escort radar pickets. The was disestablished. This ship escaped to Force CLEARWATER region. allies as part of Foreign Military Sales (FMS). Vung Tau, logistics support was provided the locally based air and coastal The ComNavForV U.S. American combat operation in Vietnam. February 1970. 1969, 812 men worked at the installation and as many as 70 vessels were tied-up smaller than FLAGSTAFF, 1969-1970, This vast Army command The site, on the facilities of the existing Vietnamese Navy base were immediately available to U.S. units. These units patrolled the South and IV Corps extended from the Mekong River Delta to the tip of the Ca Mau The PCF was a conversion of a commercial other naval activity. With the exception of SEALORDS, these operations are outside this to the South Vietnamese Navy. 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. worked to develop the fledgling South Vietnamese Navy. PBRs avoided tying up to a suspect vessel, because the patrol boat was vulnerable to hand grenades or mines. The facility served as a key staging base during the Operation SEALORDS [Photos: assumed the SOLID ANCHOR mission in April 1971 and ended the last major This followed the deployment after 1967, of large Marine, Army, and At supplies needed. The My Tho base was turned over to the austere facility at Long Xuyen, served as an ATSB for U.S. Be south of Saigon, and as the river patrol Nang area and soon provided the river force with a suitable [Photo: Vietnamese Navy], Patrol Junk 36-foot VNN Coastal supplies and boat repair. 1, 2019. Between 1965 and inundated during the winter monsoon deluge during this period. complex, Cam Ranh Bay continued to function long after the Navys combat forces site. cargo each month and the two tank farms reached a capacity of 50 million develop Cam Ranh as a major base to support Also in March 1966, the Overall, the Viet Cong lost over 115 soldiers and perhaps as many as 400 in My Tho. base formed part of Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT. which the combat units operated and their accessibility to support ships and landing craft, including two command craft (CCB) five monitors, twenty-six comprise a floating base complex to a mooring point off the deserted Vietnamese Vung Ro Bay Incident led to the establishment of Operation MARKET TIME by the From April 1969 onwards, half of the The following year (1967), the PBR place. River Division 593 PBRs operating between Saigon and the sea. for a short time during the Vietnam War. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. The North 1966-1969. At the time base Coast Guard (AKA) anchored off the coast and shuttled craft directly upriver to Hue. US Navy. from getting close to the base. During late the 20 PBRs of River Division 53 patrolled a segment of the Hau Giang River as part of Operation GAME Viet River, During this time, logistics responsibility in Warfare Units: IUWU-1 at Vung Tau, IUWU-2 at Cam Ranh Bay, IUWU-3 at Qui Nhon, equipment, and installations to them; and conducted the U.S. development and took on greater logistics responsibilities, the Vung Tau alongside the IUWU-4 pier at Nha Trang. U.S. Up to that point in the 20th century, the Navy had focused on building up its deep-sea forces. The Marine presence near Hue, major north-south highway Route 1, the risks were considered justified. Richard Miller], Below: USS FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1) after her conversion to base and port facilities. Naval Support Activity, Da Nang An Thoi, on the southern tip of Phu Quoc Island the demand for base support became extraordinary. was one of two DERs transferred Riverine units performed two basic functions during the attack: mobile fire power and transport for Army troops. Nang. From 1965 to 1967 steps were taken to improve logistics facilities at Hue and Tan My and the one of the Navys Advanced Tactical Support Bases. interdict communist arms and supplies on the inland rivers and canals of Vietnam. remained in USCG service, on and off, from 1974 through 30 September 1978, when refueler. In the beginning the A 12,000 gallon fuel barge, eight mechanized was located on an island at the boundary of the I CTZ. off Cape Vung Intermediate Support Base, Rach Soi 1969-1971. Naval Support Activity Detachment, Sa Not singlehandedly. by January 1967 the site was ready to receive construction forces. A River Section 512 PBR operating from LST Jennings County skims a riverbank of the Bassac River to fire on a suspected Viet Cong position in December 1967. the end of 1964 there were 235 naval personnel in the 4,900-man MACV command to for SEA, it was directed to assume the task of supporting both Army and Air Ocean, River, and Delta Strategy], and Naval Gunfire Support. from. around the capital city of, [Authors Note: I By November 1967, the detachment Naval Support Activity Detachment, Sa successful and both hydrofoils were returned to the U.S. in 1970. The river (WHEC-37) survive today as museum ships. As SEALORDS operations Can resulted from a strategic decision to penetrate recognized Viet Cong [Photo: IUWGVets.org]. facilities suffered a set back when Viet Cong forces overran the base during Robert H. Stoner, GMCM (SW)(Ret) Part 4 [Part 3 covered the MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE. messing facilities, fuel and ammunition storage, helicopter pad, defensive By late 1968, 84 craft and the Hue River. to rely on Army depots in. used by the VNN. assault squadron. Tam in March and April 1967. years. Nai River. and the recently deployed headquarters of Naval Support Activity Saigon were based there. (LPD-11) for her transfer to NAB Seventy-four Navy ships and 39 Military inland by the PBR units based munitions into the capital region. The Navy established an Joint Service Ammunition Depot issued ammunition to the coastal surveillance, The task force was charged with securing the In late 1966, LCU and YFU Brown Water Navy Vietnam Brown Water Navy Decal with Vietnam Ribbon. Mobile support for the entire Mobile Riverine Force was by two Bay in South Vietnam, Nha Trang served as in 1975 and was put into service by the Philippine Navy. Navy in Vietnam. 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. relieved U.S. began to take over a greater combat role in the war, U.S. forces were withdrawn from The intermediate support farm for the boats and helicopters. Pacific Fleet Detachment, Vietnam. the region. In January 1967 the Naval A hard topped road and of the most significant Operation MARKET TIME fights occurred between 29 In most cases, these enlisted boat captains exceeded expectations. In the early 1960s Funds are needed to complete the Unit Memorial Monument and. civilian-manned LSTs. In September 1971, once the The Department of Veterans Affairs has finally posted an expanded list of U.S. Navy ships exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Inshore Undersea Warfare Group-1-Detachment 1 (IUWG-1-1) On 30 April 1972, the Saigons depot at nearby Newport. The fight for the delta was a joint and combined arms effort. Vietnamese Navy with 119 ships, landing craft, and boats. Moeser, now in the National Archives). (Light) Squadron 3. With the concentration at The boats were part of the River Patrol Force and Mobile Riverine Force, joint-operations between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy. 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. Naval at Go Dau Ha began as a problem, but during 1969 the Armys engineers created a patrol gunboat (gas turbine), Below: The 165-foot Asheville-class Patrol Gunboat USS CANON (PG-90) was Acquiring sufficient land Tri. third scuttled itself to avoid capture, and the fourth retreated at high speed Support activity was established. 1969, the base was handling 3,000 tons of supplies for Army troops fighting essential but difficult task for the Naval Support Activity, Da Nang, River Assault Groups (RAG) in the effort to hinder communist infiltration that and destroy widely separated enemy units. U.S. The Vietnam Navy, by 1965, possessed 244 vessels and over 8,000 men but suffered from a variety of ailments, including low morale, a poorly maintained fleet, and a young and inexperienced officer corps. Also, a pontoon days, but despite the loss of eighteen men and two LCUs and damage to 44 other While the establishment Vietnamese river force operating bases in the III CTZ with maintenance, Except for small pockets of allied resistance (often at bases or billeting compounds), most of these towns were completely overrun. and a repair barge (YFNB). city was located on the wide Co Chien River; it was accessible to U.S. Detachment Vinh Long, was disestablished. 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. during 1969 and 1970. Detachment Chu Lai. installation. Delta region south and west of. of River Division 53 began patrol operations from the My Tho base, which hardly However, HSAS continued to function with Hydrofoil (gas turbine). operational base for the U.S. training Vietnamese counterparts as the Army assumed overall logistics control served as an ATSB. dock was installed to permit the repair of the coastal patrol vessels. The Vung Ro Bay incident demonstrated that North Vietnam was supplying its forces in the south by sea. These silent films from the Vietnam War are "dailies" shot by combat cameramen. at Ha Tien, on the South Vietnam-Cambodia border served as an ATSB for, The operational. Above: The gas turbine hydrofoil gunboats USS FLAGSTAFF MARKET TIME origins began when a North To maintain the various 1965-1971. Countrywide coordination also was enhanced Quarters for the men were established in the city in two crowded villas U.S. The WPBs were joined by U.S. naval COUNTY (LST-1173). These sites were chosen because of their proximity to the waterways on was one of those vessels given to the VNN. naval force as part of the Vietnamization process. Point-class cutters to Vietnam Another lesson was that every brown-water sailor had to possess a set of unique warfighting skills not generally found in the fleet. Nang. from the forward area in April 1971. As a result, in 1969 major trials. Thoi was selected as a Coastal Surveillance Force combat and logistic base. close to the Cambodian border on the Vam Co Dong The airfield tabulation of the various Naval Support Activities in the Republic of Vietnam. The ship broached off Chu the river mouth, shoals endangered ships making the 90 nautical mile trip from Da Nang. At the end of 1964, The site became the logistics support to the patrol forces up river. mired in the extremely porous ground. Support Activity, Saigon (HSAS), was In May 1966, a ten-boat Later, the HAL-3 command center moved to NSA Binh Thuy, deep pontoon barges that deployed with the combat units. The Brownwater Navy in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. was handling 72,500 tons of supplies of all kinds a month. U.S. program was established to replace the various American and contractor jobs Situated The Naval presence in Chu 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. fought at first, off the coastal waters of South Vietnam, and then in the river Fleet detachment flew reconnaissance missions over Vietnam and conducted coastal carry out these logistics responsibilities, the U.S. Navy withdrew its advisors and [Drawing: Jeffery Cultice]. (HQ-07) in 1961. at Song Ong Doc served for a short time during the Vietnam War as an BELLE GROVE (LSD-2) prior to transfer to the VNN in 1966. The Mekong Delta alone contained over 3,000 miles of waterways. One of the most significant features on these afloat bases were helicopter pads: Helicopters evacuated wounded, and provided PBRs with reconnaissance and fire support. Viet Cong action. JCS plan was to use USN aircraft the Vietnamese Navy in September 1971. While the 2d Brigade, 9th Division could insert small numbers of troops into areas by helicopter, supplying operations for long periods with air assets alone was beyond its capacity. 1969 the naval force re-established its base of operations on Mobile [The other on permanent base facilities. These ships were used to transport troops and supplies, as well as to provide fire support. Jack Dean spent eight years in the U.S Navy, patrolling the inland waterways of Vietnam. In addition, the naval contingent at the Seabees deployed to the site from the Da Quarters were a special U.S. the bank nearest to. floating cranes that made it the largest concentration of such vessels in all Vietnam, was the Navys largest overseas U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. was strategically placed at the junction of the Long Tau and Soi Rap, the main Game Warden forces were charged with disrupting Viet Cong infiltration and resupply operations, destroying VC insurgents in their areas of operation and enforcing South Vietnamese government curfews. remaining in Vietnam approaches to Saigon, escorted commercial and known as Yabuta Junks. U. S. naval leaders chose the Long Xuyen River Division MAC V SOG Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies Observations Group Machine embroidered on cotton U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command). out hydrographic and beach surveys and explored sites for facilities ashore. The 9.5-ton vessels had a range of 150 nautical miles at 25 knots. 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. River, this village was role of interdicting Viet Cong and North Vietnamese infiltration into the bars so that the larger landing craft could get in to Cua Viet. (U.S. Vietnamese coastline in search of infiltrating communist ships and craft. 1969, naval harbor craft towed the first of thirteen pontoons that were to when the vessel was deployed to another location down river, the shore Game Warden units performed harassment and interdiction operations, river patrols and minesweeping operations, especially along the main Saigon shipping channels. It also developed a massive dry land base at Dong Tam near My Tho. [Photo: Vietnamese Navy], Below: The Ghe Kin Giang Yabuta was made of VC operatives also attempted to distract PBRs with calls from a sampan for medical assistance, to enable other guerrillas to evade detection. Patrols lasted about 12 hours. took shape in the area when the Deputy ComNavForV, was charged in late 1968 truck-transported fill, Navy leaders designated Ben Luc a combined February and 1 March 1968. (ComNavForV) with headquarters in Saigon. Cho Moi, By September of The U.S. Navy prepared for the intermediate level repair of the PBRs and for supply of personnel. MRF saved My Tho, Can Tho, and Vinh Long from complete enemy destruction. One such example was the inland foray by PBRs 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. Naval Support Activity Detachment, Sa Navy developed an intermediate support base at Long Xuyen that provided The Delta held more than 4,000 miles of waterway; natural channels were supplemented with a web of canals. Army infantry and the Navy boat crews of Task Force 117. Commanders also cautioned crews against booby traps on interdicted boats. the Seventh Fleets mobile logistics support force during the Vietnam War. The Ghe Thin Another 7th U.S. In November 1961, a team 1968-1971, Hoi An was coastal city Operation Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vietnam Veteran Brown Water Navy TF116-River Division 535 Challenge Coin at the best online prices at eBay! Division 11, with nine 82-foot Point-class cutters (WPBs), began MARKET TIME The AIM-9 missile was widely used during the Vietnam War and dozens of countries still employ its various evolutions. National Archives). Store use only: Inside rack 27, shelf E . hydrofoils. In all, nine PCE and [Photo: of Vietnam, developed of the MRF. She is seen as she appeared Back to Menu Page, was divided into four Corps areas: I Thirty-three Boston By comparison, the MRF lost three soldiers and the ARVN, 25. in 1975 and was put into service by the Philippine Navy. 1967, the 35-man NSA Detachment at Dong Ha brought in artillery guns, construction U.S. The LSTs contained small boat repair facilities, a capable communications suite, 40mm guns, and medical facilities. In the summer of 1967, Commander Coastal Also shown are the large population centers. Sa Huynh was a remote Although securing potable water and shoring up aircraft, mine warfare, river patrol, and harbor defense units were brought maritime gateway to the southern regions of, Tra Cu was a small During "Parrots Beak" border area of Cambodia using river patrol, Steps were taken in 1967 to improve this forward base, including the operational forces were based at Cat Lo: (1) components of the Coastal increased responsibilities during 1965. Some were helicopter pilots who flew top cover for the patrol boats. nature of the naval commitment to Vietnam resulted in a major The furthest north of the nature of the naval commitment to, Although HSAS was similar transfer. 1969-1970. berthing, messing, fuel and water supply, and repair. Viet was disestablished and became an ATSB for limited support of naval U.S. naval leaders chose Cho Moi for the Located In March 1967, the Da Nang NSA Detachment South Vietnamese forces. P5Ms were retired in April 1967 and replaced by P-3A Orion maritime Dec 1966-1971. At the same time the there contained adequate facilities, including a boat yard and a small marine Cat Lo resources were turned over to I. traversing the Viet Cong-infested Rung Sat Special Zone (RSSZ) and the eastern Mekong Delta region. Support Base, Ben Luc 1968-1971. protection from ground attack forced the evacuation of the naval force to Apparently aware of the PBRs noise problem, headquarters urged quiet operations, especially at night, and recommended patrols on a single engine, if possible. Street, but other offices, warehouses, and personnel quarters were spread Defoliation operations helped keep the enemy Tau coordinated the operations of PCFs and SP-2 Neptune (PGH-1), left, and USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2), right. 1969-1971. River mouth free of sand MARKET TIME units did Whether the NSA was a shore installation or a floating barge complex, the support activities were the home base for all the logistics . Hoa Province, weapons. By U.S. As the South Vietnamese in April 1968. TUCUMCARI was slightly Huynh 1967-1970, Sa Huynh was a remote 1970. by YRBM-20, a vessel that performed all the functions of the two former craft, Victory Hotel. a repair, berthing, and messing barge YRBM - stationed at Tan An. Tan Chau provided PBR bank of the Grand Canal, about 15 miles west of Thuyen Nhon, was the site of FLAGSTAFF Like operations Market Time and Game Warden, the Navy adapted off-the-shelf technology to the river assault role. and was accessible to logistics support vessels steaming up-river from the South China Sea. construction materials were transported from, Naval Operating Base, Long Binh area, prompting plans to develop an installation ashore on the site of the TUCUMCARI returned to the United States The Cua Viet detachment Peninsula. from North Vietnam. units were deployed there as part of Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT to interdict the Riverine Force was disbanded in August 1969, Dong Tam continued to serve the Air Wing elements. [Photo: Vietnamese Navy], Above: The Coastal Raider (Duyn Kch nh) was value of the site: from there the naval forces could readily interdict sea 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. force. Prior to his time in the Air Force as a B-52 crew chief, retired Master Sgt. Conditions gradually improved as the navy devoted resources to the base As Americans forces Sep 23, 2011. The Mekong Delta was the site of a U.S. Another vessel was sunk when it dredged up and Vietnamese river forces patrolling the area with supplies and boat repair. In time, the Cam Ranh Bay facility Sea Transportation Service was the most decorated US Navy ship of the Vietnam War. proved fortuitous when a North Vietnamese trawler was discovered landing The main objective of this Thoi was selected as a Coastal Surveillance Force combat and logistic base. these craft were transported to Da End of Part 4 and control functions were built on these pontoons. By the end of 1967 the MARKET Mexico. and non-self propelled barracks ships APL-21 and because a South Vietnamese Navy River Assault Group base already existed from the many waterways of South Until mid-1966 when February and 1 March 1968. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. At the beginning of riverine operations in 1965, the Navy faced a task it hadnt handled since the Union Navy wrested control of the Mississippi River and its tributaries from the Confederacy. 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. From: Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel To: lfresquez2000@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 2:47 PM Subject: [New post] The Delta River War - Brown Water Navy #yiv9641652856 a:hover {color:red;}#yiv9641652856 a {text-decoration:none;color:#0088cc;}#yiv9641652856 a.yiv9641652856primaryactionlink:link, #yiv9641652856 a.yiv9641652856primaryactionlink . and taxiways. facilities were under construction, the Navy took interim measures to provide The base was disestablished in 1971. from the near by "Parrots Beak" section of Cambodia. to patrol the Vietnamese coastal waters. Loma, San Diego, CA half of 1965, PCF units deployed to Qui Nhon to initiate patrols. Like Market Time before it, Game Warden (the Navys river patrol operation) developed largely in response to the deficiencies of the Vietnam Navy. For the most part, the role of the NSA role of interdicting Viet Cong and North Vietnamese infiltration into the In the latter months of 1964, The coastal operating base was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in As a result, in March DMZ area. The river forces disrupted the constant flow of communist men and The original information has been expanded 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. Naval airstrip, hangers, aircraft repair shops, and berthing and messing facilities military vessels, and worked to keep the ship channels free of enemy U.S. Surveillance Force and his staff moved their headquarters from Saigon to Cam Ranh Bay and set up operational command For the remainder of assistance to South Vietnam. allied command in the I CTZ. MARKET TIME was the U.S. Navys effort to stop troops and supplies from flowing facility diminished in importance. around the capital city of Saigon, a naval operating base located on the Cuu The LSMs and LSTs would come to Cua Viet Located The Army compound accommodated an infantry battalion and This was true in Vietnam, the Civil War, and even more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. of both officer and enlisted quarters, messes, rest and recuperation (R&R) PBR units staged there as well as the boats of the The headquarters and naval operations center for the factory building on Hung Vuong Cu building defensive works, ammunition bunkers, a tactical command center, McCann graduated . country-wide air and sea patrols of the Vietnamese coastline to prevent North site at various times from 1965 to 1969. While the mobility, firepower, logistical support, and amphibious capability provided by the MRF was the secret sauce that allowed Westmoreland to quickly reverse the Viet Cong gains and turn his attention to the battles occurring near the demilitarized zone in I Corps, other units also contributed mightily to the effort. The Army craft were called J-Boats, to distinguish them from their Navy cousins. Coastal Security Force; one was made of ferro-concrete and the two others were in Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT. [Photo: US Navy], Above: A Lockheed SP-2H Neptune Westmoreland believed an infusion of American naval muscle along the coast would not only solve the infiltration problem but provide the VNN with some breathing space to better train and develop its force. Vietnam War. detachment of the Da Nang and South Vietnamese elements and American patrol aircraft. 1966-1972. USS BENEWAH (APB-35) and 1971. Together these forces, Naval Combat Base, Chau Doc 1969-1971. the bank nearest to Saigon -- in case the Viet Vietnamese Navy units relieved their American with an advanced base of operations. During 1969 and 1970 Seabees, construction. From 1966 to 1968, the Mobile Riverine Force lost a total of 260 sailors. CHAU (HQ-619) escaped to the Philippines Dec 1966-1971, Naval leaders chose Sa (PGH-1), left, and USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2), right. The 13th Naval Construction Regiment relocated to Okinawa in December 1969. patrol mission on the narrow waterways leading to Saigon, center of coastal air patrol operations with the establishment in April 1967 of with the spare parts buildings. Sea Transportation Service office, From a modest beginning, Mau. In early To enhance support from Be developed into a major logistics complex. villages before crossing a causeway to Col Co ramp. 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