hunter killer operations information
for HMA-369
USS DENVER
USS CLEVELAND
USS DUBUQUE

From date 721010 to 730118


HMA-369 was a US Marine Corps unit
USS DENVER was a US Navy unit
USS CLEVELAND was a US Navy unit
USS DUBUQUE was a US Navy unit
Primary service involved, US Marine Corps
North Vietnam
Description: The renewed air war over North Vietnam following the NVA Easter Offensive of 1972 forced the North Vietnamese to increase the use waterborne logistical craft to move supplies and equipment along the coast of NVN. These ships were especially active at night and in bad weather. A detachment of AH-1Js from HMA-369 based at Futema was ordered initially to Denver (LPD-9), then to Cleveland (LPD-7), and finally to Dubuque (LPD-8) for a hunter killer operation. The starting date for this mission is not known. Suspected craft and transshipment points were attacked by the helicopters which also provided an observation role. They also worked with TACAIR when more lucrative targets were found. The hunter killer operations were terminated on 18 Jan 1973 as part of the cease fire. The AH-1J det on Dubuque returned to Okinawa.

The source for this information was The Marines in Vietnam Anthology P:200


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Date posted on this site: 05/13/2023