ARMED HUEY HELICOPTER UH-1B
Light Helicopter Attack Squadron THREE (HAL-3), the first armed helicopter squadron commissioned in the U.S. Navy, operates in South Vietnam supporting the Navy's Operation Game Warden forces. Flying heavily armed UH-lB "Huey" helicopters, the Navy pilots, nicknamed "Seawolves", team with river patrol boats (PBRs) in the Mekong Delta to prevent Viet Cong movement of men and supplies on the inland waterways and canals that lace the area, In addition to providing support for friendly ground and waterborne units, the Seawolves are also called upon for rocket and machine gun strikes on enemy targets, and to provide fire cover for medical evacuations.

Characteristics
LENGTH	44 Feet
WIDTH	8 Feet
HEIGHT	12 Feet 8 Inches
SPEED	120 MPH
TONNAGE	2 1/4 Tons
ALTITUDE	10,000 Feet
CREW	Four Officers and Enlisted men
ARMAMENT	Two pods of 7 2,75 inch rockets Four 03O-caliber machine guns in twin flex mounts and two M-60 machine guns on door mounts
ENGINES	T53-L-ll Shaft Turbine (Jet) generating 1100 Horsepower
NUMBER IN COUNTRY	Over 18
LOCATIONS	Vung Tau, Binh Thuy, Nha Be, Mobile Base II, Vinh Long and on LSTs at the mouths of the Bassac, Co Chien and Ham Luong Rivers

(Revised 26 November 1968)

This information is from Public Affairs Office documents contributed by:
Larry Bissonnette