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USS Benewah Photos
Albert B. Moore served on the USS Benewah as a 1st Class Petty
Officer from 1966-1968. He is the current President of the Mobile Riverine Force
Association, a national organization of current and former Navy and Army personnel who
fought and/or supported the joint Army/Navy Mobile Riverine Force operations during the
Vietnam War.
Photos courtesy of Albert B. Moore unless otherwise indicated.
If you took one of the photos below and you believe you have not been properly
credited, please email me.
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| (1) 5 June 1967 - A month and a half after arriving
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(2) Benewah 1967 |
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(3) Summer 1967 Vung Tau Harbor - First landing of a Helo
on the USS Benewah |
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| (4) July 5, 1967, First Light Observation Helo Landing on
an ATC(H) (Refueler 92-1). Photo courtesy of Al Breininger. |
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(5) Summer 1967 near Dong Tam. First landing of a
Huey on an ATC(H) (Refueler 92-1) |
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(6) December 1967, Compliment of River Assault Craft
alongside. |
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| (7) January 1968 |
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(8) February 1968 |
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(9) 9 July 1968 - 10,000th Helo Landing on the Benewah |
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| (10) Little Creek, VA (2/67), 2 months before arriving in
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(11) Sunset, Spring 1969. Photo courtesy of Don
Blankenship (A-111-3) |
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(12) Benewah coming alongside the USS Hector (AR-7), circa
June or July, 1970, off Vung Tau. Photo courtesy of GMG2 Don Blankenship from
Hector Cruise Book. |
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| (13) Benewah, USS Sphinx and others rafted to USS Hector
for repairs. Photo courtesy of GMG2 Don Blankenship from Hector Cruise Book. |
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(14) Benewah, USS Sphinx and others rafted to USS Hector
for repairs. Photo courtesy of GMG2 Don Blankenship from Hector Cruise Book. |
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(15) Photo collection courtesy of Donald Trausneck QM3 USS
Benewah APB-35 1966-68 |
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| (16) Photo collection courtesy of Donald Trausneck QM3 USS
Benewah APB-35 1966-68 |
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(17) Photo collection courtesy of Donald Trausneck QM3 USS
Benewah APB-35 1966-68 |
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(18) Photo collection courtesy of Donald Trausneck QM3 USS
Benewah APB-35 1966-68 |
More Photos from yesteryear
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| (19) 1946 Commissioning Crew |
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(21) 1967 - Mobile Riverine Force operations map.
Civil War cannon adds link to past riverine operations. |
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| (22) At Newport News ship yard in 1961 to
the right of the carrier. |
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(23) 75 mm Recoilless Rifle round hits the Benewah |
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(24) Benewah in Philadelphia, 1967 |
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| (25) Boats pass in review at PUC Award Ceremony July 6,
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(27) IC3 Larry Hidbrader coming aboard Benewah in Vung Tau
in 1967. Photo courtesy of John Speery. |
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| (28) Omar Bradley (Gen. USA Ret) visits Benewah, 1967 |
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(29) Gen. Westmoreland visits Benewah in 1967 |
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(30) Welcoming party for Gen. Westmoreland |
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| (31) LTJG Omohundro ripped. (1969) Photo courtesy
LTJG Paul Ferguson. |
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(32) Can you not help but take pride in the Flag we served
under in Vietnam? Photo courtesy of Ed Gaertner. |
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(33) LTJG Paul Ferguson, Operations Officer from 11/68 to
11/69 plus Staff Comm. Officer for CTF117 (Captain Carvel Blaire) 6/69 until 11/69 |
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| (34) USS Yolo, the first APB |
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(35) Launching of USS Benewah, APB-35 |
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(36) NCO Club, Vung Tau |
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| (37) Art Work by Padre Raymond
Johnson / Doc and Chaplain MRF-TF-117 66-69 |
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(38) Brigadier General William B. Fulton receives
Distinguished Service Cross aboard Benewah, 9/67 |
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(39) Benewah in Newfoundland in 1952 |
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| (40) Benewah in Naples, Italy in 1955 |
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(41) Benewah leaving Pearl Harbor 1967 |
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(43) Plan of the Day, pages 1 and 2 |
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Thanks to Paul Nemitz for the
following seven photos of the Benewah in Naples in 1954 |
Schlitz beer? Yuck. Smart Navy chief's make sure
that stuff goes to the officer's mess. (Typical Wednesday beer party late
1968 or early 1969)
Standing, from the left: Tom Sparkman, EMO; Bill Teare, Dentist; Bob Spradling, Engineering Dept.?; Rod Fitch, Communications Officer; Mark Griffith, XO (deceased); Don Tennant, Supply Officer; Marshall Stowell, CO; Ralph Michna, Engineering Dept.; Bill Hearn, Supply Dept.
Crouching, from left; Bob Roth, Engineering Officer; Paul Ferguson, Operations Officer; Tom Hallinan, Deck Officer (? is that the correct name? - he headed up the deck force. Was that also known as First Officer? It's been a long time. Anyway, his nickname was "Boats".
(Thanks to Paul Ferguson for identifying everyone)
Photo courtesy of Tom Sparkman
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| (A) Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Washington DC 1995 |
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(B) Lone Sailor Navy Memorial Washington DC 1995 |
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(C) Speakers table at MRFA Reunion June 1998. The
Flag flew over the Benewah during TET 1968. |
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| (D) Memorial Day 2000, dedication of the MRF Memorial at
Ft. Snelling National Cemetary |
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(E) Close up of the MRF Memorial Monument |
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(F) The MRF Monument Plaque |
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| (G) The Bag Pipers |
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(H) The Chaplain's Invocation |
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(I) Speaker: CDR E.T. Lindberg, USN Ret., RivRon 11 |
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| (J) Speaker Roy Moseman S/Sgt 4th-47th, 9th Infantry
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(K)Memorial Coordinator Mike Clark, 9th Infantry Division |
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(L) The 9th Infantry Memorial Monument |
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| (M) MRFA President Albert Moore and John Sperry |
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(N) L-R: Al Cady, Al Moore, and Tom Stuart |
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(O) Front: Al Cady and Tom Stuart, Back: Jerry Weiss, Al
Moore and Donald Doubleday |
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| (O) General Patrick Hughes and the
Cookieman |
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