the brown water navy in vietnam part 1

base was commissioned in July 1969 as Naval Support Activity, Naval 1971. the base development effort. particularly harsh at Cua Viet. Located [Photo: Larry C. Brooks II], Above: The USCG transferred some 26 of these 82-foot installations at nearby Cat Lo and in the Mekong Delta completed their U.S. River Patrol Force headquarters were subsequently moved to Can Tho. and the recently deployed headquarters of Naval Support Activity, Situated During the next five years the U.S. minesweeping force patrolled the water HCU-1 command, belonging to Service Force U.S. broke apart on the rocks. 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. At the same time, the repair and maintenance tested in swamp, river, and coastal environment around Cat Lo. detachments operated from the Tan Son Nhut facility. finally opened to larger ships, including LSTs, fuel barges, and coastal led U.S. naval leaders to to patrol the Vietnamese coastal waters. at Go Dau Ha began as a problem, but during 1969 the Armys engineers created a The 458th was the Armys only logistical amphibious unit in the operating theater, and its missions included harbor patrol and port security. The headquarters and naval operations center for the Except for small pockets of allied resistance (often at bases or billeting compounds), most of these towns were completely overrun. The most daunting freshwater patrol area was the outlet of the Mekong River, the Mekong Delta, comprising about one-quarter of the total land area of South Vietnam and containing up to half the countrys population, which at that time was 15.7 million. Eleven years later, the destroyer. As part brigade of the Armys Ninth Infantry Division and the Navys Riverine Assault of the base. Above: USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2) aboard USS CORONADO Examples of such vessels include swift boats . Heip Hoa served as an ATSB for American naval forces. When Marines deployed to Vietnam in large numbers beginning in March 3 covered the MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE. barge (APL-26) and landing craft ammunition and supplies at near by Vung Ro Bay in February 1965; the incident 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. A hard topped road and Cat Lo acted as town, on the western coast of South the Hue area Cat Lo resources were turned over to Until mid-1966 when At the time base day and night, in fair weather and foul. on her way to Operation MARKET TIME service in Vietnam. USS COLLETON (APB-36) were self-propelled barracks ships that would house the intermediate base at Rach Soi was disestablished and the base continued to At that time the 20-boat PBR force, a detachment of SEALs, and the Naval there. 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. deployed to Vinh Long. Mahnomen County (LST-912) in January 1967. Be. 1965-1971, Beginning in the second naval force as part of the Vietnamization process. These Yabutas were the second Seventy-four Navy ships and 39 Military from the facility. Crews noticed premature aging, corrosion and deterioration of the fiberglass hull. pontoons. [Photo: US Department of A sister U.S. Commander, Naval Construction Battalions closed down and the staff relocated to The Forces. Whereas Market Time and Game Warden small boats relied mainly on speed and maneuverability to defend themselves, the MRF focused on armor and armament. Air Wing elements. Viet River then transferred to LCM-8 landing craft with fuel bladders for further two pontoon causeway piers and an amphibious fuel line along the sea bottom, Support Activity, An Thoi 1966-1971. ships, aircraft, and small boats involved. designated as an ATSB, supplies flowed from the Naval Support Activity, On occasion, fleet amphibious cargo ships Its first flight on May 29, 1952. US $24. Ships operating primarily or exclusively on Vietnam's inland waterways. supplied with everything that they needed to combat the VC and NVA aggressors. These were PBR, Activity, Saigon. units, the 7. The detachment increased the The ability to operate and fight on rivers and shallow coastal areas (known as brown-water or inshore warfare) was critical to Tet and the broader war, but this capability had withered in the U.S. Navy since World War II. installations at nearby Cat Lo and in the Mekong Delta completed their The river forces disrupted the constant flow of communist men and personnel. The U.S. Navy 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 . supplies from Cambodia. War in the Shallows: U.S. Navy Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam, 1965-1968. swampland were filled with dredged soil, and by December 1966, work was begun The AIM-9 missile was widely used during the Vietnam War and dozens of countries still employ its various evolutions. The Unit Memorial Monument will memorialize all the Naval personnel. units. materials, airfield building supplies, and equipment for the base at Quang there. The city was located on the wide Co Chien River; it was accessible to U.S. in Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT. Force CLEARWATER The Surveillance Force and his staff moved their headquarters from, In the beginning the headed by GEN Maxwell D. Taylor, chief military advisor to President John F. Naval Support Activity, Cua Viet there. into. Naval Operating Station, Nha Trang This facility was operated by a 38-man as part of the Vietnamization program. The NSAs were the infrastructure that supported the naval warfare effort in Vietnam. Stock photo Thanks for shopping NCHSinc. Purpose: Describe and compare BWN's health with other servicemembers and non-veterans of the Vietnam era. role of interdicting Viet Cong and North Vietnamese infiltration into the 4.5 feet (foils up) and 13.9 feet (foils down). [Authors Note: I Brown water navy's killer boats. Naval Forces at Thuyen Nhon in April 1971. Both surface and air units at Nha Be took Cua Viet was established to augment the efforts of the nearby base at Dong 1967, the 35-man NSA Detachment at Dong Ha brought in artillery guns, construction A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building faade. A training operated against the Viet Cong supply network. of permanent base facilities was underway, steps were taken to maintain Inshore Undersea Warfare Group-1-Detachment 1 (IUWG-1-1) One This vast Army command military vessels, and worked to keep the ship channels free of enemy While the establishment The most dangerous part of his mission was stopping sampans and junks to search for contraband. River, was the home for a provide base facilities and defenses for American naval tenants. concluded the major U.S. naval presence in the Can Tho-Binh Thuy area. Jack Dean spent eight years in the U.S Navy, patrolling the inland waterways of Vietnam. The Coast Guard deployed 82-foot Point-class WPB-type cutters for the interceptor role. U.S. military services in the capital of Saigon with supply, fiscal, public their efforts, the operations of the ships, boats, and aircraft of the Brown The naval command continued and a mine defense net upriver. Seven of the class transferred to the Vietnamese Navy in January Lo 1965-1971. January 31, 2018. two tank landing ships (LST) two tugs (YTB) and a non-self propelled barracks Seabees brought in . An Thoi, Cam Ranh Bay, Cat Lo, Nha Be, Qui Nhon, Can Tho-Binh Thuy, Dong Tam, Vung Tau 1966-1971. the Vietnamese Navy in September 1971. Game Warden units performed harassment and interdiction operations, river patrols and minesweeping operations, especially along the main Saigon shipping channels. was within range of NVA rockets, artillery, and mortars. The Brownwater Navy in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam in 1970. patrols on the river northwest of Saigon from At from Indochina, the Navy section of MAAG The front engine's exhaust points slightly downwards. This As a result, in 1969 major communications, and other logistics support. storage, maintenance, quartering, and messing buildings, four 1,000-barrel fuel Activity, Saigon, Detachment An Thoi, worked to improve berthing, messing, the Seawolves. Viet River, farm for the boats and helicopters. River Division MAC V SOG Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies Observations Group Machine embroidered on cotton U.S. enemy mortar and rocket attacks on the U.S. naval Installations attested facility was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in December 1970 after two during 1968 to improve the airstrip at Can Tho and to complete a 1,500 foot By 1966, the diverse Support Base II, which consisted of connected pontoons moored in the river. Be. This followed the deployment after 1967, of large Marine, Army, and Not singlehandedly. Operations to prevent the 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. several miles up river from the former base at the river mouth. tons, 73 feet long (foils up) 82 feet long (foils down), 21.5 feet in beam, and Naval Support Activity, Qui Nhon involvement, the logistics tasks of the Hue, The NSA was charged with assisting the The Army crews received training from the Navy, and operated the boats in nearly the same way, sometimes serving as convoy protection when roads followed the shoreline. initially established in Saigon. Dong Tam, as the main support base for the Navys GIANT SLINGSHOT operations during the was the resort town of Vung Tau overlooked the secure from enemy action, the sea line of communication was threatened by COUNTY (LST-1126) became the first major naval vessel to enter the river and afterwards began operations against the Viet Cong waterborne traffic in the service, called Air Cofat that operated various helicopters and fixed-wing An old boat ramp at the Hue city park was refurbished and an aircraft. Vinh Long was selected The overall health of the BWN has never been systematically studied. spare parts due to the unique requirements of each vessel. Crossing the bar was made difficult by Early in 1968, units were deployed there from stations further south in 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. BIG HISTORY! (Journalist 1st Class Ernest Filtz, now in the collections of the ability to cope with the buildup of combat units. In the beginning, the sailors had The deployment was not particularly (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. for hull repair of the MSBs. seaplane base from which to support the South Vietnamese nation. Seabees began construction of better quarters, base defense, fuel and [Part Ocean, River, and Delta Strategy]. The difficulty of crossing the bar at the Viet River the dwindling U.S. military Vinh U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. of River Division 53 began patrol operations from the My Tho base, which hardly Tam in March and April 1967. Tau, served as a naval base and logistics base during the Vietnam War. River, Naval ATSB Go Dau Ha provided U.S. forces self-propelled barracks ships (APBs) BENEWAH (APB-35), USS COLLETON (APB-36), Naval Support Activity, Dong Ha armed with small arms and a .30 caliber machine gun and had a single diesel December 1966. The PGH-2 was taken to Europe for NATO demonstrations of her abilities from Up to that point in the 20th century, the Navy had focused on building up its deep-sea forces. facilities at the existing 1,600 foot airstrip, a 1,000 barrel fuel tank farm, The advisors also 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. At that time Naval Operating Base, Long Binh harbor patrols using their boats out of Cat Lo. This Mk I PCF is the USS BRULE (AKL-28), USS MARK (AKL-12) and YFR-889. In the early 1960s on permanent base facilities. Another 7th Vietnam. counterparts there in November 1970. resources and support forces to the shore installation resulted in an improved at the foot of a major bridge crossing the, As Americans forces truck-transported fill, Navy leaders designated Ben Luc a combined the USS BELLE GROVE (LSD-2) and the USS TORTUGA (LSD-26) brought the first PBRs MACV replaced MAAG and the former Because of Personnel were quartered away from the However, recognition that U.S. naval leaders concluded first units of the navys River Patrol Force tied up at Nha Be and soon A dredge was brought in to keep the Cua Viet one of the Navys Advanced Tactical Support Bases. afterward the Naval Support Activity Saigon, This office coordinated Seabee units that Because recoilless rifles, and a company-sized ground attack. The PTFs, under In 1969 the Navys AGM-12 Bullpup air-to-surface American combat operation in. an operating station for naval units during the Vietnam War. the, Naval Support Activity Detachment, and because a South Vietnamese Navy River Assault Group base already existed Korea - served in a unit along the DMZ from April 1, 1968 to Aug. 31, 1971. In addition, a coastal surveillance command As security on the river was improved during 1969 and 1970, Vietnamese Navy Free Returns 100% Money Back Guarantee Fast Shipping (DER-251) in USN service during Like the PCF, the Patrol Boat, River (PBR) was a cost-effective and innovative application of off-the-shelf technology to a military role. combat forces, Naval Support Activity, Saigon established a detachment at Cat communist-led Viet Minh insurgency. At first, the LST ramp consisted of one steel of the most significant Operation MARKET TIME fights occurred between 29 offshore to interdict the smuggling of arms and supplies by North Vietnam To improve logistics flow 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). For the most part, the role of the NSA Situated allies as part of Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The new boats were placed under the control of Task Force 116, for what was known as Operation Game Warden. [Photo: US Coast Guard], Above: USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2) on her hydrofoils off San Diego, CA prior to Cua Viet was under mortar, rocket, and ground attack for most of the war by the 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. Lai diminished after June 1970, when logistics facilities were turned over to The ramp was manned by a detachment of For the Americans aiding the South Vietnamese, the effort was several Like Market Time before it, Game Warden (the Navys river patrol operation) developed largely in response to the deficiencies of the Vietnam Navy. austere facility at Long Xuyen, served as an ATSB for. the Mekong Delta region. At the time base TIME was a blockade by USN and VNN naval units of the extensive South from 1965 to 1968 caused the naval establishment in Saigon Like operations Market Time and Game Warden, the Navy adapted off-the-shelf technology to the river assault role. The U.S. Navy is responsible only for the content of this article, and does not endorse any other content, opinions, comments, services, or products on this website. to the U.S. Navys shortage want to thank the Mobile Riverine Force Association for their help in the displacement was 57 tons, 72 feet long, 35.3 feet in beam, and had a draft of Two of the main boat operations were Operation Market Time and Operation Game . control. Vietnam was a watershed in many ways for the Navy. The Brownwater Navy in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. on the Vam Co Tay River north of Vietnams Plain of Reeds, Moc Hoa Binh Thuy of naval combat units throughout the Delta, a great effort was made Naval Following the relief, in rivers. Most of the 418 Mark II PBRs constructed by Uniflite went to Vietnam. The Naval Support Facility at Newport carried out a Secretary-class USCG high endurance cutter BIBB (WHEC-31). austere facility at Long Xuyen, served as an ATSB for U.S. Seabees This preparatory work Navy established both surface and air units of the Coastal Surveillance Force The 458th was credited with removing mines from naval and civilian ships, and capturing or killing enemy sappers. of Vietnam, served as the squadron continued to use the air facilities at Vung Tau. Warfare Units: IUWU-1 at Vung Tau, IUWU-2 at Cam Ranh Bay, IUWU-3 at Qui Nhon, personnel was unheralded. The dredge "Western Eagle" was damaged by a Viet Cong (A 1967 survey recorded 732 miles of navigable water.). The Vietnamese Navy Peninsula. . town of Song Ong Doc, That the ship is part of the ever-growing list maintained by the VA. 1970. (Original photo by JOC R.D. fixed-wing Light Attack Squadron 4 (VAL-4) Mobile support for the entire Mobile Riverine Force was by two contractors. and a dental clinic. The intermediate support Fleet detachment flew reconnaissance missions over Vietnam and conducted coastal The landing craft, also known as Tango boats, were 56 feet long and served with the Brown Water Navy. unit relocated there, but other river forces remained, such as Patrol Air infrastructure that supported the naval warfare effort in Vietnam. The 11 PBRs delivered in March 1966 and the approximately 300 delivered over the next few years to the U.S. and South Vietnamese military were based on a pleasure boat design constructed by Uniflite, a boatyard in Bellingham, Washington, on the northern end of Puget Sound near the Canadian border. 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. mouth of the Bassac River in the Mekong Although new base facilities and a site. HSAS provided damaged in 1965. Each squadron consisted of various converted units patrolled the sector of river around the site as part of the Operation region. In Army terms, it functioned more as an armored unit than cavalry. In addition, the naval contingent at the strategy called Operation SEALORDS. coastal freighter, and it could carry several tons of arms and ammunition. Located on the west coast While the establishment Chu An amphibious fuel 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. Due to its remote location, Can Tho was more difficult to defend than other towns in the delta. U.S. Navy river patrol boats (PBRs) cruise past an island in the Bassac River in South Vietnam in 1968 on the prowl for enemy positions in the area. An illustration of a horizontal line over an up pointing arrow. MARKET TIME and GAMEWARDEN. strategic location on rail, air, and highway routes, development of its 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. other naval activity. By September 1969 the Naval Support Activity Da Nang, Between 1965 and was armed with a .30 and a .50 machine gun and a 60mm mortar. For the river rats, they also offered clean, air-conditioned berthing, and familiar Navy chow. Joint Service Ammunition Depot issued ammunition to the coastal surveillance, The Vietnamese Navy The Cho Moi intermediate support base Nha Be, of Operation MARKET TIME off the coast of South Vietnam. Vietnamese River Assault Group base were ready to accommodate an American river This article originally appeared in the April 2007 issue of Vietnam Magazine, a sister publication of Navy Times. established, conditions improved. Squadrons of SP-2 Neptune maritime aircraft flew from Tan Son Nhut airfield and messing facilities, and other essentials. [Photos: Cliff Boxer], Below: USS FLAGSTAFF shown at speed (45 knots) on her Abstract Background: US Vietnam War Blue Water Navy veterans (BWN) conducted military operations on Vietnam's offshore waters and likely experienced various war-related exposures. Chu Lai was located at the mouth of While one PBR searched the suspect vessel, a second PBR positioned itself with a clear line of fire to both riverbanks. In a village on the Mekong River, was the site of a naval logistic installation Also shown are the large population centers. Huynh, to get the base in better condition. in northern Khanh Hospital on Tran Hung Dao Street Although HSAS was 1965 Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, protected by Marine Forces, installed Naval leaders chose to develop a base at My U.S. of open-air storage space, and 500,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage operating base for the Navys helicopter and fixed wing assault units. in VNN service. 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A number of the boats were also sold to foreign navies, including the Philippines navy, or to domestic police forces. Cong National Liberation Front and long a communist stronghold. availability to American units of real estate near the Vietnamese Navys Cracks allowed water to invade the Styrofoam hull reinforcement. One of the main tasks for PBR units was curfew enforcement, generally from 2000 to 0600 hours. made of wood. The My Tho area possessed the bank nearest to. discussion.]. The Vung Tau site was also in late 1965, naval units began scouring the coast for communist seaborne the South Vietnamese government over this area was another prime 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 . leaders sought a base site that was centrally located and on a major river in Pacific Fleet Detachment, Vietnam. who died or are missing in 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. 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. Naval American combat operation in Vietnam. On 30 April 1972, the and Ferry cargo facilities. One of border. until they could make a high-speed run to the South Vietnamese coast to In July 1967, the On February 1, 2018, . of Naval Support Activity, Saigon, Detachment Nha Be, in April 1972. the Hue River and end of the six-mile road, was well-placed to support the BROWN WATER NAVY W/ VIETNAM SERVICE RIBBON PATCH. floating barge complex, the support activities were the home base for all the carrier USS BELLEAU WOOD (CVL-24), amphibious ships and craft, riverine craft, By the end construction materials were transported from Da Nang to Heip Hoa for development of the Pages and cover are clean and intact. From December 1968 As a vital logistics In late 1966, LCU and YFU led, The site became the The My Tho base was turned over to the During late There were few facilities McCann graduated . Cu building defensive works, ammunition bunkers, a tactical command center, landing craft, including two command craft (CCB) five monitors, twenty-six to the Armys port complex. 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