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7.1 River Assault Flotilla One Program 4 monitors (40mm cannon) 7.2 River Assault Flotilla One Program 5 monitors (105mm howitzer or flamethrower)
Colleton arrived in Vung Tau, Vietnam on 2 May 1967 for duties in the Mekong Delta under Commander River Assault Flotilla One (also known as Task Force 117 (TF117)). Elements of River Assault Squadron Eleven, and the US Army 's 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry , 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division embarked on 2 June 1967.
President Masaryk, the flagship of the Czechoslovak River Flotilla. Czechoslovakia had one monitor, President Masaryk, of about 200 tons displacement. She was however classified as a patrol boat (hlídková loď). She was captured by the Germans in 1939 and commissioned as Bechelaren. She was extensively rebuilt in 1943 and her armament was ...
She had also witnessed the gradual turnover of all River Assault Flotilla 1 assets to the Republic of Vietnam Navy, the beginning of the redeployment of the 9th Infantry Division from the Mekong Delta, and the gradual disbanding of Task Force 117. When she sailed on 5 July 1969, she left the Mekong Delta region for the last time.
A stronger naval force was needed, one that was heavily armored, and heavily gunned. The U.S. Navy's MRF initially consisted of River Assault Flotilla One, under Program 4 in 1967, and consisted of four River Assault Divisions: RAD-91 which contained 3 Monitors; RAD
Each river assault group, later designated river assault squadron, was to consist of the following: 52 Armored Troop Carriers (ATCs or "Tangos"), 10 Monitors with 40mm cannon and 81mm mortar, 32 Assault Support Patrol Boats (ASPBs), 5 Monitors to serve as command and control boats and 2 LCM-6's to serve as refuelers. A salvage force would ...
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The 81mm mortar was the only indirect-fire weapon fielded by River Flotilla 1 and, with the assistance of an artillery observer, could hit targets up to 4,000 yards (3,700 m) away. [2] [3] Like any mortar, however, this one had a low muzzle velocity, making it ineffective against hardened enemy positions such as bunkers. The Monitor’s main ...