USS Peleliu and USS Halsey Sydney 10-15 October

[Richard Siudak]

Dunkphilip - if you read my last post, I clearly stated I had a complete list, all you had to do was like ask......
Am unsure where you got H-37's from, the Mojave went out of service in the late 1960's early 1970's.
For your info - here is a complete listing:

USS PELELIU

Aircraft noted on board came from a 'composite' USMC Squadron HMM-165 (reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) coded 'YW' “White Knights”

Also on board, two US Navy MH-60S Nighthawks from Detachment 5 of HSC-23 Squadron “Wildcards” coded ‘WC’.

CH-46E Sea Knight
154023/00 157649/01 157703/02 154027/03 153346/04 156451/05
154001/06 153969/07 157685/10 157715/11 157704/12 153357/14

CH-53E Super Stallion
162525/21 164360/22 164362/23 164783/24

UH-1N Huey (Iroquois)
159202/30 159775/35

AH-1W Super Cobra
162534/41 163941/42 163943/43 165280/44

AV-8B Harrier II
165581/51 165580/52 165567/53 165569/54 164117/55 163870/56


United States Navy

MH-60S Nighthawk
166328/46 166357/53 HSC-23 Detachment 5 coded 'WC'


Support ship with USS Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group.

USS HALSEY DDG-97 SH-60B HSL-45 Det 3 'World Famous Wolfpack' Det 3 known as ’The Heavy Hitters’ coded 'TZ' 165107/47 and
162329/54


Some notes on the remanufactured AV-8B's on board:
AV-8B+(R) 165581 was previously seen in Fremantle as 163176 18/3/1995 as YR/54 HMM-161 USS Essex LHD2
AV-8B+(R) 165580 was previously seen in Fremantle as 163675 8/9/1993 as ET/54 HMM-262 USS Belleau Wood LHA3

SH-60B 162329 is msn 70435 Date of manufacture 5-30-88

Cheers

Richard Siudak
Naval Aviation Historian
Perth, Western Australia