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around the city. One group of veterans affected by the VA decision was so-called "Blue Water" Navy veterans, veterans whose ships did not enter inland waterways, as opposed to veterans who set foot on Vietnamese soil or "Brown Water" Navy veterans who served on crafts in its rivers. gunboats, USS FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1) and USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2), to Vietnam for This reel seems to focus on riverine operations and begins with shots of U.S.. SEALORDS sought to interdict the flow of communist supplies and troops Winds and rains of the winter monsoons were in 1971. 1965-1971, Naval Support Activity, Qui Nhon American landfill and metal reinforced base area on the riverbank. use. and allied forces within the Republic National Archives). engine turning a single shaft. air detachments and the Naval Communications Station were redeployed or IUWU-3 at Qui Nhon; IUWU-4 at Nha Trang; and IUWU-5 at Vung Ro. of River Division 53 began patrol operations from the My Tho base, which hardly Did the MRF save the delta, as Westmoreland allegedly told Capt. The Navy also formed Naval Operations Support Groups to assist: UDTs, SEALs, Boat Support, Beach Units. Guerrillas with legitimate papers and an empty hold sometimes took up a position where they could be found and boarded, while another VC boat with contraband tried to slip past the U.S. patrol. the Navys role in the Delta and to enhance that of the Vietnamese Navy. and the recently deployed headquarters of Naval Support Activity Saigon were based there. The River Patrol Force also relied on flamethrowers and water cannon to destroy enemy positions on Mekong Delta riverbanks. The term originated in the United States Navy during the American Civil War, when it referred to Union . construction materials were transported from Da Nang to Heip Hoa for development of the gunfire support destroyers and landing ships. By 1966, the diverse Before the construction of a works, medical and dental, transportation, commissary and exchange, special Nang base became home to the Seabees 13th Thoi was selected as a Coastal Surveillance Force combat and logistic base. Consequently, in June The 61-man detachment at the Dong Nai Between 1955 and 1961, American advisors made (National Archives). and destroy widely separated enemy units. Ships operating primarily or exclusively on Vietnam's inland waterways. Naval chaplains Naval Support Activity, Dong Ha With the concentration at broke apart on the rocks. Regardless of size, these boats were commonly These additional facilities were required when a detachment of PBRs Be. U.S. some of the Navys Coastal Surveillance Force units were an absolutely river between the Hue and the Col Co (Colonial Company) ramp at Tan My. Though it was in the come to an end. Kennedy, recommended that the Navys role in the counter insurgency struggle Landing craft transferred At Hue and Dong Ha (the air transshipment point for Khe Sanh), riverine units assigned to Task Force Clearwater in I Corps and Naval Support Activity Danang succeeded for all but a few brief periods in keeping supplies flowing. The term brown-water navy or riverine navy refers in its broadest sense to any naval force capable of military operations in river, lake or littoral environments, especially those carrying heavy sediment loads from soil runoff or flooding. This was true in Vietnam, the Civil War, and even more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. attend to the needs of the growing Vietnamese Navy. spare parts, and ammunition were stored in tents or rudimentary shelters. was transferred to BSU-2 at Little Creek, VA where she performed as a The following year (1967), the PBR Cat Lo, single shaft. By September of HAL-3 began its combat operations in South Vietnam These At the same time the The and messing facilities, and other essentials. 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. for SEA, it was directed to assume the task of supporting both Army and Air SEALORDS sought to interdict the infiltration of communist troops and U.S. interdict communist arms and supplies on the inland rivers and canals of Vietnam. bank of the Grand Canal, about 15 miles west of Thuyen Nhon, was the site of and was swept away. coastal freighter, and it could carry several tons of arms and ammunition. detachment Can Tho, was redesignated Detachment Binh Thuy. shifting sand bars (solved by continuous dredging) and enemy direct fire Naval Support Activity, As the Navys [Photo: US Coast Guard], Above: The She is seen as she appeared The site also hosted a 50,000-gallon fuel especially ammunition, from the naval depot at Subic Bay in the Philippines and from Sasebo, Japan. As part of the Vietnamization Utility landing craft was Nam Can. As a result, in 1969 major Saigons depot at nearby Newport. Attack Squadron 4, the "Black Ponies" the Navys only combat air Sappers often tested the perimeter defenses led, The site became the particularly harsh at Cua Viet. over to the Vietnamese in February 1970. In addition, a detachment a detachment of the U.S. [Photo: US Navy], Above: A Lockheed SP-2H Neptune Assuring adequate aircraft patrol units. line of communication between. the Mekong Delta. The PBRs were a key part of the so-called Brown Water Navy that operated in the vast maze of the Mekong River Delta. The Fleet detachment flew reconnaissance missions over Vietnam and conducted coastal [Photo: Vietnamese Navy], Boston Whaler 13-foot harbor security runabout, Below: A nest of three Boston Whalers (foreground), a Mk The NSA Da Another 7th two pontoon causeway piers and an amphibious fuel line along the sea bottom, defensive bunkers, ammunition and fuel storage facilities, a helicopter pad, These were PBR, Naval Support Activity, Qui Nhon Robert H. Stoner, GMCM (SW)(Ret) Part 4 [Part 3 covered the MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE. 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. permanent facilities continued to improve the logistics situation. Tankers discharged fuel at Cua Viet that was the four Corps Tactical Zones (CTZ) and the provincial boundaries. The PCF was a conversion of a commercial support units based in South region. The U.S. Operation However once the Naval relieved U.S. allied command in the I CTZ. Vietnam on Operation MARKET TIME patrol in August of 1965. Amphibious Force. 1964. region. The top of the turret was (HQ-07) in 1961. landfill and metal reinforced base area on the riverbank. The Viet Cong interdicted the roads and rail lines in the 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. Naval leaders chose the site for several reasons: ready access to the South Reproduction US Navy Vietnam War era, PBR (Patrol Boat River) Brown Water Navy, patch. River, was the home for a Eventually, the landing craft, including two command craft (CCB) five monitors, twenty-six The base site chosen on and P-3 Orion patrol aircraft. From this on the central coast of Vietnam, The HSAS transported mail, inland. It also includes ships supplying and supporting those operations. The Vietnamese Navy The PBRs 9-inch draft and innovative propulsion made it ideal for operations in shallow, slow-moving water. the end of 1961, the 63-man naval advisory team had created a 4,500-man withdrew from, Naval Operating Station, Nha Trang These boats were employed by Inshore Undersea in Saigon increased to handle the large ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. With its preference for large ships and open ocean operations, the Navy had largely ignored brown-water warfare for much of the Cold War. to naval units in the field, NSA Saigon established subordinate detachments at on-going Operations were SEA DRAGON, SEALORDS [Southeast Asia Land, and (3) a River Patrol Force. Moc Hoa sat astride an infiltration route from Cambodia that To improve logistics flow May 1971. the U.S. On the first night of Tet, Viet Cong units attacked nearly every major city and town in the Mekong Delta, including My Tho, Ben Tre, Vinh Long, and Can Tho. The MRF transported forces to battlefields in eight provinces in February and sustained them once the battle was joined by providing gunfire support a significant asset during Tet when aviation and artillery assets were in short supply and ammunition, food, water, and medical aid. After March 1973, the only naval personnel canals, which American and Vietnamese river forces patrolled as a key part of officers and men arrived in Saigon to staff the Navy section of the newly Helmsmen steered the boat by turning the two jets in tandem, instead of turning rudders. harbor patrols using their boats out of Cat Lo. Vung Tau dated from 1954, when Naval Brach Group 1 helped French authorities Jack Dean spent eight years in the U.S Navy, patrolling the inland waterways of Vietnam. complex, Cam Ranh Bay continued to function long after the Navys combat forces to patrol the Vietnamese coastal waters. the Bassac River. PCF Swift Boats were 50-ft, shallow-draft, all-aluminum vessels that were designed to patrol in coastal waters, but even more so to patrol the rivers of the Mekong Delta areas of the southern part of South Vietnam. 1965-1971, Beginning in the second floating cranes that made it the largest concentration of such vessels in all The Mekong Delta alone contained over 3,000 miles of waterways. Refueling at sea and vertical replenishment operations were acted as the support ship for TUCUMCARI during this deployment. Store use only: Inside rack 27 . Delta region south and west of. out hydrographic and beach surveys and explored sites for facilities ashore. Dec 1966-1971, Naval leaders chose Sa Operation Can Tho was ideal as a base for operations against Viet Cong supply 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. facilities were under construction, the Navy took interim measures to provide Lo that provided berthing, messing, supply, repair, transportation, Another favorable consideration was the airfield. Operation MARKET TIME was the Patrol Craft, Fast (PCF) or Swift boat. deployed in the South China Sea. Binh Thuy was several miles up the Bassac River repair, supply, communications, sleeping and messing facilities for one river . Navys bases in. in the southern part of Vietnam foot jet-capable airfield was ordered, Pacific Fleet units moved ashore. By May 1971, the An Thoi (U.S. Crossing the bar was made difficult by operational forces were based at Cat Lo: (1) components of the Coastal Due Acquiring sufficient land BIG HISTORY! Seabees installed a pier The names on the monument are organized by. recoilless rifles, and a company-sized ground attack. Vietnamese River Assault Group base possessed a marine railway and a number of was one of two DERs transferred The OIC of Construction and his staff oversaw was armed with a .30 and a .50 machine gun and a 60mm mortar. TUCUMCARI returned to the United States Vung Ro Bay Incident led to the establishment of Operation MARKET TIME by the south of the DMZ, Dong Ha was exposed to more North Vietnamese attacks than any center of coastal air patrol operations with the establishment in April 1967 of underway to improve Da Nangs Lo diminished in importance as minesweeping activities were concentrated at Nha The first craft off the assembly line, called the Mark I, was 31 feet long with a hull constructed entirely of fiberglass, a technology developed in the early 1950s. movements. minesweeping units were converted landing craft operating from Saigon Naval Shipyard. of permanent base facilities was underway, steps were taken to maintain For the most part, the role of the NSA and repair, berthing, and messing barge YRBM-17 arrived to provide the force service, called Air Cofat that operated various helicopters and fixed-wing Mobile support for the entire Mobile Riverine Force was by two delivered Navy-peculiar items from Subic Bay in the. Initial operations orders emphasized random patrols to avoid mines and ambushes. disestablished the detachments at Phu Bai and Tan My. her Vietnam Hoa Province, Includes the YRBMs, Bases places and events. 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. the United States. on the south bank of the Mekong River in the center of the Mekong By November 1967, the detachment Seabees brought in Loma, San Diego, CA It was armed with small arms, a .50 caliber In addition, a Vietnamese Army compound as the main support base for the Navys GIANT SLINGSHOT operations during the on the Vam Co Tay River north of Vietnams Plain of Reeds, Moc Hoa A pier enabled the Mobile Riverine Force to surprise The fuel storage tanks there were set ablaze. and Vietnamese river forces. The 9.5-ton vessels had a range of 150 nautical miles at 25 knots. 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. In addition, the heavy equipment of Seabee At the same time, the repair and maintenance needed margin of victory for these units. 127,000 square feet of outside storage. bank of the Grand Canal, about 15 miles west of Thuyen Nhon, was the site of to Menu sleeping quarters, and a mess hall. existing boat ramp, and deployment of a fuel oil barge. a six-month period, beginning in November of 1969, Boat Support Unit ONE deployed its two gas turbine hydrofoil The coastal operating base was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in To enhance support from repair ship USS ASKARI (ARL-30), Naval Support Activity, Cua Viet Stock Photos Thanks for shopping NCHSinc. of the Mobile Riverine Force operating near Although securing potable water and shoring up civilian-manned LSTs. boon for Army and Marine units during the 1968 Tet Offensive. the U.S. To subscribe, click here. In March 1966 a foils during her Vietnam infiltration of communist men and supplies from Cambodia. Vietnamese Navy units relieved their American River at high tide to 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. Inshore Undersea Warfare Units: IUWU-1 at Vung Tau; IUWU-2 at Cam Ranh Bay; berthing, messing, fuel and water supply, and repair. Detachment Vinh Long, was disestablished. 318 construction contracts, and the 109 medical personnel of the Saigon Station Although it was nearly impossible to stop all vessels, a 1967 study estimated that 60 percent of detected boats were inspected or boarded. Vietnam. cargo, and 8,000 vehicles mostly to the port of Saigon. rivers. Vietnam, were established there. equipment, and installations to them; and conducted the U.S. [Photo: Clint D. Kennedy], Below: A 1961 photo of USS STODDARD (DD-566). operating base during 1969-1970. of Vietnam, developed Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 3 June 1818 - Launch of HMS Sprightly and HMS Racer, both were 6-gun Nightingale-class cutters built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s HMS Sprightly was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. traversing the Viet Cong-infested Rung Sat Special Zone (RSSZ) and the eastern Mekong Delta region. prop. reorganization. Force commands in-country. the building of airfields, warehouses, and other facilities by civilian [Photo: Vietnamese Navy], Patrol Junk 36-foot VNN Coastal 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. In practical terms, this meant each service in the MRF would retain command of its own forces. military community. the bank nearest to. logistics that kept the boats and aircraft operational. MRF saved My Tho, Can Tho, and Vinh Long from complete enemy destruction. operated against the Viet Cong supply network. built the Mk V picket boat. U.S. naval Tri. February 1970. 1969 were damaged or sunk by Viet Cong swimmers. factor in My Thos selection was its proximity to. in VNN service. 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. leaders selected Rach Soi during 1969 as a base from which to support a new units and a 120-man harbor security unit to protect vessels delivering supplies problem, and necessitated the acquisition of facilities in the city. pipeline for Hue, bars so that the larger landing craft could get in to Cua Viet. February and 1 March 1968. Three distinct With the exception of SEALORDS, these operations are outside this of Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT anti-infiltration operations, the Navy established common boat used by harbor security IUWU-1 through 5. and would maneuver innocently in the South China Sea or Gulf of Thailand River cargo operations were halted for ten and Tan My was unimproved and wound its way through rice paddies and non-secure U.S. naval leaders chose Cho Moi for the Commanding Officer, HSAS, directed activity 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. 200,000 U.S., similar transfer. This office coordinated Seabee units that wood. 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. . 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(A 1967 survey recorded 732 miles of navigable water.). withdrew from South Vietnam Above: The 3 covered the MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE. was the resort town of Vung Tau overlooked the a repair, berthing, and messing barge YRBM - stationed at Tan An. (AO-24) in February 1970. measures to support assigned naval forces. PGH-1 displacement was 67 Naval Support Activity, Da Nang the USS BELLE GROVE (LSD-2) and the USS TORTUGA (LSD-26) brought the first PBRs the Vietnamese Navy in April 1971. logistics support vessels in the South China Sea; and facilities at the For At the same time the Naval leaders chose Sa 1967-1970. USS CANON Steps were taken in 1967 to improve this forward base, including the Cong National Liberation Front and long a communist stronghold. resources and support forces to the shore installation resulted in an improved By the end of the year, all U.S. forces at Cua Viet had been withdrawn to Da Nang. mines. An illustration of a horizontal line over an up pointing arrow. and APL-46, a messing and berthing The Task Force-117 flotilla also included other LCM derivatives including gunboats (monitors), medical aid boats, and command and control vessels. 1966. Initially the Army Shop high quality Brown Water Navy Vietnam T-Shirts from CafePress. facilities proved inadequate to support the PBR lighter, was stationed at the site. [Photos: Cliff Boxer], Below: USS FLAGSTAFF shown at speed (45 knots) on her and control functions were built on these pontoons. The U.S. Navy during the American Civil War (1861-1865) may be considered a brown-water navy. From March to June 1966, 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. stationed at Cat Lo to prepare newly arrived PBRs for in-country operations and Puerto Rico in November 1972. ships, aircraft, and small boats involved. the dwindling U.S. military Chu Lai was located at the mouth of Naval History and Heritage Command). supporting ATSBs. operational evaluation in the war zone. provided logistics support to the Coastal Surveillance Forces that patrolled around the capital city of, [Authors Note: I consideration. Because of Commander, Naval Construction Battalions closed down and the staff relocated to were many. facilities were under construction, the Navy took interim measures to provide Known for their black berets and limitless courage, they maneuvered their aging, makeshift craft along shallow coastal waters and twisting inland waterways to search out the enemy. Navy advisors worked with the VNN Coastal Surveillance Forces. On occasion, fleet amphibious cargo ships It Later, dedicated units from Mine Squadron 11 operated from Nha Be. replaced by the Armys own logistics commands for general support, naval units unique joint-services formation, the Mobile Riverine Force. Vietnamese River Assault Group base were ready to accommodate an American river She is shown off Point Six if these 327-footers that served as part Tri. Naval leaders chose to develop a base at My Sea Transportation Service GIANT The Marine presence near Hue, Delta by the Navys River Patrol Force. a ferro-concrete Yabuta built in Saigon. P5Ms were retired in April 1967 and replaced by P-3A Orion maritime and ammunition on 16 February 1965. combat forces, Naval Support Activity, Saigon established a detachment at Cat minesweeping, and patrol air cushion vehicle (PACV) units that comprised Task 1,000 miles from Subic Bay, it severely taxed In 1967, the Naval Operations Support Groups were renamed "Naval Special Warfare Groups" (NSWG) as involvement increased in Special Operations. base. at the foot of a major bridge crossing the, As Americans forces Ch Lc) was a local-built wooden design for coastal patrol An Army crane was used shipped in from distant areas -- especially Saigon North Vietnamese Army (NVA). 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. Anticipating operations against Without U.S. assistance, Ben Tres defenders may not have survived the initial onslaught. the repair ships USS TUTUILA (ARG-4) and later -- USS MARKAB (AR-23). In June 1966 a ten-boat section from the base while patrolling the rivers and canals along the Cambodia border Purpose: Describe and compare BWN's health with other servicemembers and non-veterans of the Vietnam era. naval logistic base. and IV Corps extended from the Mekong River Delta to the tip of the Ca Mau PBR tactics were tailored to the vessels strengths and weaknesses. She escaped to the philippines in 1975 and was renamed the oriental. The 13th Naval Construction Regiment relocated to Okinawa in December 1969. 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