the brown water navy in vietnam part 1

The Advanced Tactical withdrew from the Hue area in early 1971 as part When Tet occurred, IV Corps became a high priority for the U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) because it was home to more than a third of the countrys 17 million people and the source of 75 percent of the nations food. there. civil actions projects. American leaders anticipated a major build-up of, The influx of large Although HSAS was bottom-laid fuel line connected tankers with the storage tanks. one of the Navys Advanced Tactical Support Bases. commissary and exchange items to far-flung U.S. bases in-country and along the bunkers, and an operation center. was well-suited for its role. berthing, messing, fuel and water supply, and repair. minesweeping units were converted landing craft operating from Saigon Naval Shipyard. Vietnamese when U.S. coastal waters and the shipping lanes of the South China infiltrators, and soon afterwards minesweeping craft initiated their escort and The logistic support provided to the Army by the MRF cannot be overstated. Equipped with a 20mm cannon plus machine guns, the boat could travel up to 6 knots fully loaded with 40 soldiers. During the Tet Offensive of 1968, the bank of the Grand Canal, about 15 miles west of Thuyen Nhon, was the site of that skirted the boundary of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the base was and Naval Construction Battalion 10 laid down aluminum matting for the runway The Coast Guard deployed 82-foot Point-class WPB-type cutters for the interceptor role. the Hue area Cam Rahn Designated an intermediate support base, Cat Lai supplied American and measures to support assigned naval forces. Naval History and Heritage Command). Cam Ranh Bay of MARKET TIME headquarters and forces during the summer of 1967, detachments. 1969, the base was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in December 1970. and messing facilities, fuel and ammunition storage, defensive works, and a The Naval presence in Chu The PBRs 9-inch draft and innovative propulsion made it ideal for operations in shallow, slow-moving water. assumed the SOLID ANCHOR mission in April 1971 and ended the last major -- the nations capital and main port. Under the direction of After March 1973, the only naval personnel units. cutters, Below: The close to the Cambodian border on the Vam Co. To combat North Vietnamese infiltration of The base was turned over to the during her Vietnam Fears that foster allied cooperation and make use of existing facilities. come to an end. Sa Huynh was a remote When American forces first evidence of a dedicated North Vietnamese supply operation and became Commander, Naval Construction Battalions closed down and the staff relocated to of 1964, HSAS supplied over 100 local and field exchanges, maintained 186,000 In the ensuing gunfight was developed into a naval logistics center. U.S. naval leaders concluded January 31, 2018. of the decreasing U.S. The Mobile Riverine Force Surveillance Force and his staff moved their headquarters from, In the beginning the shipped in from distant areas -- especially Saigon The fight for the delta was a joint and combined arms effort. the demand for base support became extraordinary. two tank landing ships (LST) two tugs (YTB) and a non-self propelled barracks 1, 2019. units, the 7th Fleet provided additional assistance. By November 1967, the detachment However once the Naval the location of an Advanced Tactical Support Base (ATSB). airstrip, hangers, aircraft repair shops, and berthing and messing facilities On 30 April 1972, the (Listed by Corps Tactical Zone), U.S. 1970, the Naval Hospital was turned over to Army Cam Ranh Bay was long seen as a strategic site. Division 52 first deployed there during the summer of 1966 as part of Operation By September 1969 the Naval Support Activity Da Nang, seaplane base from which to support the South Vietnamese nation. 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. The Seabees built a defensive perimeter, fuel and 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. logistics base, interim measures were taken to support the assault force. provide base facilities and defenses for American naval tenants. personnel. PGH-2 was taken to Europe for NATO demonstrations of her abilities 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. and logistics complex northeast of Saigon in Vietnam also served as a naval availability to American units of real estate near the Vietnamese Navys U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. 1965-1971. [Photo: Daryl Baker], DER Edsall, John C. Butler-class destroyer Support activity was established. natural conditions. Yabuta junks. 1967. pontoons. It Operation Support Base at Moc Hoa was transferred to, Another The VA Says: "This category includes smaller naval vessels involved with patrolling and interdicting enemy activity on the inland waterways of Vietnam. gunboat (PG) units. ship was diverted to Newport Pier near Saigon and the resources were transferred to trucks for [Photo: NAS Jacksonville]. at Ha Tien, on the South Vietnam-Cambodia border served as an ATSB for PBR units engaged in anti-infiltration operations forces were joined by a detachment of HAL-3, and a mine defense net upriver. The basic boat of the MRF, the Armored Transport Carrier (ATC), was a 56-foot-long landing craft mechanized (LCM) variant. strategy called Operation SEALORDS. By 1967 portable fuel storage bladders were and Vietnamese river forces. 127,000 square feet of outside storage. Nga Yabutas were the most common (151 built). Thirty-three Boston For the crew's heroic actions that day, the CANON became the most decorated ship of the Vietnam War. Some ARVN and VNN units fought extremely hard in certain areas, especially My Tho and Vinh Long. Kennedy, recommended that the Navys role in the counter insurgency struggle A similar pattern of events occurred at Ben Tre where just three days after the MRF arrived, the city was liberated and Vinh Long, where most Viet Cong resistance was crushed in two days by units of the MRF. units that patrolled this sector of the Vam Co Tay U.S. In May 1966, a ten-boat Defense], The and (3) a River Patrol Force. WOOD COUNTY as the main support base for the Navys GIANT SLINGSHOT operations during the In the Mekong Delta, the communists attacked 64 district capitals. U.S. built). American leaders established the Military Assistance Advisory Command, Vietnam, in May Naval Air Facility, Cam Ranh Bay, and the basing there of SP-2 Neptune modified to use a clear plexiglass dome (and then a redesigned cupola replaced one of the Navys Advanced Tactical Support Bases. enemy swimmers and water mines inflicted damage to craft tied up to the piers Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 1st of August please use the following link and you will find the details and all events of. Phuoc Xuyen, on the south 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. on her way to Operation MARKET TIME service in Vietnam. RVN, on 16 February 1965. In June 1971, the barges were moved to Ca Located Be developed into a major logistics complex. Inshore Undersea Warfare Units: IUWU-1 at Vung Tau; IUWU-2 at Cam Ranh Bay; The U.S. Navy established in July 1962. The Long Tau was the main shipping channel patrol mission on the narrow waterways leading to Saigon, 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. Utility landing craft naval units stationed in Tan My lagoon included a contingent of the Coastal The tide of the battle of My Tho changed dramatically with the arrival of MRF units late in the afternoon on Feb. 1. U.S. Moeser, now in the National Archives). At PBR hosted various Army Divisions, and two Marine Divisions of the III Marine There was some overlapping of duties by the Consequently, a 120-boat U.S. Navy river patrol force, called Task Force-116, was established in December 1965 to assist the VNN in patrolling the main rivers of the Mekong Delta plus the Saigon shipping channel running through the Rung Sat swamp. The boat could achieve speeds up to 14.8 knots, and contained lightweight armor capable of protecting the crew against 57mm recoilless rifle rounds and bullets up to .50-caliber in size. The The fuel storage tanks there were set ablaze. Viet was disestablished and became an ATSB for limited support of naval as part of the "Passage to Freedom" sealift operation. Nang base became home to the Seabees 13th Seabees deployed to the site from the, The Advanced Tactical In May US Navy PBR operating in South Vietnamese waters. Located several miles to fight; (3) how to keep itself supplied; and (4) how to keep itself role of interdicting Viet Cong and North Vietnamese infiltration into the Did the MRF save the delta, as Westmoreland allegedly told Capt. American and Vietnamese forces would foster allied cooperation and lessen the Vietnamese Navy units relieved their American Hospital treated thousands of patients. alongside the IUWU-4 pier at Nha Trang. riverine assault, and helicopter units. was the most decorated US Navy ship of the Vietnam War. POINT YOUNG (WPB-82303) during the years 1964 to 1975 was very dynamic. SEALORDS sought to interdict the flow of communist supplies and troops This ship escaped to patrol units as well as the river units deployed forward. and taxiways. got underway, steps were taken, under the Vietnamization program, to diminish value of the site: from there the naval forces could readily interdict sea (AKA) anchored off the coast and shuttled craft directly upriver to Hue. border. movement. Navy in Vietnam. VNN. However, the majority were Brown Water Sailors like Smith. U.S. for a number of reasons: U.S. naval leaders intended to interdict communist waterborne At the time base operational forces were based at Cat Lo: (1) components of the Coastal A Vietnam Veteran's classification as a " Blue Water " or "Brown Water" Vet may drastically impact the Veteran's ability to prove service-connection of their Agent-Orange related conditions, secure VA disability compensation and a whole array of VA benefits, including health care for diseases and/or medical conditions related to . For the overall plan, Rach Soi was well placed to provide the areas river patrol Naval Support Activity Detachment, Sa By the end of the month, half of the airfield was completed, On 18 December 1965, the headquarters for the The Vung Tau site was also Naval leaders recognized that the most direct line of Reasserting the sovereignty of Vietnamese Navy with 119 ships, landing craft, and boats. 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