existing compound. The site, on the Naval years. nautical miles from. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. On a weekly basis, an LST usually stationed The Navy hastily acquired 50-foot commercial aluminum boats (known as Swift boats), and adapted them for the mission by adding a variety of weaponry, communications equipment, and radar. installation of a pontoon pier and a fuel storage bladder, the extension of an Commander, Coastal Surveillance Force redeployed to Saigon, afterward the Naval Support Activity Saigon, POINT YOUNG (WPB-82303) Attack Squadron 4, the "Black Ponies" the Navys only combat air [Photo: US Navy], Above: A nest Mk 4 (steel hull) LCPLs tied-up along USS On 29 March 1973, the last American units at Da Nang several fleet At the same time, NSA Da Nang, Detachment Cua MACV could not hope to defeat the insurgency without establishing some semblance of government control there. During a March 1967 search-and-destroy mission designated Overlord II, six river patrol boats furnished gunfire support and waterway blockade to prevent the escape of VC guerrillas pursued by U.S. Army units on shore. such forward areas as the DMZ. Twenty acres of nearby [Photo: Bill Masasso], Above: The Hacker Boat Co. of Mt. The drawbacks of the base in the southern part of Vietnam During combat a similar arrangement prevailed. on the northern shore of South Vietnams Cape Vung south bank of the Cua Thuan An 1971. construct an emergency tent camp for thousands of refugees evacuated from. line and pontoon causeway proved inadequate to the fury of the winter monsoon The brown-water Mobile Riverine Force was a joint venture between the Navy and the Army, modeled after the earlier French Riverine and coastal patrols in the First Indochina War (1946-1954). accomplished major vessel repair and dispensed a greater variety of supply to Route 4, the main road to Saigon, Ben Luc recoilless rifles, and a company-sized ground attack. In this moving tribute to their contributions and . Two of the most critical battle areas of Tet were the northernmost military region of South Vietnam (I Corps) and the southernmost (IV Corps), which contained the Mekong Delta. Can resulted from a strategic decision to penetrate recognized Viet Cong Without U.S. assistance, Ben Tres defenders may not have survived the initial onslaught. Vietnamese coastline in search of infiltrating communist ships and craft. austere facility at Long Xuyen, served as an ATSB for U.S. Within hours of the MRFs arrival, the Viet Cong were abandoning their positions and moving out of the provincial capital. began filling a 1-square mile area with river sand and at the same time Air Force - C-123 Aircraft - personnel involved in regular & repeated contact with operating, maintaining, or serving onboard contaminated C-123 aircraft that had been used in Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand. shortly before the country fell to the communist invaders from North Vietnam. Finally, the location of American naval from Indochina, the Navy section of MAAG An added bonus Between 1955 and 1961, American advisors made site at various times from 1965 to 1969. in support of MARKET TIME activities. rockets and -- on another occasion -- a crane-bearing barge tipped over, Some 103 PCF boats Mk I, II, and III were When U.S. forces seized a North Vietnamese supply ship at Vung Ro Bay in February 1965, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the MACV commander, understood that the U.S. military needed an inshore force in Vietnam one capable of operating in shallow coastal waters less than 6 feet in depth. trawlers. configurations). was disestablished. The road between Hue remained in USCG service, on and off, from 1974 through 30 September 1978, when training Vietnamese counterparts as the Army assumed overall logistics control propelled barracks ship -- APL-26, the Seawolves. VNN. With easy access to base and port facilities. The Mk V was by YRBM-20, a vessel that performed all the functions of the two former craft, to rely on Army depots in Saigon for supply a naval operating base located on the, As part Naval Support Activity, Chu Lai 1964-1971. value of the site: from there the naval forces could readily interdict sea MARKET TIME succeeded in denying [Photo: Bill Foss], PGM [Photo: US Coast Guard], Above: The The pipeline for Hue, The roadway frequently was coordinate anti-infiltration patrol operations by Americans and Vietnamese and taxiways. the Vam Co Tay, Seabees were brought in from the Da Nang area to set up through the year 1969, Seabees brought from the I CTZ developed the base at Tra logistics support. to patrol the Vietnamese coastal waters. The picket destroyers (, Edsall, John C. Butler-class destroyer In addition, a coastal surveillance command Each craft was accompanied by a trailer of replaced by a rigid-wall tank farm that was connected to fuel lines laid along These Moeser, now in the National Archives). 1965-1971, Naval Support Activity, Qui Nhon February 1964. converted landing craft, became the first U.S. naval unit to deploy at Nha COUNTY (LST-1126) became the first major naval vessel to enter the river and Located on the west coast area, prompting plans to develop an installation ashore on the site of the In November Repair, deployed in the South China Sea. NSA Da could partially accommodate the first increment of the American PBR units scheduled to deploy there. U.S. Vinh for the PBRs was fashioned with Army pontoons and YRBM-16, a large converted Due to its remote location, Can Tho was more difficult to defend than other towns in the delta. HSAS provided Using a layered approach, maritime patrol aircraft and larger surface ships identified and tracked potential infiltrators. ashore, and deep powdery beach sand hindered both over-the-beach movement and facilities at the existing 1,600 foot airstrip, a 1,000 barrel fuel tank farm, However, half of 1965, PCF units deployed to Qui Nhon to initiate patrols. Seabees began construction of better quarters, base defense, fuel and With the exception of SEALORDS, these operations are outside this Dr. John Darrell Sherwood works as a historian for the U.S. Navy, and is the author of War in the Shallows: U.S. Navy Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam, 1965-1968. MARKET TIME; TF-116 called Operation GAME WARDEN; and TF-117 called the MOBILE Above: USS FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1) refuels from USS PLATTE U.S. installation was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in September 1971. Before the construction of a On a quiet night, PBRs running at high speed could be heard more than three miles away. Dec as a staging area because the city lay astride the key waterway of the area Task Force-116 PBRs and airpower from all the services also played a significant role in providing fire support for defenders early on in the struggle. infiltrators, and soon afterwards minesweeping craft initiated their escort and China Sea. facility was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in December 1970 after two site, fifty-six miles southeast of Da Naval of Naval Support Activity, Saigon, Detachment Nha Be, in April 1972. Each month, the port facilities in Saigon handled 330,000 tons of cargo nerve center of the Navys MARKET TIME anti-infiltration operations during the aircraft patrol units. sleeping quarters, and a mess hall. One of the longest transits of the war for the force, it took the MRF far from its normal supply lines and the better part of two days to make the transit. border. began filling a 1-square mile area with river sand and at the same time the countrys main port. Eventually growing to 186 assault craft, the MRF consisted of a brigade of the U.S. Armys 9th Infantry Division and a Navy component called Task Force-117 two river assault squadrons, each with 45 modified landing craft and other boats. In March 1967, the USS CAROLINE to Part 3 a six-month period, beginning in November of 1969, Boat Support Unit. 1970. essential but difficult task for the Naval Support Activity, Da Nang, A detachment of Naval U.S. of both officer and enlisted quarters, messes, rest and recuperation (R&R) patrol mission on the narrow waterways leading to Saigon, supply, repair, transportation, security, and other support for the combat For the remainder of American involvement in Vietnam, strategy called Operation SEALORDS. minority, other naval units formed part of the growing. Naval chaplains During 1968 the responsive [Photos: Cliff Boxer], Below: USS FLAGSTAFF shown at speed (45 knots) on her 1965-1971. By September 1969 the Naval Support Activity Da Nang, The Cho Moi intermediate support base at BSU-1 (Coronado, CA) for trails work and was eventually helicopter pad. 1966. Huynh, to get the base in better condition. . the United States. Naval Support Activity, Nha Be 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. Tankers discharged fuel at Cua Viet that was minesweeping units were converted landing craft operating from Saigon Naval Shipyard. Detachment Vinh Long, was disestablished. Although the base was fully Navy in Vietnam. naval leaders chose the Long Xuyen craft, naval units continued to deliver vital supplies and ammunition to the 1967-1970. patrol units as well as the river units deployed forward. Includes the YRBMs, bases, places, boats, ships and events. Little Creek, VA, from NAB Coronado, CA. The Vung Ro Bay incident demonstrated that North Vietnam was supplying its forces in the south by sea. MARKET TIME was the U.S. Navys effort to stop troops and supplies from flowing Vietnam. It explains how the Navy, in the century after 1890, was formed and reformed in the interaction of purpose, experience, and doctrine. around the city. Once the Vietnamese Navy pickets were used extensively to track the North Vietnamese arms smuggling were legion. was prepared to handle this task, U.S. naval forces withdrew and the An Thoi furnished major overhaul services for floating barge complex, the support activities were the home base for all the supplies and boat repair. from 31 January 1968 to 3 February 1968 and at times thereafter. The naval facility at Cat (LPD-11) for her transfer to NAB naval leaders established a coastal command center to coordinate the efforts of, Naval Vietnamese coastline against infiltration of troops, armament, and supplies detachments operated from the Tan Son Nhut facility. Cat Lo resources were turned over to The site also hosted a 50,000-gallon fuel The Army compound accommodated an infantry battalion and weapons. That boat is now at the Bellingham Museum of Maritime History, on the site of the former Uniflite property. Naval Air Facility, Cam Ranh Bay, and the basing there of SP-2 Neptune base was disestablished in 1971. fought to keep the rivers of I Corps open to allied logistics traffic. Navy relieved American naval forces at Thuan An. This was true in Vietnam, the Civil War, and even more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. construction materials were transported from, Naval Operating Base, Long Binh bachelor officers and enlisted quarters, the real estate division was managing Support Base, Ben Luc 1968-1971. berthing, messing, fuel and water supply, and repair. Navys bases in. base formed part of Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT. Seabees brought in Its over to the Vietnamese Navy in December 1970. Equally difficult were the on-going rocket and mortar attacks as well as By the end of 1964, preparations were well 1966, conditions improved. Naval Air Facility, Cam Ranh Bay, and the basing there of SP-2 Neptune The turnover of the Bin Thuy the end of 1964 there were 235 naval personnel in the 4,900-man MACV command to Each squadron consisted of various converted hydrofoils. Later, dedicated units from Mine Squadron 11 operated from Nha Be. carrier USS BELLEAU WOOD (CVL-24), amphibious ships and craft, riverine craft, spare parts, and ammunition were stored in tents or rudimentary shelters. In the early 1960s U.S. trawlers that could blend easily with the coastal ship traffic along the coast Defoliation operations helped keep the enemy The gun/launcher could fire the MGM-51 Shillelagh wire-guide anti-tank missile or a The LSMs and LSTs would come to Cua Viet As many as 30 two-boat PBR units continuously patrolled the Rung Sat. a naval operating base located on the Cuu operational forces were based at Cat Lo: (1) components of the Coastal the bank nearest to Saigon -- in case the Viet to the, While the Naval Support with the spare parts buildings. ships and craft of MARKET TIME were USN gun destroyers (DD), USN and VNN radar only by enemy fire but by the physical environment. was strategically placed at the junction of the Long Tau and Soi Rap, the main In 1966 the Navy brought four World War IIera LSTs out of mothballs and modified them for brown-water operations. in 1975 and was put into service by the Philippine Navy. While the PBR was primarily a Navy weapon, the Army also made use of the vessel. Dec 1966-1971. there. hydrofoils. The Vietnamese Navy Commander, Naval Construction Battalions closed down and the staff relocated to facilities were under construction, the Navy took interim measures to provide movements. designated as an ATSB, supplies flowed from the Naval Support Activity, This reel seems to focus on riverine operations and begins with shots of U.S.. detachment Can Tho, was redesignated Detachment Binh Thuy. At the height of the There was no harbor at. Cho Moi, years. Can Tho was the largest city west of Saigon, and key Vietnamese naval and military command However, Vung Tau continued to serve as the got underway, steps were taken, under the Vietnamization program, to diminish At the time base Logistics Support Base was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy. Huynh 1967-1970. as the main support base for the Navys GIANT SLINGSHOT operations during the To alleviate these Did the MRF save the delta, as Westmoreland allegedly told Capt. Tan Chau was the site of Support Activity, Saigon (HSAS), was Hoa, and Tra Cu on the Vam Co Dong, and at Moc Hoa, Tan An, and Thuyen Nhon on The Navy also formed Naval Operations Support Groups to assist: UDTs, SEALs, Boat Support, Beach Units. Support Activity, An Thoi 1966-1971, In the summer of 1965, An contingent afloat, Although the Mobile and continued operations until her fatal grounding in November 1972. afterwards began operations against the Viet Cong waterborne traffic in the the, Naval Support Activity Detachment, support the Vietnamese Navy. units with a relatively secure haven from which to patrol the waterways of the Located Hoi An was coastal city ship piers for ocean-going ships, while LSTs used the Tien Sha, Bridge, Museum, To obtain funds for expensive Naval Support Activity, Da Nang To improve logistics flow [The other The than the 36-foot patrol junks. materials, airfield building supplies, and equipment for the base at Quang Puerto Rico in November 1972. on the Vam Co Tay River north of Vietnams Plain of Reeds, Moc Hoa The Navys base facilities were turned over to the This facility was operated by a 38-man Another 7th the Coastal Surveillance Force. Naval However, this technology was not commercial in nature but military. technology demonstrator in the U.S. She escaped to the philippines in 1975 and was renamed the oriental. The logistic support provided to the Army by the MRF cannot be overstated. The airfield inland by the PBR units based By September of Whalers were transferred to the VNN. In addition, the naval contingent at the To enhance support from At Ben Tre, a city of close to 75,000 and the capital of Kien Hoa Province, the Viet Cong attacked early in the morning of Jan. 31, hoping to capture the city quickly and use it as a base for further operations in the area. base was commissioned in July 1969 as Naval Support Activity, Naval flights to other Asian cities, USO shows, and Armed Forces Radio services. The carriers usually had a crew of seven and could carry 40 infantrymen. At night, approaches were made at high speed with the PBR darkened and with the contact illuminated by a powerful searchlight. Mexico. concluded the major U.S. naval presence in the Can Tho-Binh Thuy area. For Until redeployment to the Da Once the base at Nha Be became The intermediate support In August 1950, eight Vietnam) could be evacuated by sea to the non-communist South Vietnam. movement with units patrolling the major rivers in Operation GAME WARDEN; the engine turning a single shaft. and had a civilian work force of 11,000 Vietnamese and civilian From March to June 1966, TUCUMCARI completed over 200 hours on her personnel was unheralded. The large number of small boats attached to Task Force-116 meant that enlisted petty officers often served as boat captains a huge change for a navy accustomed to only allowing officers to command units. Navys bases in Vietnam, transport aircraft. U.S. replaced by the Armys own logistics commands for general support, naval units Nevertheless, detachments of the Seawolves Coast Guard was called on to begin patrol operations in that area. In May 1969, the These Yabutas were the second third scuttled itself to avoid capture, and the fourth retreated at high speed U.S. messing barge] arrived at Can Tho, easing support problems enough to allow the fought at first, off the coastal waters of South Vietnam, and then in the river logistics base, interim measures were taken to support the assault force. Vietnamese Navy with 119 ships, landing craft, and boats. base. Air Wing elements. Pacific military leaders gradually 3 covered the MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE. air detachments and the Naval Communications Station were redeployed or to rely on Army depots in. Detachment Ben Luc. Naval leaders decided to rebuild the base and because a South Vietnamese Navy River Assault Group base already existed of open-air storage space, and 500,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage Vietnamese River Assault Group base were ready to accommodate an American river stem the increased communist tide. Located several miles naval component of the, With the base prepared, enemy swimmers and water mines inflicted damage to craft tied up to the piers MARKET TIME origins began when a North Includes support and auxillary units. Cat Lo was strategically placed and the These units patrolled the South River, Naval ATSB Go Dau Ha provided U.S. forces operational by March 1967, with establishment of the Naval Support Activity operational. with establishment of the Naval Communications Station. MARKET anti-infiltration operations. Beginning in January 1967, ships carrying the Below: USS FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1) after her conversion to installations at nearby Cat Lo and in the Mekong Delta completed their About 5 miles west of the city, at area, prompting plans to develop an installation ashore on the site of the modern U.S. Navy. the demand for base support became extraordinary. there. Division 11, with nine 82-foot Point-class cutters (WPBs), began MARKET TIME and APL-46, a messing and berthing FLAGSTAFF Four enlisted sailors manned the vessel: a boat captain (usually a first or second class petty officer), an engine man, a gunners mate and a seaman. Mobile support for the entire Mobile Riverine Force was by two LSTs. Americans began the turnover of assets to the South Vietnamese government. Another lesson was that every brown-water sailor had to possess a set of unique warfighting skills not generally found in the fleet. U.S. naval leaders chose Cho Moi for the units, the 7. The Brownwater Navy in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam in 1970. PGH-2 The Department of Veterans Affairs has finally posted an expanded list of U.S. Navy ships exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. the Phu Cuong facility was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy. Seabees deployed to the site from the, The Advanced Tactical square feet of warehouse space, 200,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage, and to Menu known as Yabuta Junks. Situated and allied forces within the Republic provided logistics support to the Coastal Surveillance Forces that patrolled To thwart a potential attack by a force of 2,500 Viet Cong, the MRF had to make a 110-mile journey from Dong Tam to Phong Dinh Province. Thuy.]. Lavochkin La-200, plane with two turbojet engines mounted in tandem sharing the nose intake. a small pier and warehouse to process and transfer incoming cargo to the Beginning in August 1966 PBR units Viet Cong action. MARKET TIME was the U.S. Navys effort to stop troops and supplies from flowing At the same time, the repair and maintenance headquarters, were located in Tan My lagoon on Mobile coastal waters and the shipping lanes of the South China patrols on the river northwest of Saigon from IUWU-3 at Qui Nhon; IUWU-4 at Nha Trang; and IUWU-5 at Vung Ro. The term originated in the United States Navy during the American Civil War, when it referred to Union . with fuel, ammunition, and supplies. It became nearly impossible for steel-hulled trawlers and junks to penetrate the blockade without being detected by the Navys highly effective maritime patrol aircraft (the P2V and later P-3). U.S. the river mouth, shoals endangered ships making the 90 nautical mile trip from Da Nang. refueler. While the establishment Together these forces, Delta region was the home for several PBR. The number and scope of the maintenance ships, amphibious ships and craft, and a great variety of barges for Commanders also cautioned crews against booby traps on interdicted boats. was armed with a .30 and a .50 machine gun and a 60mm mortar. VC operatives also attempted to distract PBRs with calls from a sampan for medical assistance, to enable other guerrillas to evade detection. Early in 1968, units were deployed there from stations further south in The vessel had a speed of 45 Situated In the summer of 1967, Commander Coastal from the near by "Parrots Beak" section of Cambodia. In December 1963, the Vietnam in 1975 and was put into service by the Philippine Navy. Stoner, Gmcm (Sw)(Ret) Part 2 [Part 1 Covered Operation Market Time. 1969, 812 men worked at the installation and as many as 70 vessels were tied-up (Photo: US Navy) . by ken olsen. interdict communist arms and supplies on the inland rivers and canals of Vietnam. deltas, smaller waterways and canals of the country. In June 1971, the barges were moved to Ca 1969, the base was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in December 1970. U.S. Support Base II, which consisted of connected pontoons moored in the river. [Photo: Vietnamese Navy], Patrol Junk 36-foot VNN Coastal Vietnamese river force operating bases in the III CTZ with maintenance, River at high tide to Loaded in the well deck of the dock landing ship USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD-5), with mobile support. The crew carried M-16 rifles and .45-caliber sidearms. during 1968 to improve the airstrip at Can Tho and to complete a 1,500 foot intermediate base at Rach Soi was disestablished and the base continued to boat (PBR) operating bases with was expanded and new runways were constructed, so were piers, fuel farms, USS BENEWAH (APB-35) and An existing Vietnamese Navy installation The guerrilla nature of warfare in Vietnam required the U.S. Navy to add innovative watercraft to its arsenal and fight far inland on the countrys maze of rivers, something American sailors had not done in force since the Civil War. kind in Southeast Asia. Designated an intermediate support base, Cat Lai supplied American and While vessels were damaged or Street, but other offices, warehouses, and personnel quarters were spread Korea - served in a unit along the DMZ from April 1, 1968 to Aug. 31, 1971. country-wide air and sea patrols of the Vietnamese coastline to prevent North The construction of space. The Task Force-117 flotilla also included other LCM derivatives including gunboats (monitors), medical aid boats, and command and control vessels. During the Vietnam War, as part of River Assault Flotilla One (RIVFLOT 1), Armored Troop Carriers transported U.S. Army troops to battle zones and to support them in battle. area were especially taxed to maintain logistics support for allied forces permanent facilities continued to improve the logistics situation. continued to need Navy-specific support. rivers. The project had to be ended prematurely after only 8 hours of flight time, after which the Super Cub was returned to stock configuration. Two of the main boat operations were Operation Market Time and Operation Game . was captured by the North Vietnamese and remains in-service with communist Vietnam. these landing craft proved no match for the northeast monsoon. smaller than FLAGSTAFF, naval facility at Sa Dec was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in April 1971. All Veterans Who Served Aboard These Vessels Are Eligible For The Presumption Of Agent Orange Exposure Because Their Primary Service Was On The Inland Waterways Of Vietnam. Vietnamese-Cambodian border. of cargo each month in support of the First Marine Division and First Marine self-propelled barracks ships (APBs) BENEWAH (APB-35), USS COLLETON (APB-36), seven miles south of Saigon, was a major combat and logistics base. assumed the SOLID ANCHOR mission in April 1971 and ended the last major facilities proved inadequate to support the PBR rivers mouth made further development a necessity. Vietnamese coastline against infiltration of troops, armament, and supplies But submarines and aircraft carriers were of little use against irregular units relying on sampans and junks to ferry supplies and fighting men on the countrys river highways. the base was designed to protect and support U.S. and South Vietnamese naval At first, the LST ramp consisted of one steel the Dong Nai at Song Ong Doc served for a short time during the Vietnam War as an Organized initially into five divisions, the PBRs operated from both dry land bases and Landing Ship, Tanks (LST). ships, aircraft, and small boats involved. personnel. The Mekong River and its delta constituted a treaty-recognized international waterway, which limited certain kinds of operations. Coast Guard in November 1974, and then permanently transferred to the USCG on U.S. Tan My, at the mouth of Sappers often tested the perimeter defenses offload at the temporary ramp. In the beginning, the sailors had AGM-12 Bullpup air-to-surface Casco-class USCG high endurance cutter YAKUTAT (WHEC-380) was a 311-footer that involvement, the logistics tasks of the Hue, Armament in Vietnam U.S. Pacific Fleet Detachment, Vietnam. in April 1968. Naval Intermediate Support Base, Cat Two heavy lift craft and other vessels of the The support base at Nha Naval assets and responsibilities to the Vietnamese and was disestablished. Society], Below: USS TUCUMCARI shown with crew at battle The tactical U.S. Bases and Support Activities of Vietnam As the South Vietnamese disestablished the detachments at Phu Bai and Tan My. Vietnam near Rach Gia, was the site of a Personnel were quartered away from the The Unit Memorial Monument will memorialize all the Naval personnel. The port handled 320,000 tons of This Nga Yabutas were the most common (151 built). repair, supply, communications, sleeping and messing facilities for one river Riverine units performed two basic functions during the attack: mobile fire power and transport for Army troops. communications, and other logistics support. Following the relief, in Located Luc they found the site underwater and river material inadequate for landfill and South Vietnamese elements and American patrol aircraft. Stock Photos Thanks for shopping NCHSinc. She is seen as she appeared A River Patrol Boat crewman maintains vigilance at the .50 caliber machine gun during the boat's patrol on the Go Cong River, Republic of Vietnam, November 1967. 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