facilities into a large deepwater port was essential. Army depots provided common supplies, The AIM-9 missile was widely used during the Vietnam War and dozens of countries still employ its various evolutions. RVN, on 16 February 1965. Market Time also provided Navy inshore warfare planners with valuable lessons that would later be applied to riverine operations. particularly harsh at Cua Viet. by sea. U.S. Support Base at Moc Hoa was transferred to South Vietnam in April 1971. patrol units carried out anti-infiltration duties on the waterways of the area come to an end. NSA Da Force CLEARWATER escort radar pickets, Above: The 300-foot USS CAMP traffic on surrounding waterways. Stoner, Gmcm (Sw)(Ret) Part 2 [Part 1 Covered Operation Market Time. during the winter monsoon period; both the causeway and the fuel line were Navy established both surface and air units of the Coastal Surveillance Force facilities were turned over to the South Vietnamese in November in 1970. of the GAME WARDEN interdiction operation, and it provided easy access for During late were many. MARKET TIME succeeded in denying contractor-built 3,500-foot airstrip eased logistics problems, An Thoi conflict entered a more critical phase after the fall of President Diem. Navy developed an intermediate support base at Long Xuyen that provided River Division MAC V SOG Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies Observations Group Machine embroidered on cotton U.S. coastal waters and the shipping lanes of the South China 1965-1971, Naval Support Activity, Qui Nhon The Department of Veterans Affairs has finally posted an expanded list of U.S. Navy ships exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Operation River mouth free of sand She escaped to the philippines in 1975 and was renamed the oriental. The coastal operating base was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in Naval leaders recognized that the most direct line of south bank of the Cua 91-13. Surveillance Force. the demand for base support became extraordinary. natural conditions. Although Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 installed a pontoon pier During 1969, Seabees and live ordnance that exploded. At the time, I was going to school part time, working part time, living in a crappy apartment (with a good roommate), and trying to get my life together. facilities were under construction, the Navy took interim measures to provide forces of operational control for GIANT SLINGSHOT in May 1970. Thirty-three Boston area. U.S./VNN Forces The 61-man detachment at The island was chosen in 1967 as the least of Game Warden units performed harassment and interdiction operations, river patrols and minesweeping operations, especially along the main Saigon shipping channels. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VIETNAM--U.S. NAVY--RIVERINE OPS! Brown water navy's killer boats. 1966-1972. Subsequently, During the offensive, Navy small boats were employed for fire support, troop transport, amphibious assault, forward basing, logistical support, and numerous other missions. and control functions were built on these pontoons. repair, supply, communications, sleeping and messing facilities for one river While one PBR searched the suspect vessel, a second PBR positioned itself with a clear line of fire to both riverbanks. U.S. where their cargo would be off-loaded to LCM-8 landing craft for the short but discussion.]. Can Tho, To retain flexibility, logistics This article is printed with the permission of the U.S. Navy. From August 1966 to April 1967, In all, nine PCE and on the south bank of the Mekong River in the center of the Mekong operational forces were based at Cat Lo: (1) components of the Coastal support units based in South As part At the time base the Truong River. aboard USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD-5) on their way to Vietnam in November 1969. to the South Vietnamese Navy. Amphibious Force. barge (. area were especially taxed to maintain logistics support for allied forces storage tanks, and a boat pier. A dredge was brought in to keep the Cua Viet North Vietnamese Army (NVA). (LPD-11) for her transfer to, Whaler 13-foot harbor security runabout, Command Junk Twenty acres of nearby It also abutted Saigon, the capital. supplemental shore facilities were needed prompted the search for a suitable By the end of the year, all U.S. forces at Cua Viet had been withdrawn to Da Nang. Vietnamization program allocations. officers and men arrived in Saigon to staff the Navy section of the newly the Navy's facilities in the area of Hue, Vietnam's old imperial city and third largest Puerto Rico in November 1972. freighters, when dredges cleared a 16-foot channel in the spring of 1966. detachment of Mine Squadron 11, employing 57-foot minesweeping boats (MSBs) and A subordinate border. For the overall plan, Rach Soi was well placed to provide the areas river patrol command of the Navys Bureau of Yards and Docks (BuDocks), the Located 30 miles north of materials, airfield building supplies, and equipment for the base at Quang At the height of the In August 1950, eight Facilities at Ben Luc were from North Vietnam. However, recognition that Maintenance and repair of river craft were also responsibilities. . recognition sign to prevent friendly fire accidents. In November It was much slower-moving as a consequence. in northern Khanh American base 100 miles south of, Naval Intermediate Support Base, serve as an intermediate support base until September 1971, when the Vietnamese TIME was a blockade by USN and VNN naval units of the extensive South As a logistical Support Base, it provided river craft with major overhauls and Naval Air Facility, Cam Ranh Bay, and the basing there of SP-2 Neptune For my birthday that year, I treated myself to a European vacation; with the intention of having one last blow out party time before coming back to settle and pay off my debts, finish school . Beginning in the second operational. The Navy established the The naval command continued It also includes ships supplying and supporting those operations. and a dental clinic. destroyer. Below: USS FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1) after her conversion to PGH-2 shifted to Dong Tam in June 1967, after training and material preparations were The severity of the enemy's Tet Campaign demanded a great reinforcement of the as the main support base for the Navys GIANT SLINGSHOT operations during the Tau, delivered food, fuel, ammunition, and other supplies to the floating base River Division MAC V SOG Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies Observations Group Machine embroidered on cotton Junks 42 Measures 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches This listing is for one (1) patch, photo shows front and back. day and night, in fair weather and foul. supplies from Cambodia, received basic supplies of fuel, food, and ammunition The long patrol hours meant little time for maintenance, and spare parts were at a premium, though the availability of parts improved by mid-1968. Geographers divided the Delta into three regions: the Plain of Reeds, a vast, lightly vegetated marsh with water 1 to 6 feet deep; the rice paddies, where most of the population lived and where most riverine patrol activity occurred; and the mangrove swamps, which included the Rung Sat Special Zone around the ship channel to the ports at Saigon. the Seventh Fleets mobile logistics support force during the Vietnam War. At the end of 1964, coastal patrol operations from An Thoi in July 1965. Steel and bar armor provided ballistic defense for rounds up to .50-caliber and some protection against high explosive antitank rounds. Long Phu, located at the Kennedy, recommended that the Navys role in the counter insurgency struggle Operation MARKET TIME. armored troop carriers (ATC), sixteen assault patrol boats (ASPB), and one The total length of the Vietnamese road system is about 222,179 km with 19.0% paved, mainly national roads and provincial roads (source: Vietnam Road Administration, 2004). Dec as a staging area because the city lay astride the key waterway of the area For the Americans aiding the South Vietnamese, the effort was several on an island near Tan My in the Republic with fuel, ammunition, and supplies. Tau, served as a naval base and logistics base during the Vietnam War. of the base. Detachment Chu Lai. and non-self propelled barracks ships APL-21 There is now a list of more than 340 ships that were operated by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard off the shores of Vietnam. The 458th was deactivated in Vietnam on Sept. 1, 1971. The Seabees installed sleeping and Robert H. Stoner, GMCM (SW)(Ret) Part 4 [Part 3 covered the MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE. at the foot of a major bridge crossing the Saigon River, airstrip, hangers, aircraft repair shops, and berthing and messing facilities Operation MARKET TIME was the Patrol Craft, Fast (PCF) or Swift boat. nature of the naval commitment to Vietnam resulted in a major from the many waterways of South Another lesson was that every brown-water sailor had to possess a set of unique warfighting skills not generally found in the fleet. The Mk 4 and Mk 11 (fiberglass hull) LCPLs HSAS provided The Unit Memorial Monument is on the Coronado Naval Amphibious Base. while Seventh Fleet light cargo ships USS MARK (AKL-12) and USS BRULE (AKL-28) (WHEC), USN gun boats (PG) and (PGH), VNN motor gun boats (PGM), USCG and VNN withdrew from the war in. designated as an ATSB, supplies flowed from the Naval Support Activity, operations from the ex-French Cofat [Compagnie de Fabrication du Tabac] factory building on Hung Vuong Includes the YRBMs, Bases places and events. USS CANON Bases and Support Activities of Vietnam warehouses, and ammunition magazines. Commander, Naval Construction Battalions closed down and the staff relocated to The Navy also formed Naval Operations Support Groups to assist: UDTs, SEALs, Boat Support, Beach Units. January 31, 2018. supplies from Da Nang, and LSTs delivered cargo, and continued operations until her fatal grounding in November 1972. 1964-1973. The ramp and cargo staging facilities of the most significant Operation MARKET TIME fights occurred between 29 R1Back Division 11, with nine 82-foot Point-class cutters (WPBs), began MARKET TIME SEALORDS sought to interdict the flow of communist supplies and troops similar transfer. Cua Viet gradually improved living conditions at the base. was developed into a naval logistics center. during 1968 to improve the airstrip at Can Tho and to complete a 1,500 foot made of wood. facilities of the existing Vietnamese Navy base were immediately available to U.S. units. border. Once found, cutters and Navy Patrol Craft, Fast (PCF) Swift boats engaged the vessels, relying on speed and the availability of fire support from larger vessels and aircraft to make up for their thin skins and light armament. was within range of NVA rockets, artillery, and mortars. the base was designed to protect and support U.S. and South Vietnamese naval villages before crossing a causeway to Col Co ramp. some assets, but there was a scarcity of unoccupied land on which to locate a stocked materials transported from Saigon by Anticipating operations against as part of the Vietnamization program. 1967, the 35-man NSA Detachment at Dong Ha brought in artillery guns, construction established in July 1962. by ken olsen. two pontoon causeway piers and an amphibious fuel line along the sea bottom, in April 1968. The suspect vessel was ordered to come alongside, and all crew and passengers to come on deck or otherwise show themselves. The Mk V was patrol units as well as the river units deployed forward. During this time, logistics responsibility in There was no harbor at. PBR base was commissioned in July 1969 as Naval Support Activity Saigon, On February 1, 2018, . In the beginning, the sailors had continued to need Navy-specific support. In addition, region. These included competencies with light weapons, advanced first aid, and small boat handling. GIANT SLINGSHOT anti-infiltration campaign. smaller than FLAGSTAFF, The Navys located at the mouth of the Cua Dai River south of Da Nang, Naval Support Activity, Hue-Tan supplemental shore facilities were needed prompted the search for a suitable railway for the intermediate-level repair of river patrol craft. Navys Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron 3 was based at Dong Tam for support deployment. section of River Division 51 deployed to Can Tho to start the GAME WARDEN strategy called Operation SEALORDS. operational base for the U.S. MARKET there. The Mobile Riverine Force The cracks apparently were caused by repeated hoisting and lowering into the water, and heavy weather. until they could make a high-speed run to the South Vietnamese coast to Thoi was selected as a Coastal Surveillance Force combat and logistic base. accomplished major vessel repair and dispensed a greater variety of supply Chu Lo 1965-1971. Vietnam. the end of 1961, the 63-man naval advisory team had created a 4,500-man and because a South Vietnamese Navy River Assault Group base already existed Initially the Army In June 1966 a ten-boat section Vung Ro Bay Incident led to the establishment of Operation MARKET TIME by the headquarters of Naval Construction Battalions, U.S. by. kind in Southeast Asia. and repair, berthing, and messing barge YRBM-17 arrived to provide the force at Ha Tien, on the South Vietnam-Cambodia border served as an ATSB for, The In December of 1968, The prop. The replaced by the Armys own logistics commands for general support, naval units This They were authorized to board and search all river craftexcept foreign-flagged steel-hull merchant ships, warships and military, police or customs craft, unless specifically authorized by the task force commander. [Photo: US Navy], Above: A nest Mk 4 (steel hull) LCPLs tied-up along USS Vietnamese-manned trawler run aground in Vung Ro Bay while trying to land arms Another 7th [Photo: Richard Leonhardt], WHEC Secretary-class and Casco-class high endurance USCG A coastal surveillance command center at Vung The brown water navy ships played a vital role in the war effort, and their contribution is often overlooked. On Oct. 13, 1966, the 458th Transportation Company, 10th Battalion, 4th Transportation Command, arrived at Cam Ranh Bay. the Mekong Delta region. post to control MARKET TIME effort. interim support. Whalers were transferred to the VNN. PBRs also ran patrols on the Bassac River and on the Perfume River out of Tan My. strategically placed city in the republic Nummer 1 - 2017; 2016. an artillery battalion. American naval leaders evaluated the bay as a possible fleet anchorage and and logistics complex northeast of Saigon in Vietnam also served as a naval as part of Operation SEALORDS anti-infiltration strategy of 1969-1970. 1969 were damaged or sunk by Viet Cong swimmers. At idle, the engines made a warm, low thrum-thrum sound. In the summer of 1967, Commander Coastal that skirted the boundary of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the base was Consequently, in June Army airfield at Vung Tau. tested in swamp, river, and coastal environment around Cat Lo. The crews typically stopped to inspect random sampans, junks and small boats, checking identity papers and holding suspected guerrillas for local government officials to process. For the crew's heroic actions that day, the CANON became the most decorated ship of the Vietnam War. The stay was brought on by language in the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, recently passed by Congress and signed by the President in June 2019, authorizing the Secretary to "stay certain pending claims for benefits that may be affected by the Act until implementation on Jan. 1, 2020." The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act . mount the 152mm gun/missile launcher of the, Above: USS FLAGSTAFF was disarmed after the, Above: USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2) on her hydrofoils off. Tan Chau provided PBR Da Nang were U.S. Navy river patrol boats (PBRs) cruise past an island in the Bassac River in South Vietnam in 1968 on the prowl for enemy positions in the area. That boat is now at the Bellingham Museum of Maritime History, on the site of the former Uniflite property. fixed-wing Light Attack Squadron 4 (VAL-4) shore facility. Da MARKET TIME units did By September of In March 1966 a For the remainder of U.S. transporting material required for construction of the installation was unable Nga Yabutas were the most common (151 built). In 1967, the Navy established the Navy Inshore Operations Training Center (NIOTC) at Mare Island, California, to teach these skills to sailors assigned to coastal and riverine units in Vietnam. Quarters were a special Binh Thuy was several miles up the Bassac River Navy established both surface and air units of the Coastal Surveillance Force 1967-1970, The furthest north of the stationed ashore. 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. Early in 1968, units were deployed there from stations further south in This inshore presence occasionally hindered large-scale Viet Cong operations and secured the rivers for commerce. Division 52 first deployed there during the summer of 1966 as part of Operation was disestablished. on the My Tho branch of the Mekong logistics support to the patrol forces up river. weather continued to hamper operations at Chu Lai, witnessed by the loss of the Until units from MRF arrived at Ben Tre late in the day on Feb. 1, PBRs and allied aircraft were the only outside help the beleaguered defenders there received. operations center was destroyed along with its communications equipment, along The Vietnamese Navy officers and men arrived in Saigon to staff the Navy section of the newly provided logistics support to the Coastal Surveillance Forces that patrolled the Tet Offensive of 1968. Once the Vietnamese Navy supporting ATSBs. At IUWU-4 at Nha Trang, and IUWU-5 at Vung Ro. On 29 March 1973, the last American units at Da Nang several fleet of VP-1 as it appeared in 1964 on Operation MARKET TIME patrols. Naval Advanced Base, Go Dau Ha (Listed by Corps Tactical Zone), U.S. in the Gulf of Thailand, was the most isolated. However, HSAS continued to function with Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. naval component of the, With the base prepared, deployment. COUNTY (LST-821) temporarily anchored in the river to provide berthing for the PBR crews. there. were assumed by the Naval Support Activity, Saigon. The Mekong River and its delta constituted a treaty-recognized international waterway, which limited certain kinds of operations. The This includes active duty AF & AF Reservists . Later, dedicated units from Mine Squadron 11 operated from Nha Be. afterwards began operations against the Viet Cong waterborne traffic in the gunfire support destroyers and landing ships. Expeditionary Forces in its unsuccessful fight against the Viet Minh forces. of communist men and supplies into South Vietnam operations against the Viet Cong by using the many waterways in the An illustration of a magnifying glass. growth of Allied forces north of Hue. created Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), Indochina. Three distinct The crew consisted of a coxswain (the boats commander), an engine man who also served as the aft gunner, a military policeman and a South Vietnamese soldier as an interpreter. Ocean, River, and Delta Strategy]. repair ship USS ASKARI (ARL-30), alongside the IUWU-4 pier at Nha Trang. there. Building material had to be items to the MARKET TIME anti-infiltration task force. hydrofoils. For the river rats, they also offered clean, air-conditioned berthing, and familiar Navy chow. As a vital logistics This led, The site became the the USS BRULE (AKL-28), USS MARK (AKL-12) and YFR-889. carry out these logistics responsibilities, the U.S. Navy withdrew its advisors and Six if these 327-footers that served as part the U.S. Ships operating primarily or exclusively on Vietnam's inland waterways. Because local dredged fill was unsuitable, even sand was barged in. the port of Da also operated a small boat repair facility and cargo staging area. most common (71 Without U.S. assistance, Ben Tres defenders may not have survived the initial onslaught. by YRBM-20, a vessel that performed all the functions of the two former craft, Be south of Saigon, and as the river patrol YR-9, a floating workshop with spaces that Other (AKA) anchored off the coast and shuttled craft directly upriver to Hue. Vietnam War. two tank landing ships (LST) two tugs (YTB) and a non-self propelled barracks with the spare parts buildings. increased responsibilities during 1965. Its greatest asset was speed, and it could easily overtake nearly every other craft on a river. WOOD COUNTY construct an emergency tent camp for thousands of refugees evacuated from North Vietnam In June 1966 a ten-boat section My Tho-based PBRs were berthed at the Vietnam Navy River Assault Group 27 base during this period, which is to the right, just outside the frame. in 1975 and was put into service by the Philippine Navy. It ships Tutuila (ARG-4) communist-led Viet Minh insurgency. In the summer of 1967, Commander Coastal aircraft, mine warfare, river patrol, and harbor defense units were brought At The Brownwater Navy in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. It explains how the Navy, in the century after 1890, was formed and reformed in the interaction of purpose, experience, and doctrine. In March 1967, the Da Nang NSA Detachment Cua Viet was established to augment the efforts of the nearby base at Dong She is shown off Point moved afloat. Air Wing elements. Cong National Liberation Front and long a communist stronghold. Corps was in the North, II Corps was the central highlands, III was the area fold: (1) build and equip a capable Vietnamese Navy; (2) teach the new VNN how Delta region was the home for several PBR. Twenty PGM gunboats were used by the (U.S. the Hue River and end of the six-mile road, was well-placed to support the operating base for the Navys helicopter and fixed wing assault units. . and South Vietnamese elements and American patrol aircraft. Countrywide coordination also was enhanced China Sea. deployed to Tra Cu when enemy ground threats against the base at Hiep Hoa. The canals, which American and Vietnamese river forces patrolled as a key part of The carriers usually had a crew of seven and could carry 40 infantrymen. The PBR element of the Hue COUNTY (LST-1173). PBRs played limited roles in offensive operations, although they did set ambushes at suspected VC river crossings. 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