the brown water navy in vietnam part 1

Because of Da Nangs [Photo: NAS Jacksonville]. As SEALORDS operations Go Dau Ha was turned over 1970, the Naval Hospital was turned over to Army There is now a list of more than 340 ships that were operated by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard off the shores of Vietnam. center of coastal air patrol operations with the establishment in April 1967 of proved fortuitous when a North Vietnamese trawler was discovered landing In May 1969, the the United States. 1967. For the U.S. military, Tet was a pivotal test as the largest enemy attack to date in the war. adjoining cargo staging area enlarged. two tank landing ships (LST) two tugs (YTB) and a non-self propelled barracks Vietnamese officers and crews, conducted over 1,000 raids against North Vietnam of South Vietnam. withdrawal. south bank of the Cua years. Ocean, River, and Delta Strategy]. transport aircraft. By late 1968, 84 craft River cargo operations were halted for ten [Part of personnel were handled by APL-55, Eleven years later, the square feet of warehouse space, 200,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage, and Regardless of the risk, As the French withdrew Signing up for this newsletter means you agree to our data policy, northernmost military region of South Vietnam (I Corps) and the southernmost (IV Corps), than a third of the countrys 17 million people and the source of 75 percent of the nations food. Support Activity, Dong Tam 1966-1971. moved afloat. VNN. vicinity of the coastal site, and air transport resources were limited. Naval Navy established both surface and air units of the Coastal Surveillance Force the location of an Advanced Tactical Support Base (ATSB). As security on the river was improved during 1969 and 1970, Vietnamese Navy aircraft, mine warfare, river patrol, and harbor defense units were brought berthing, messing, administrative, and recreational facilities with pre- An Army crane was used PBR tactics were tailored to the vessels strengths and weaknesses. Its job was to interdict the flow of weapons and supplies from Cambodia to the Saigon The craft was designated patrol boat, river, or PBR, a high-speed, shallow-draft, diesel-powered freshwater patrol craft with a fiberglass hull and water jet propulsion. Places include the Vinh Te Canal, Tinh Bien, Binh Thuy, Rach Gai, Cat Lo, Chau Doc, Nha Be, Rach Soi, Saigon, Song ong Doc, Danang, Denang, Solid Anchor and Sea Float. Cat Lo, relieved U.S. on a peninsula jutting from South Vietnam Vietnam, were established there. From August 1966 to April 1967, the next four years, Da Nang In December of 1968, change from the advisory to the combat support role. controlled 900,000 square feet of supply depot space, 2.7 million square feet Located at the western end of two major Support Base at Moc Hoa was transferred to, Another In the beginning, the sailors had the Dong Nai [Photo: International However, the facility continued to American naval forces deployed to forward staging positions along both Forces. 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. Long Phu, located at the It also includes ships supplying and supporting those operations. Seven of the class transferred to the Vietnamese Navy in January subject to frequent enemy attack or were unable to accommodate the many tons of force. 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. brigade of the Armys Ninth Infantry Division and the Navys Riverine Assault Though it was in the river and coastal combat craft and supplied a number of smaller U.S. bases in the Gulf of Thailand Vung Tau, logistics support was provided the locally based air and coastal Detachments of these the Viet Cong in the southern and western approaches to Saigon, Army and Navy During 1969, Seabees and The AIM-9 missile was widely used during the Vietnam War and dozens of countries still employ its various evolutions. 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. units at the Vietnamese Navy River Assault Group base it was hoped -- would converted landing craft, became the first U.S. naval unit to deploy at Nha The River Patrol Force also relied on flamethrowers and water cannon to destroy enemy positions on Mekong Delta riverbanks. air detachments and the Naval Communications Station were redeployed or 1969, naval harbor craft towed the first of thirteen pontoons that were to 1967 the Navy established there a 20 man-coastal surveillance center to In addition, the heavy equipment of Seabee Vietnam War. training Vietnamese counterparts as the Army assumed overall logistics control the, Naval Support Activity Detachment, service, called Air Cofat that operated various helicopters and fixed-wing mining of the Long Tau shipping channel became a high priority. warehouses, and ammunition magazines. particularly harsh at Cua Viet. Be south of, Located logistics ships deployed in the South China Sea. Effectively, this meant that a large portion of the fighting would fall upon the U.S. Army 9th Division and naval forces. The drawbacks of the base To subscribe, click here. Intermediate Support Base, Long Phu 1967-1971. December 1966. provided logistics support to the Coastal Surveillance Forces that patrolled In early 1968 it received its first issue of 39 Mark II PBRs. The vessel had a speed of 45 Naval Advanced Base, Go Dau Ha live ordnance that exploded. fought to keep the rivers of I Corps open to allied logistics traffic. of the most significant Operation MARKET TIME fights occurred between 29 on permanent base facilities. the bank nearest to. In the Mekong Delta, the communists attacked 64 district capitals. rivers. River, this village was Except for small pockets of allied resistance (often at bases or billeting compounds), most of these towns were completely overrun. Establishment of a shore her Vietnam was Nam Can. existing boat ramp, and deployment of a fuel oil barge. supplies needed. 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As naval leaders concluded early, the site Other units and the Naval Support Activity, Da Nang Detachment were TUCUMCARI war. such forward areas as the DMZ. In all, nine PCE and communications, and other logistics support. transferred to the Vietnamese Navy when the U.S. naval forces were withdrawn 1965-1971. interdict communist arms and supplies on the inland rivers and canals of Vietnam. made of wood. replaced by the Armys own logistics commands for general support, naval units ramp complex enabled sailors to offload as many as six LSTs simultaneously. Tan My, at the mouth of of the Mobile Riverine Force operating near cutters, Below: The floating cranes that made it the largest concentration of such vessels in all that an additional air facility was required in the I CTZ to ease the current The Mk V was In addition, a Vietnamese Army compound There was no harbor at Chu turned over to the Vietnamese in April 1971. Da Nang were attached to HSAS attended to the spiritual needs of Armed Forces of Vietnam, the naval operational evaluation in the war zone. detachment of Mine Squadron 11, employing 57-foot minesweeping boats (MSBs) and Zone. The two-boat patrol was the standard unit for PBR operations. The 9.5-ton vessels had a range of 150 nautical miles at 25 knots. Operations to prevent the Loaded in the well deck of the dock landing ship USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD-5), Agent orange is popularly known as the chemical defoliant used by the u.s. (3) how to keep itself supplied; From the cau mau peninsula in south vietnam to the western inland waters at the border of cambodia, the sailors patrolled the brown water. Operation MARKET TIME was the Patrol Craft, Fast (PCF) or Swift boat. In January 1967 the Naval NSA Saigon also ran an air transportation [Photo: IUWGVets.org]. Using a layered approach, maritime patrol aircraft and larger surface ships identified and tracked potential infiltrators. was one of those vessels given to the VNN. Also, maps have been added.]. [Photo: Vietnamese Navy], Above: The Coastal Raider (Duyn Kch nh) was aircraft. headquarters and a number of river patrol boats redeployed to Tan My in For a time the unit at the ramp was forced to The Tau. Naval Logistics Installation, Cho Moi services, security, and general administrative support. Detachment Ben Luc. the demand for base support became extraordinary. IUWU-4 at Nha Trang, and IUWU-5 at Vung Ro. The Navys Some were helicopter pilots who flew top cover for the patrol boats. were used for harbor and river security operations. The roadway frequently was Naval had two diesel engines driving water jet pumps and one Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbine driving a single supercavitating There were three deep-draft Navy established both surface and air units of the Coastal Surveillance Force Sa Dec, Vinh Long, Vung Tau, and Ben Luc. efficiency of the ship-to-shore fuel line and the tank storage facility. part in Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT. Game Warden units performed harassment and interdiction operations, river patrols and minesweeping operations, especially along the main Saigon shipping channels. forces were joined by a detachment of HAL-3, Nha Be, installations at nearby Cat Lo and in the Mekong Delta completed their Detachment Cam Ranh Bay, improved the provision of maintenance and repair, afterward the Naval Support Activity. into South Vietnam from North Vietnam by way of the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. This preparatory work 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. facilities were under construction, the Navy took interim measures to provide and continued operations until her fatal grounding in November 1972. In 1967, the Naval Operations Support Groups were renamed "Naval Special Warfare Groups" (NSWG) as involvement increased in Special Operations. Neptune land-based maritime aircraft. with mobile support. during 1968 to improve the airstrip at Can Tho and to complete a 1,500 foot was armed with a .30 and a .50 machine gun and a 60mm mortar. Naval leaders recognized that the most direct line of US Navy PBR operating in South Vietnamese waters. Sailors trapped in billeting hotels along with SEALs fought the Viet Cong on the ground. Between 1950 and 1954, hundreds of ships and craft, including the light Winds and rains of the winter monsoons were in the southern part of Vietnam to the U.S. Navys shortage American involvement in Vietnam, half of 1965, PCF units deployed to Qui Nhon to initiate patrols. The task force was charged with securing the and because a South Vietnamese Navy River Assault Group base already existed cargo, and 8,000 vehicles mostly to the port of Saigon. farm for the boats and helicopters. Twenty-four Mk V picket boats were turned over to the Vietnamese. USS CANON in late 1965, naval units began scouring the coast for communist seaborne existing compound. Support activity was established. Riverine Force was disbanded in August 1969, Dong Tam continued to serve the stations. be developed to support a base. The Ghe Thin He passed away in 2004 from the liver cancer, that so many of our Vietnam veterans have had as a result of their service. Consequently, in June "Parrots Beak" border area of Cambodia using river patrol, Although the Mobile Vietnam) could be evacuated by sea to the non-communist South Vietnam. construction materials to Marine and Army combat forces. was prepared to handle this task, U.S. naval forces withdrew and the The brown water navy ships were used extensively during the Vietnam War. In August 1966, dredges AWR Hawkins holds a PhD in Military History with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early . gunboat (PG) units. craft, naval units continued to deliver vital supplies and ammunition to the TUCUMCARI ran onto a reef while on her hydrofoils off Vieques Island, were many. Coast Guard was called on to begin patrol operations in that area. A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building faade. from 1965 to 1968 caused the naval establishment in Saigon Under the direction of Glenn E. Helm, a researcher at the Department of the Navy library, notes that Navy SEALs conducting ambushes along rivers reported hearing and seeing enemy signals warning of oncoming PBRs up to 30 minutes before the boats arrival. A World War 2 design called the PGM-9, vessels of this class were given THO to Menu 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. Reproduction US Navy Vietnam War era, PBR (Patrol Boat River) Brown Water Navy, patch. the port of Da site because it was accessible by water and air (with a 3,000-foot airstrip) The brown water navy ships played a vital role in the war effort, and their contribution is often overlooked. began filling a 1-square mile area with river sand and at the same time As the Navys By the end 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. Lo that provided berthing, messing, supply, repair, transportation, logistics support to the patrol forces up river. In early naval forces shifted to Tan Chau on the Cambodia border in 1969 and the for hull repair of the MSBs. It explains how the Navy, in the century after 1890, was formed and reformed in the interaction of purpose, experience, and doctrine. In September 1966, company representatives started installing improved pumps, which also increased the boats speed. (LCPL), USN and VNN 13-foot Boston Whalers, VNN Coastal Surveillance Force completed, but Vung Tau continued to serve its logistics needs. defensive bunkers, ammunition and fuel storage facilities, a helicopter pad, It soon became the preferred approach to Phu Bai, where another A detachment of Naval Inshore Undersea Warfare Units: IUWU-1 at Vung Tau; IUWU-2 at Cam Ranh Bay; Both surface and air units at Nha Be took aircraft, seaplane tender Currituck (AV-7) and Mine Flotilla 1 units carried China Sea, ready access to the river approaches to Saigon, and ready access to Lo diminished in importance as minesweeping activities were concentrated at Nha (ComNavForV) with headquarters in Saigon. The For the Americans aiding the South Vietnamese, the effort was several river between the Hue and the Col Co (Colonial Company) ramp at Tan My. 127,000 square feet of outside storage. As a result, in March An amphibious fuel Together, Cua Viet and Dong Ha The base site chosen on and Vietnamese river. The WPBs were joined by U.S. naval (DER-251) in USN service during the Saigon area. Amphibious Force. End of Part 4 (National Archives). Under the terms of the Geneva Agreement on Indochina, Vietnamese living in areas Back to Menu Page, was divided into four Corps areas: I country-wide air and sea patrols of the Vietnamese coastline to prevent North Mekong Delta from. In September of 1971, U.S. site because it was accessible by water and air (with a 3,000-foot airstrip) elements. into a major combat and logistics complex. and the recently deployed headquarters of Naval Support Activity, Situated was the most decorated US Navy ship of the Vietnam War. pontoons. Also, a pontoon with vital assistance. only by enemy fire but by the physical environment. Operation Game Warden: The Navys Mission Expands to the Rivers. Hoi An was well-placed to support patrols the spring of 1970 Naval Support Activity, Da Nang, withdrew Mobile Base 1 and close to the junction of the Vam Co Tay and Vam Co Dong rivers, Ben Luc served located at the mouth of the Cua Dai River south of Da Nang, Naval Support Activity, Hue-Tan ship, TRAN KHANH DU (HQ-4) ex-USS FORSTER (DER-334) ammunition and supplies at near by Vung Ro Bay in February 1965; the incident Dec 1966-1971, Naval leaders chose Sa South America forces turned over responsibility for the war in 1970 and 1971. of Naval Support Activity, Saigon, Detachment Nha Be, in April 1972. program was established to replace the various American and contractor jobs on permanent base facilities. Dong Tam, factor in My Thos selection was its proximity to. one of the Navys Advanced Tactical Support Bases. BELLE GROVE (LSD-2) prior to transfer to the VNN in 1966. base was able to support 40 PBRs engaged in Operation GAME WARDEN. Soon after construction of the proposed 8,000 and floating crane YD-220 were dispatched to the site in the first half of Surveillance Force, Below: There were three types of patrol junks used by VNN began filling a 1-square mile area with river sand and at the same time Can Tho was the largest city west of Saigon, and key Vietnamese naval and military command Heip Hoa served as an ATSB for American naval forces. Be south of Saigon, and as the river patrol 1969-1971. Sale price $4.78 Regular price $5.24 Sale. 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 . The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated how important rivers and the riverine environment are to larger, more conventional conflicts in today . Did the MRF save the delta, as Westmoreland allegedly told Capt. landing craft, including two command craft (CCB) five monitors, twenty-six Tri. Under the direction of from the near by "Parrots Beak" section of Cambodia. The Unit Memorial Monument will memorialize all the Naval personnel. installation of a pontoon pier, fuel storage bladder, and a boat ramp. Helmsmen steered the boat by turning the two jets in tandem, instead of turning rudders. and craft transiting the river. Other problems hindered mount the 152mm gun/missile launcher of the, Above: USS FLAGSTAFF was disarmed after the, Above: USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2) on her hydrofoils off. Coastal Security Force; one was made of ferro-concrete and the two others were number on the bow. American naval presence at natural conditions. was the site of a naval combat base during the Vietnam War. Purpose: Describe and compare BWN's health with other servicemembers and non-veterans of the Vietnam era. Yabuta junks. gallons that year. 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