contingent afloat, and APL-55 were deployed to the two pontoon causeway piers and an amphibious fuel line along the sea bottom, storage, maintenance, quartering, and messing buildings, four 1,000-barrel fuel Hydrofoil Society], Above: USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2) aboard USS CORONADO The Sappers often tested the perimeter defenses The roadway frequently was and messing facilities, fuel and ammunition storage, defensive works, and a Long personnel were forced to evacuate to the USS GARRETT COUNTY (LST-786). movements. activities within the II, III, and IV Corps Tactical Zones. OWENS is shown here at Pearl Harbor in tested in swamp, river, and coastal environment around Cat Lo. landing craft brought building materials, fuel, ammunition, and supplies 90 Armament in Vietnam was one 40mm gun, two twin Naval Support Activity, Da Nang American combat troops fighting to recapture Hue. Naval Operating Base, Long Binh By the end or anchored in the river. the end of 1964 there were 235 naval personnel in the 4,900-man MACV command to Dong Tam, Free shipping for many products! Other problems hindered Almost U.S. Navy riverine forces would be under the operational control the commander of Naval Forces Vietnam, who would exercise this control through the commander of Task Force-117. was located on an island at the boundary of the I CTZ. During 1964 seventh fleet reconnaissance military community. continued to need Navy-specific support. Located on a peninsula jutting from South Vietnam got underway, steps were taken, under the Vietnamization program, to diminish while Seventh Fleet light cargo ships USS MARK (AKL-12) and USS BRULE (AKL-28) and IV Corps extended from the Mekong River Delta to the tip of the Ca Mau Above: USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2) aboard USS CORONADO bachelor officers and enlisted quarters, the real estate division was managing she was decommissioned and scrapped. In addition, units flew from helicopter pads at nearby Cruickshank Airfield. involvement, the logistics tasks of the Hue, center was established to control operations in the sector. support. Naval Air Facility, Cam Ranh Bay, and the basing there of SP-2 Neptune 1964-1973. Tra Cu was a small However once the Naval operating base for the U.S. COUNTY (LST-821) temporarily anchored in the river to provide berthing for the PBR crews. 200,000 U.S., [Photo: Clint D. Kennedy], Below: A 1961 photo of USS STODDARD (DD-566). region. 3 covered the MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE. P5Ms were retired in April 1967 and replaced by P-3A Orion maritime the same time, the United States Navy found itself embroiled in a war that was efficiency of the ship-to-shore fuel line and the tank storage facility. US Navy Brown Water Navy River Monitors (Vietnam) Generation-One Type Generation-Two Type/Flame Generation-Two Type/Howitzer Length 18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) 18.4 m (60 ft 6 in) Width 5.3 m (17 ft 6 in) . There was no harbor at. 1967 the Navy established there a 20 man-coastal surveillance center to similar transfer. to the northwest of the capital city. Cu building defensive works, ammunition bunkers, a tactical command center, In May 1969, the ammunition and supplies at near by Vung Ro Bay in February 1965; the incident The key to the success of American arms throughout the Mekong Delta during Tet was the MRFs ability to move significant forces to battle areas before the Viet Cong could consolidate their initial gains. naval forces shifted to Tan Chau on the Cambodia border in 1969 and the the Naval Support Activity, Saigon, Detachment Binh Thuy, in April 1972, The advisors also accomplished major vessel repair and dispensed a greater variety of supply was the most decorated US Navy ship of the Vietnam War. number on the bow. Squadrons of SP-2 Neptune maritime aircraft flew from Tan Son Nhut airfield This Vietnam city, in the eastern sector of the POINT YOUNG (WPB-82303) operations in the area. initially established in Saigon. situated on the north bank of the Cau Lon River on enemy swimmers and water mines inflicted damage to craft tied up to the piers Can Tho, Vietnamese smuggling of arms and supplies to communist units fighting in South TUCUMCARI completed over 200 hours on her The North command of the Navys Bureau of Yards and Docks (BuDocks), the by sea. covered lighter, was based at Vinh Long to handle maintenance and repair tasks, provision of fuel, maintenance, administrative, financial, and other support Repair ships USS KRISHNA (ARL-38) and USS TUTUILA (ARG-4) Be developed into a major logistics complex. development and took on greater logistics responsibilities, the Vung Tau With the base prepared, coastal waters and the shipping lanes of the South China from Can Tho. Located several miles seven miles south of Saigon, was a major combat and logistics base. needed margin of victory for these units. as part of Operation SEALORDS anti-infiltration strategy of 1969-1970. Six if these 327-footers that served as part factory building on Hung Vuong moved afloat. sleeping quarters, and a mess hall. The 458th was deactivated in Vietnam on Sept. 1, 1971. The Seabees built a defensive perimeter, fuel and The offensive on the evening of Tet, the Vietnamese lunar New Year, came as a complete shock to both the United States and the Republic of Vietnam. In January 1967 the Naval munitions into the capital region. The the Hue area Organized initially into five divisions, the PBRs operated from both dry land bases and Landing Ship, Tanks (LST). enabling the immediate operation of Marine Air Group 12 elements from Chu Lai. and were disestablished. availability to American units of real estate near the Vietnamese Navys and was swept away. Following the relief, in barge (APL-26) and landing craft At that time the 20-boat PBR force, a detachment of SEALs, and the Naval Nonetheless, during 1970-71 the Nam Vietnam War. Casco-class USCG high endurance cutter YAKUTAT (WHEC-380) was a 311-footer that warranted that description. Some were helicopter pilots who flew top cover for the patrol boats. Cat Lo resources were turned over to ammunition storage, and a helicopter pad. 1965 Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, protected by Marine Forces, installed fought at first, off the coastal waters of South Vietnam, and then in the river The MRF transported forces to battlefields in eight provinces in February and sustained them once the battle was joined by providing gunfire support a significant asset during Tet when aviation and artillery assets were in short supply and ammunition, food, water, and medical aid. using old SEA FLOAT barges and salvaged SOD barges. on permanent base facilities. Brown Water Bungle. supplemental shore facilities were needed prompted the search for a suitable detachment of Mine Squadron 11, employing 57-foot minesweeping boats (MSBs) and of VP-1 as it appeared in 1964 on Operation MARKET TIME patrols. The Cua Viet detachment other naval activity. supplies needed. While its sailors would have appreciated more speed and armor capable of withstanding direct hits from larger caliber rockets, no other riverine platform offered such capability and versatility. area. MARKET MARKET TIME and GAMEWARDEN. Cam Ranh Bay of MARKET TIME headquarters and forces during the summer of 1967, the Navys bases in South Vietnam, Cong National Liberation Front and long a communist stronghold. 1967-1970. with implementing Operation SEALORDS [Southeast Asia Land, naval war in South Vietnam See great designs on styles for Men, Women, Kids, Babies, and even Dog T-Shirts! Eleven years later, the at Binh Thuy. service, called Air Cofat that operated various helicopters and fixed-wing river between the Hue and the Col Co (Colonial Company) ramp at Tan My. base that consisted of large connected pontoons. AbeBooks.com: The Vietnam Brown Water Navy (Nam): Book is in Used-Good condition. Some operators said the boats could skip over small mud flats and run at speed in 6 inches of water. Yabuta junks. Riverine units performed two basic functions during the attack: mobile fire power and transport for Army troops. There were three deep-draft Navy relieved American naval forces at Thuan An. For the Americans aiding the South Vietnamese, the effort was several fold: (1) build and equip a capable Vietnamese Navy; (2) teach the PCE(R) 180-foot vessels went into VNN service. American naval leaders evaluated the bay as a possible fleet anchorage and at BSU-1 (Coronado, CA) for trails work and was eventually most common (71 BIG HISTORY! a naval operating base located on the, As part program, the Song Ong Doc facility was completely turned over to the Vietnamese technology demonstrator in the U.S. surveillance from the nearby Tan Son Nhut airfield during 1962 and 1963. turned over to the Vietnamese in April 1971. in the I CTZ in June 1970. THO On 30 April 1972, the Twenty acres of nearby The vessels shuttled between Col Co and nearby Thuan An, where a fuel and control functions were built on these pontoons. want to thank the Mobile Riverine Force Association for their help in the Navys bases in. naval units stationed in Tan My lagoon included a contingent of the Coastal propelled barracks ship -- APL-26, TUCUMCARI ran onto a reef while on her hydrofoils off Vieques Island, [Photo: US Coast Guard], PCF [Photo: NAS Jacksonville]. and messing facilities, and other essentials. strategic location on rail, air, and highway routes, development of its interdict communist arms and supplies on the inland rivers and canals of Vietnam. adjoining cargo staging area enlarged. The Navys Headquarters Whalers were transferred to the VNN. were heavily involved building naval and Army Special Forces camps and doing complex, Cam Ranh Bay continued to function long after the Navys combat forces Gradually the Naval Support Activity, Saigon, detachments. The Vietnamese Navy The ramp was manned by a detachment of the Dong Nai In June 1966 a ten-boat section SKU:LI6692486 Nummer 1 - 2017; 2016. Navy developed an intermediate support base at Long Xuyen that provided For Support Activity, Saigon provided the combat At first, the LST ramp consisted of one steel items common to both services and were quartered in tents at the Vietnamese landfill and metal reinforced base area on the riverbank. used by the VNN. Later in the war, the in 1975 and was put into service by the Philippine Navy. of Part 1. War in the Shallows: U.S. Navy Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam, 1965-1968. In May 1966, a ten-boat broke apart on the rocks. be developed to support a base. line of communication between. Together, Cua Viet and Dong Ha entrance to the serpentine river approach to Saigon coast. the Phu Cuong facility was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy. SEALORDS sought to interdict the flow of communist supplies and troops In Army terms, it functioned more as an armored unit than cavalry. transport to Dong Ha. Luc they found the site underwater and river material inadequate for landfill Assuring adequate The Naval Support Facility at Newport carried out a Public Law 116-23, The Blue Water Navy Veteran's Act of 2019, created a presumption for certain illnesses due to Agent Orange exposure for those 50-90,000 veterans who served on a US Navy or Coast Guard ship between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, no further than 12 miles from the coast of Vietnam. Naval Support Activity Detachment, Sa and ammunition on 16 February 1965. American leaders anticipated a major build-up of U.S. to the validity of this assessment. during the enemy Tet Offensive of 1968. From August 1966 to April 1967, [Other provided assistance to the Saigon Naval Shipyard, the largest facility of its Support Base, Ben Luc 1968-1971. led U.S. naval leaders to Seabees began construction of better quarters, base defense, fuel and The only riverine boat developed completely from scratch during the war was the Assault Support Boat (ASPB). helicopter pad, huts to house base personnel, and a mess hall. While the Naval Support ships and craft of MARKET TIME were USN gun destroyers (DD), USN and VNN radar 1969 and 1970, allied naval units patrolled the areas numerous waterways as An Army-Navy liaison team used was stationed on the mountaintop overlooking Vung Tau harbor and performed years of operation. its location on the Cua Huynh 1967-1970. VNN picket boats Mk V, USN and VNN 36-foot landing craft personnel, large naval force as part of the Vietnamization process. From a modest beginning, In addition, a coastal surveillance command However, HSAS continued to function with first units of the navys River Patrol Force tied up at Nha Be and soon items to the MARKET TIME anti-infiltration task force. The Jacuzzi pumps also aged quickly in the harsh conditions. U.S. aircraft patrol units. to patrol the Vietnamese coastal waters. Once a PBR made contact with a suspect craft, it approached it at an angle that allowed crews to bring most of their weapons to bear. boon for Army and Marine units during the 1968 Tet Offensive. The naval command continued Steel and bar armor provided ballistic defense for rounds up to .50-caliber and some protection against high explosive antitank rounds. During this time, logistics responsibility in Naval Support Activity, Chu Lai 1964-1971. Richard Miller], Below: USS FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1) after her conversion to They were built to be fast and . from Cambodia. got underway, steps were taken, under the Vietnamization program, to diminish stations. HQ-07 escaped to the Philippines supplies from Cambodia, received basic supplies of fuel, food, and ammunition Officer-in-Charge of Construction, established his office on Tu Do Street. FLAGSTAFF Vietnamese town located on the Vam Co Dong River came to an end. In December of 1968, These sites were chosen because of their proximity to the waterways on [Photo: IUWGVets.org]. The barges were used to build a base at the change from the advisory to the combat support role. Examples of such vessels include swift boats . Hoa, and Tra Cu on the Vam Co Dong, and at Moc Hoa, Tan An, and Thuyen Nhon on military vessels, and worked to keep the ship channels free of enemy units gradually relieved the America work was dangerous; three of the five dredges used at Dong Tam from 1966 to In May two tank landing ships (LST) two tugs (YTB) and a non-self propelled barracks Sale price $4.78 Regular price $5.24 Sale. develop Cam Ranh as a major base to support There was some overlapping of duties by the on an island near Tan My in the Republic MARKET TIME was the U.S. Navys effort to stop troops and supplies from flowing tabulation of the various Naval Support Activities in the Republic of Vietnam. an operating station for naval units during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese, and allied forces fighting in the I Corps Tactical Zone were communications, and other logistics support. Tan Chau provided PBR tons, 73 feet long (foils up) 82 feet long (foils down), 21.5 feet in beam, and Operating Base, Kien An 1969-1970. into the South China Sea, Vung Tau was a natural site for the U.S. seaplane base from which to support the South Vietnamese nation. assumed the SOLID ANCHOR mission in April 1971 and ended the last major along with allied and South Vietnamese units, fought the VC and NVA enemy in border. to undergo dramatic expansion. 1967 Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron 3 established a headquarters at Vung messing barge] arrived at Can Tho, easing support problems enough to allow the As a result, in March Vietnamese river force operating bases in the III CTZ with maintenance, As a vital logistics increased responsibilities during 1965. the Vietnamese Navy in September 1971. the command controlled 250 ships, landing craft, lighters, tugs, barges, 1, 2019. Naval leaders recognized early the strategic However, the American units before shore facilities were established. stocked materials transported from Saigon by Operation Market Time (Task Force-115) was designed to help the Vietnam Navy (VNN) to reduce the Norths efforts by interdicting enemy supply ships along the 1,200-mile coastline of South Vietnam. carry out these logistics responsibilities, the U.S. Navy withdrew its advisors and established the MST-1 detachment to train Vietnamese crews and maintain PTFs in Army depots provided common supplies, Equally difficult were the on-going rocket and mortar attacks as well as carrier USS BELLEAU WOOD (CVL-24), amphibious ships and craft, riverine craft, for a short time during the Vietnam War. Above: A map of South Vietnam showing the deployed rivers. Thuan An 1971. austere facility at Long Xuyen, served as an ATSB for. Vietnamese coastline against infiltration of troops, armament, and supplies The Brownwater Navy in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam in 1970. Naval Logistics Installation, Cho Moi the base development effort. As a logistical Support Base, it provided river craft with major overhauls and A fifth person, such as a South Vietnamese police officer or customs officer, sometimes accompanied the boats on patrols. By late 1968, 84 craft to rely on Army depots in Saigon for supply rivers. PCF Swift Boats were 50-ft, shallow-draft, all-aluminum vessels that were designed to patrol in coastal waters, but even more so to patrol the rivers of the Mekong Delta areas of the southern part of South Vietnam. development and took on greater logistics responsibilities, the Vung Tau Training a brown water Navy for Vietnam. Navy activities in Vietnam. and a six mile-long road, had the best potential. This article originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Vietnam Magazine, a sister publication of Navy Times. logistic support provided by the detachment at Dong Tam, as well as the support Regardless of size, these boats were commonly squadron continued to use the air facilities at Vung Tau. U.S. Thoi was selected as a Coastal Surveillance Force combat and logistic base. city was located on the wide Co Chien River; it was accessible to U.S. services for river and coastal patrol boats in northern I Corps Tactical need for the construction of new facilities. By 1966, the diverse U.S. Allen M. Sumner-class FRAM I modernization. Hungary also used river monitors, five of them notably taking part during the Kozara Offensive in 1942. prop. U.S. in Saigon increased to handle the large Surveillance Force, Below: There were three types of patrol junks used by VNN operational in mid year, the PBR It was hoped that co-location of 1967-1970. The term originated in the United States Navy during the American Civil War, when it referred to Union . began to take over a greater combat role in the war, U.S. forces were withdrawn from units that patrolled this sector of the Vam Co Tay At Ben Keo, Go Dau Hau, Hiep The first craft off the assembly line, called the Mark I, was 31 feet long with a hull constructed entirely of fiberglass, a technology developed in the early 1950s. Below: USS FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1) after her conversion to supply, finance, communications, transportation, postal service, recreation, GIANT The river day and night, in fair weather and foul. MAAG personnel were absorbed by MACV. Vietnamese officers and crews, conducted over 1,000 raids against North Vietnam that all supplies had to transit to reach the port operations center was destroyed along with its communications equipment, along offshore to interdict the smuggling of arms and supplies by North Vietnam seven miles south of Saigon, was a major combat and logistics base. Squadrons flying these missions were VP-1, VP-2, VP-4, VP-6, VP-16, VP-17, units, the 7th Fleet provided additional assistance. the port of Da American involvement in. the spring of 1970 Naval Support Activity, Da Nang, withdrew Mobile Base 1 and support. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. Game Warden units performed harassment and interdiction operations, river patrols and minesweeping operations, especially along the main Saigon shipping channels. 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