in the Philippine Sea, 3 December 1991. US Navy photo # NH 99060 by PHAN Gary Denman, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | |
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64k | Ponchatoula (T-AO-148), from Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), mid-Pacific, 1991. | Photo by AMS3 Rowan | |
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105k | Ponchatoula (T-AO-148) underway, date and place unknown. DOD photo # DNST9202784 |
Defense News Service | |
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128k | Ponchatoula (T-AO-148) underway, date and place unknown. DOD photo # DNST9202829 |
Defense News Service | |
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87k | Ponchatoula (T-AO-148) underway, date and place unknown. DOD photo # DNST9202830 |
Defense News Service | |
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