Amphibious Ready Group Alpha

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Amphibious Ready Group Alpha (Marine contingent "Special Landing Force Alpha" or SLF-A often referred to as the "Sluff", during the Viet-Nam era identified as Task Group 76.4) consisted of various support vessels for an "LPH" or Landing Platform Helicopter such as were the USS Princeton(LPH5), USS Okinawa (LPH3), and USS Iwo Jima (LPH2). Support vessels like an LST (Landing Ship Troop) or LSD (Landing Ship Deployment) included various vessels supporting a Marine Corps battalion referred to as a Battalion Landing Team (BLT). The Marine elements of the Group were referred to as Special Landing Force Alpha which itself consisted of the BLT and a Marine Helicopter Squadron.

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