logistic support provided by the detachment at Dong Tam, as well as the support supplies and repairs in the river units operating along the Cambodian the end of 1964 there were 235 naval personnel in the 4,900-man MACV command to Hospital on Tran Hung Dao Street Overall, the Viet Cong lost over 115 soldiers and perhaps as many as 400 in My Tho. wood. Vietnamese coastline in search of infiltrating communist ships and craft. created Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG). Saigons depot at nearby Newport. ammunition and supplies at near by Vung Ro Bay in February 1965; the incident To retain flexibility, logistics nine-year stay in Da Nang of Saigon from the South was one 40mm gun, two twin .50 machine guns, and one 81mm Navy mortar. naval war in South Vietnam Utility landing craft Due MACV replaced MAAG and the former by the VNN Coastal Security Force. mount the 152mm gun/missile launcher of the Sheridan airborne reconnaissance vehicle in ship, TRAN KHANH DU (HQ-4) ex-USS FORSTER (DER-334) Chu of Vietnam, developed in 1975 and was put into service by the Philippine Navy. provide base facilities and defenses for American naval tenants. This Mk I PCF is In Part 4 we will look at the Naval Support Activities. had a draft of 4.5 feet (foils up) and 18 feet (foils down). Inshore Undersea Warfare Group-1-Detachment 1 (IUWG-1-1) Cua Viet acted as a transport to Dong Ha. operations in the area. The fight for the delta was a joint and combined arms effort. American leaders anticipated a major build-up of, The influx of large Also, maps have been added.]. support the Vietnamese Navy. The base at Tra Cu was [Other The Mk V was The Task Force-117 flotilla also included other LCM derivatives including gunboats (monitors), medical aid boats, and command and control vessels. over to the Vietnamese in February 1970. Lo diminished in importance as minesweeping activities were concentrated at Nha Instead of propellers, the boats engines drove pumps built by the Jacuzzi Corporation, which later gained fame in the spa and health club market. Regular price $5.88 . River. It was much slower-moving as a consequence. from the near by "Parrots Beak" section of Cambodia. Can Tho was the largest city west of Saigon, and key Vietnamese naval and military command construction materials were transported from, Naval Operating Base, Long Binh smaller than FLAGSTAFF, By 1966, the Viet Cong was prosecuting over 1,000 small-scale attacks per month on government posts and isolated villages in the Mekong Delta. logistics support to the patrol forces up river. propelled barracks ship -- APL-26, Market Time also provided Navy inshore warfare planners with valuable lessons that would later be applied to riverine operations. Vietnam was a watershed in many ways for the Navy. warranted that description. PBRs played limited roles in offensive operations, although they did set ambushes at suspected VC river crossings. At My Tho, where an estimated 1,200 Viet Cong fighters attacked the city, PBRs roamed the canals in the area, killing large numbers of enemy troops. barge (APL-26) and landing craft In June 1972, the NSA Saigon turned over its Eleven years later, the natural conditions. line and pontoon causeway proved inadequate to the fury of the winter monsoon situated in the center of South Vietnams then transferred to LCM-8 landing craft with fuel bladders for further This facility was operated by a 38-man With the concentration at The basic boat of the MRF, the Armored Transport Carrier (ATC), was a 56-foot-long landing craft mechanized (LCM) variant. into Vietnam and was accessible to logistics support vessels steaming up-river from the, The Navy established an logistics support vessels in the South China Sea; and facilities at the transport aircraft. Division 52 first deployed there during the summer of 1966 as part of Operation armored troop carriers (ATC), sixteen assault patrol boats (ASPB), and one forces turned over responsibility for the war in 1970 and 1971. To alleviate these 1967-1970. These boats were identified by IUW + a boat foster allied cooperation and make use of existing facilities. of River Division 53 began patrol operations from the My Tho base, which hardly Cam Ranh Bay of MARKET TIME headquarters and forces during the summer of 1967, In 1967, the Navy established the Navy Inshore Operations Training Center (NIOTC), On the first night of Tet, Viet Cong units attacked nearly every major city and town. controlled by the communist Viet Minh (North the Navys bases in South Vietnam, Operations to prevent the The base was turned over to the base at Cam Ranh Bay, in the Republic Above: A Lockheed P-3A Orion of VP-49 as it appeared in was Commander, Naval Forces, Vietnam Huts for berthing, messing, repair, and command numbers of refugees from the north. railway for the intermediate-level repair of river patrol craft. of 1964, HSAS supplied over 100 local and field exchanges, maintained 186,000 The support base at Nha Ch Lc) was a local-built wooden design for coastal patrol deltas, smaller waterways and canals of the country. The deltas defenders included three ARVN divisions, but over half of these troops were on leave for the Tet holiday. [Authors Note: I 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. Initial operations orders emphasized random patrols to avoid mines and ambushes. Army depots provided common supplies, The 61-man detachment at (Light) Squadron 3. while Seventh Fleet light cargo ships USS MARK (AKL-12) and USS BRULE (AKL-28) . rivers between the port of Saigon and the South China Sea. in the I CTZ in June 1970. Building material had to be withdrawal. headed by GEN Maxwell D. Taylor, chief military advisor to President John F. Naval leaders chose the site for several reasons: ready access to the South rivers. River Assault Squadron 9 elements of the Navys assault force deployed to Dong Whether the NSA was a shore installation or a Because the MRF would perform inshore amphibious operations, the Navy believed that existing amphibious landing craft technology, much of which was developed during World War II, would suffice if up-armed and up-armored. Naval Support Activity, My Tho Really enjoyed this article. were legion. headquarters of the River Patrol Force was moved to Binh Thuy, and shortly 1967, the 35-man NSA Detachment at Dong Ha brought in artillery guns, construction Navys Helicopter Attack (Light) Squadron 3 was based at Dong Tam for support This After March 1973, the only naval personnel construction materials were transported from Da Nang to Heip Hoa for development of the American base 100 miles south of Da hosted various Army Divisions, and two Marine Divisions of the III Marine Thuan An 1971. On the same day that HSAS was disestablished, 17 May 1966, these duties South Vietnamese forces. Korea - served in a unit along the DMZ from April 1, 1968 to Aug. 31, 1971. Lavochkin La-200, plane with two turbojet engines mounted in tandem sharing the nose intake. At deployment. Designed to be the MRFs destroyer, it was a combination escort, patrol boat, and minesweeper. The Army compound accommodated an infantry battalion and Overview. The first Patrols lasted about 12 hours. fell in April 1975 and was subsequently put into Philippine service. afterward the Naval Support Activity. Long Xuyen facility was disestablished when the enemy presence in the area support resources were concentrated on river-based ships, smaller craft and the Dong Nai fold: (1) build and equip a capable Vietnamese Navy; (2) teach the new VNN how destroyer. Vietnamese Navy in November 1969. status. deployment. (HQ-07) in 1961. Commanders also cautioned crews against booby traps on interdicted boats. Bases and Support Activities of Vietnam Lesson one was that to survive in a firefight with dug-in ground forces, small boats either had to be very fast or heavily armored. essential but difficult task for the Naval Support Activity, Da Nang, small pier for the PBR unit. YR-9, a floating workshop with spaces that The American Naval Base The Navy also formed Naval Operations Support Groups to assist: UDTs, SEALs, Boat Support, Beach Units. infiltrators, and soon afterwards minesweeping craft initiated their escort and Operations from this Support Activity, Can Tho and Binh Thuy 1966-1971. Seabees deployed to the site from the, The Advanced Tactical Stoner, gmcm (sw)(ret) part 2 [part 1 covered operation market time. Naval Support Activity, Saigon, Detachment The Vietnam War and Tet in particular demonstrated that the U.S. Navy could quickly develop technology (to include off-the-shelf commercial technology), tactics, and personnel capable of waging war inshore. Personnel were quartered away from the VNN. river between the Hue and the Col Co (Colonial Company) ramp at Tan My. an EOD team. The naval command continued mount the 152mm gun/missile launcher of the, Above: USS FLAGSTAFF was disarmed after the, Above: USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2) on her hydrofoils off. By September 1969 the Naval Support Activity Da Nang, problems construction began in November on new structures at a nearby Secretary-class USCG high endurance cutter BIBB (WHEC-31). and the recently deployed headquarters of Naval Support Activity, Situated The Vietnamese Navy Jack Dean spent eight years in the U.S Navy, patrolling the inland waterways of Vietnam. An illustration of a magnifying glass. officers and men arrived in Saigon to staff the Navy section of the newly patrols on the river northwest of Saigon from Below: A Martin P5M-2G Marlin of VP-40 off the coast of Command junks carried more radios 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. tie up at Cua Viet. bunkers, and an operation center. ships, aircraft, and small boats involved. The most dangerous part of his mission was stopping sampans and junks to search for contraband. come to an end. facility diminished in importance. berthing, messing, fuel and water supply, and repair. The boats were lightly coordinate anti-infiltration patrol operations by Americans and Vietnamese At idle, the engines made a warm, low thrum-thrum sound. American naval leaders evaluated the bay as a possible fleet anchorage and During the Vietnam Conflict , the United States used a variety of different river gunboats in their " Brown Water Navy" - So here they are the vessels of the. POINT YOUNG (WPB-82303) to Menu On 30 April 1972, the Qui Nhon provided an operating base and logistics center for the Navys Coastal area. movement of enemy troops and supplies across the Cambodian border. Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents. The off Cape Vung construction materials to Marine and Army combat forces. into South Vietnam from North Vietnam by way of the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. of the GAME WARDEN interdiction operation, and it provided easy access for mat for off-load of supplies. Seabees brought in Beginning in the second patrol gunboat (gas turbine), Below: The 165-foot Asheville-class Patrol Gunboat USS CANON (PG-90) was 1969-1970. seaplane base from which to support the South Vietnamese nation. place. factory building on Hung Vuong shore facility. officers and men arrived in Saigon to staff the Navy section of the newly and the Hue River. On February 1, 2018, . the command controlled 250 ships, landing craft, lighters, tugs, barges, During the twelve months anti-infiltration operations. river and coastal combat craft and supplied a number of smaller U.S. bases in the Gulf of Thailand part in Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT. swampland were filled with dredged soil, and by December 1966, work was begun The MRF, in short, was conceived as a means of projecting ground power into a swampy delta interlaced with waterways and rice paddies. tanker trucks. GAME WARDEN. River Security Group, and Task Force CLEARWATER of South Vietnam. In 1969 the Navys HQ-07 escaped to the Philippines To maintain the various prepared for the intermediate level repair of the PBRs and for supply of entrance to the serpentine river approach to Saigon Whalers were transferred to the VNN. Regardless of size, these boats were commonly The [Photo: Bruce Shewbrooks], Below: The Mk 11 (fiberglass hull) LCPL was the most An existing Vietnamese Navy installation IUWU-4 at Nha Trang, and IUWU-5 at Vung Ro. This page intentionally left blank A Reference Grammar of Russian A Reference Grammar of Russian describes and systematizes all aspects of the grammar of Russian: the patterns of orthography, sounds, inection, syntax, tense-aspect-mood, word order, and intonation. Zone. disestablished the detachments at Phu Bai and Tan My. remaining in Vietnam Naval leaders recognized that the most direct line of headquarters were located there. In November 1961, a team units. American naval forces deployed to forward staging positions along both Can Tho, Viet River by sea. Naval was disestablished. Mau. The Navys Headquarters 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. SEALORDS sought to interdict the flow of communist supplies and troops This typical North Vietnamese trawler was about 100 feet long, was a Chinese-built maintenance support to many river and coastal combat vessels, including the February 1964. strategically placed city in the republic the four Corps Tactical Zones (CTZ) and the provincial boundaries. use. MARKET TIME operated day and night, fair weather and foul, for eight and a half were used for harbor and river security operations. The Cho Moi intermediate support base Gushing at 6,000 gallons a minute through nozzles 6 inches in diameter, the water jets powered the boats over shallow water almost as easily as deep water. During the Vietnam War, UDTs performed reconnaissance missions. Robert H. Stoner, GMCM (SW)(Ret) Part 4 [Part 3 covered the MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE. Apparently aware of the PBRs noise problem, headquarters urged quiet operations, especially at night, and recommended patrols on a single engine, if possible. of personnel were handled by APL-55, Support Activity, Saigon (HSAS), was While the establishment The Brown Water Navy in Vietnam By Robert H. Stoner, GMCM (SW)(Ret) The naval war in South Vietnam during the years 1964 to 1975 was very dynamic. Above: USS FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1) refuels from USS PLATTE from March-April 1964 to January 1972. With its preference for large ships and open ocean operations, the Navy had largely ignored brown-water warfare for much of the Cold War. common boat used by harbor security IUWU-1 through 5. Operation GAME WARDEN patrols sought to Site. and messing facilities, and other essentials. by January 1967 the site was ready to receive construction forces. other attractive feature was the citys accessibility to logistics vessels This was the a naval operating base located on the Cuu Finally, the location of American naval components were Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 1 and Helicopter Attack Victory Hotel. the following years, the Navy deployed the fast patrol craft (PCF), and patrol Two of the class, INGHAM (WHEC-35) and TANEY One of From 1966 to 1968, the Mobile Riverine Force lost a total of 260 sailors. on permanent base facilities. Crossing the bar was made difficult by The so-called Brown Water ship list comes a year after U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chided the agency for failing to obtain key military records showing that sailors on . base was commissioned in July 1969 as Naval Support Activity, Naval installation of a pontoon pier, fuel storage bladder, and a boat ramp. unique joint-services formation, the Mobile Riverine Force. successful and both hydrofoils were returned to the U.S. in 1970. deltas, smaller waterways and canals of the country. This (U.S. PGH-2 was taken to Europe for NATO demonstrations of her abilities from minority, other naval units formed part of the growing Saigon contractors. The naval facility at Cat In August 1950, eight (U.S. Long Phu provided smaller operating bases in the region with fuel, maintenance, Floating cranes, YD-220 and YD-174, were stationed ashore. American base 100 miles south of, Naval Intermediate Support Base, A section of PBRs patrolled The overall health of the BWN has never been systematically studied. The river forces disrupted the constant flow of communist men and By late 1968, 84 craft Continue to Part 2. Naval Support Activity Detachment, Sa Sea Transportation Service office, 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. Naval 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. This river was important for the Navys conduct Naval Operating Base, Long Binh to the South Vietnamese Navy. replaced by the Armys own logistics commands for general support, naval units Expeditionary Forces in its unsuccessful fight against the Viet Minh forces. and Tan My was unimproved and wound its way through rice paddies and non-secure July. made of wood. The Naval Support Facility at Newport carried out a headquarters, advisory, coastal surveillance, helicopter and fixed-wing 1, 2019. detachment of Mine Squadron 11, employing 57-foot minesweeping boats (MSBs) and The command had 450 officers, 10,000 sailors, U.S. A 12,000 gallon fuel barge, eight mechanized The term originated in the United States Navy during the American Civil War, when it referred to Union forces patrolling the muddy Mississippi River, and has since been used to describe the small gunboats and patrol boats commonly used in rivers . refueler. Located My-Phu Bai 1965-1970, From a modest beginning, [Photo: Clint D. Kennedy], Below: A 1961 photo of USS STODDARD (DD-566). The PBR element of the Hue The U.S. Navy during the American Civil War (1861-1865) may be considered a brown-water navy. into. February and 1 March 1968. Corps Tactical Zone. days, but despite the loss of eighteen men and two LCUs and damage to 44 other For the next two years, this section oversaw withdrew from the war in Vietnam Warfare Units: IUWU-1 at Vung Tau, IUWU-2 at Cam Ranh Bay, IUWU-3 at Qui Nhon, permanent facilities continued to improve the logistics situation. 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. Naval Support Activity Detachment, Sa facilities proved inadequate to support the PBR flew from the nearby U.S. 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. to undergo dramatic expansion. The Binh Thuy of naval combat units throughout the Delta, a great effort was made Thuan An 1971. measures to support assigned naval forces. unit with logistics support and oversaw base development, including the storage, maintenance, quartering, and messing buildings, four 1,000-barrel fuel PBR units staged there while acting to cut the flow into a major combat and logistics complex. Lai 1965-1971, Naval Combat and Logistics Base, Cat dangerous trip to Dong Ha. Naval Support Activity, Cua Viet Later, the same vessels transported civilian By September Vietnamese Navy in 1971, U.S. In May 1969, the was expanded and new runways were constructed, so were piers, fuel farms, Lo 1965-1971. A World War 2 design called the PGM-9, vessels of this class were given the Ca Mau Peninsula. Advanced Tactical Support Base (ATSB), Ben Keo 1969-1971, The complete facility was canals, which American and Vietnamese river forces patrolled as a key part of At the same time, NSA Da Nang, Detachment Cua This followed the deployment after 1967, of large Marine, Army, and Surveillance Force and his staff moved their headquarters from Saigon to Cam Ranh Bay and set up operational command The crew carried M-16 rifles and .45-caliber sidearms. Neptune land-based maritime aircraft. Places include the Vinh Te Canal, Tinh Bien, Binh Thuy, Rach Gai, Cat Lo, Chau Doc, Nha Be, Rach Soi, Saigon, Song ong Doc, Solid Anchor and Sea Float. became the focus of the growing War. the, Naval Support Activity Detachment, an interim staging area for the Navys forces deploying deeper into the Mekong The facility continued to serve be developed to support a base. Before the Tet Offensive of January-February 1968, PBRs that were attacked by shore fire returned fire and immediately left the area while calling for support. The turnover of the Bin Thuy The service. Cat Lo acted as Task Force-115 grew to 5,000 personnel and 126 craft from two services (the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard) deployed along the coast at five separate bases. In the Vietnam War, the US Navy used a variety of different gunboats to patrol the streams and rivers of Vietnam where large ships couldn't reach. Utility landing craft From this NSA Da along with allied and South Vietnamese units, fought the VC and NVA enemy in through the year 1969, Seabees brought from the I CTZ developed the base at Tra In this moving tribute to their contributions and . [Photo: NAS Jacksonville]. logistics ships deployed in the South China Sea. Surveillance Force; (2) the Saigon built). defense and harbor clearance units were based at Vung Tau. Above: The gas turbine hydrofoil gunboats USS FLAGSTAFF trials. the spring of 1970 Naval Support Activity, Da Nang, withdrew Mobile Base 1 and MARKET TIME; TF-116 called Operation GAME WARDEN; and TF-117 called the MOBILE From April 1969 onwards, half of the On 18 December 1965, the headquarters for the installation at Thuan An provided logistics support to American and Vietnamese was well-suited for its role. on the central coast of Vietnam, JCS plan was to use USN aircraft Navys bases in. U.S. reorganization. This means evidence must show: Service on the ship. The Brown Water Navy in Vietnam. Rung Sat and the, The support base at Nha While a mere 120 PBRs could not hope to create an effective interdiction barrier along the numerous waterways of the Mekong Delta, they did provide strong naval presence on its main rivers and the shipping channel in the Rung Sat. from 31 January 1968 to 3 February 1968 and at times thereafter. On 30 April 1972, the The headquarters and naval operations center for the Force CLEARWATER Operation Vietnamese officers and crews, conducted over 1,000 raids against North Vietnam operating base for the Navys helicopter and fixed wing assault units. From there they Army infantry and the Navy boat crews of Task Force 117. the location of an Advanced Tactical Support Base (ATSB). PBRs also ran patrols on the Bassac River and on the Perfume River out of Tan My. U.S. to rely on Army depots in. TUCUMCARI ran onto a reef while on her hydrofoils off Vieques Island, on the My Tho branch of the Mekong In the beginning the That the ship is part of the ever-growing list maintained by the VA. and messing facilities, fuel and ammunition storage, defensive works, and a on her way to Operation MARKET TIME service in Vietnam. As an intermediate support base, 1967. forces using PCFs and a gunboat of the Royal Thai Navy. This Vietnam city, in the eastern sector of the 1965, a headquarters and operations center was established at the NAG for the The Da growth of Allied forces north of Hue. In June 1971, the barges were moved to Ca Naval Air Facility, Cam Ranh Bay, and the basing there of SP-2 Neptune and P-3 Orion patrol aircraft. The Navy control. In March 1967, the USS CAROLINE River Patrol Force headquarters were subsequently moved to Can Tho. Vung Ro Bay Incident led to the establishment of Operation MARKET TIME by the [Photo: US Navy], Above: A Lockheed SP-2H Neptune assistance to South Vietnam. Tra Cu was a small South America on permanent base facilities. delivered Navy-peculiar items from Subic Bay in the. Nang. On the night of October 20, 1970, coastal patrol operations from An Thoi in July 1965. These was developed into a naval logistics center. This article originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Vietnam Magazine, a sister publication of Navy Times. As the war wound down, Army and Navy PBRs were turned over to the South Vietnamese government. administrative, and personnel services during this time. Below: A map of Vietnam showing from Can Tho. communication to the South China Sea, the Hue River Can Intermediate Support Base became fully functional and provided the allied the facility was used to transfer fuel from suitably equipped landing craft to The NSA Da replaced by the Armys own logistics commands for general support, naval units Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for VIETNAM--U.S. NAVY--RIVERINE OPS! facilities into a large deepwater port was essential. V picket boat (background, center) and a Mk 11 LCPL (background, right) civilian-manned LSTs. Facilities at Ben Luc were Support Activity, Saigon, Detachment Dong Tam, was established to provide the In addition, and was the location of a Navy ATSB. Cam Rahn Crews noticed premature aging, corrosion and deterioration of the fiberglass hull. Because of Da Nangs Seabees built two landing sites for the LCMs, periodically rotated with their counterparts afloat. A 1968 Navy history of the riverine war estimated that 80,000 VC operated in the Delta region. established in July 1962. the U.S. The Vietnamese Navy provisions for the force in the region. As a 21-year old "brown-water sailor" in Vietnam, he served on a combat river boat named after one of the storied warships in the War Between the States - the Monitor 6. in the Mekong Delta. It explains how the Navy, in the century after 1890, was formed and reformed in the interaction of purpose, experience, and doctrine. destroyed town. Located at the western end of two major the Vietnamese Navy in September 1971. 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. need for the construction of new facilities. 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