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Military installations of the United States in Laos (5 P) Military installations of the United States in South Vietnam (3 C, 19 P) Military installations of the United States in Thailand (1 C, 4 P)
It was the major military seaport used by the United States for the offloading of supplies, military equipment and as a major Naval base. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force units all had compounds and units assigned to the Cam Ranh Bay facility from its opening in 1965 until its closure in 1972 as part of the drawdown of United States ...
The plan was for the 147th Marine Brigade to withdraw to the Tân Mỹ Base where they would be picked up by Republic of Vietnam Navy ships. [7] The base was soon swamped with Marines, soldiers and civilians seeking evacuation, however only smaller ships were able to dock at the base and ferry evacuees to larger ships offshore.
The base was originally established by the RVNN in the early 1960s as the base for Coastal District IV, renamed the 4th Naval Zone on 16 October 1963. [2]: 13 On 14 December 1964 personnel from the American construction company RMK-BRJ arrived at An Thoi on an RVNN motorized junk to improve the base facilities. By 30 April they had completed ...
Saigon Naval Shipyard is a former French Navy, Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN) and Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) base in Saigon Vietnam. [1]The 57-acre (230,000 m 2) base, located on the southwest bank of the Saigon River about 30 miles (48 km) from the South China Sea, represented the largest single industrial complex in South East Asia.
Navy PACV hovercraft returning to Cat Lo c.1966. In October 1965, the U.S. Navy selected Cat Lo as the base for Swift Boat Squadron 1, Division 103 with 14 Swift Boats to be based there with berthing, messing and basic repair facilities. [2] Dredging to build the base facilities eventually took 3 years and it housed over 600 personnel.
Cửa Việt Base (also known as Cửa Việt Combat Base, Cửa Việt Naval Support Activity, Camp Kistler or simply Cửa Việt) is a former U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base north of Quảng Trị in central Vietnam.
In April 1971, the Navy turned over control of the Solid Anchor base which had cost US$50m to construct to the RVNN. American naval advisors continued to serve at Nam Can until February 1973, one month before the final withdrawal of all U.S. military personnel from South Vietnam. The RVNN 5th Coastal Flotilla operated 27 patrol craft from the base.