about Danang Port Vietnam The Navys answer to this problem was to import CBMU-302, a slightly smaller (200 and later 300 men) version of the CBMU which went to I Corps about the same time. Where were the engineers to come from now? RMK-BRJ took care of itself but did not appear to have the capability to overhaul Seabee equipment on top of its own work load, so pieces were sent for overhaul primarily to the U. S. but also to Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines, or Guam. NSA, first under Captain K. P. Huff, U. S. Naval Reserve, then under Rear Admiral T. R. Weschler, U. S. Navy, and his successor, Rear Admiral P. L. Lacy, expanded rapidly. orange. Before the end of the year the foundations were laid for one of the greatest construction ventures in history. "Expanded" meant, at first, giving design, real estate, some transportation, minor construction and alteration, and maintenance and utility support to Marine facilities in the "secure" areas in Da Nang, Chu Lai, and Hue-Phu Bai. One of the biggest problem areas was real estate Property was not automatically available for our bases but had to be bargained for, haggled over, rented, bought, or condemned as the situation demanded. At this writing the end of the war in Vietnam is not in sight, yet sufficient time has elapsed to look back and consider some aspects of the part played in this conflict by the Civil Engineer Corps, the Seabees and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Did you proudly serve in DANANG VIET NAM, DEEP WATER PIERS? the one single function that made the entire operation possible. Following placement of the causeways, another group of Seabees, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Ten, under the command of Commander J. M. Bannister, came ashore to build an expeditionary airfield with AM2 aluminum matting. He didn't want to tell me what had just happened. In a meeting with 18 presidents of the AFL-CIO Building Trades, Navy officials made known their needs, and this word went out immediately to all the locals in the United States. An ofttimes frustrating feature of the pre-construction processes was that, despite the wartime environment, they were handled to a large degree on a peacetime basis. Smallest of the military contingents were those of the Air Force, Civil Engineering Squadrons (Heavy Repair), which operated at selected Air Force sites. prior to the mine sweeper making a pass thru the channel in order to off load Sound contingency plans must be developed which encourage appropriations necessary to keep the stocks current. When charges against project funds were made, troop charges were about one-quarter those of the contractor; but the other three-quarters, though hidden, were real enough, for they were charged against other appropriations such as military pay, operations cost, and the like. only four deep draft berths from June 9, 1971 until the facility was turned over Within six months 5,000 new petty officers had been recruited. The It might be noted that about four per cent of the Corps was composed of limited duty officers and another three per cent of warrant officers. Especially, Lec owns a warehouse system right next to the ports in the. Since CEC officers can be assigned to a number of different billets in design, construction, education, research, contracts, public works, and others, there is no such thing as a permanent Seabee officer. . Email cangdn@dng.vnn.vn. Halfway around the world they were to engage in a frustrating and perplexing war with an elusive foe, where there were no fixed battle lines, yet where there were absolute lines of containment as far as United States forces were concerned, which were self- imposed by political decisions in Washington. This was the first appreciable number of Seabees in one unit committed to Vietnam on a continuing basis. RMK-BRJ had a relatively small cadre of highly trained American artisans, a slightly larger number of skilled Asians from outside of Vietnam, and a very high percentage of Vietnamese, most of whom possessed very little skill when they were first hired. The Special Forces, who were advising and training Vietnamese Strike Forces and Civilian Irregular Defense Groups in anti-guerrilla fighting and defense tactics, were usually located in remote forward areas, and fortified camps able to withstand ground and mortar attack were essential to their survival. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The newspapers from time to time carried the unhappy stories of the French and their troubles in Indo-China in the turbulent years following World War II. The cooks, yeomen, medical corpsmen, and other men in essential support roles generally comprised about 15 to 20 per cent of a battalions complement. The War - The Boy in the Apple Orchard Many items they built did fall in this category, however: items such as bunkers, revetments, and sentry towers. LEC Group tuyn dng nhiu v tr Qu 2/2022, Hotline: (+84) 901 388 136 & (+84)909 800 136, Head office: Road 4, Phu My 1 Industrial Zone, Phu My ward, Phu My Town, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam, HCMC RO:The Galleria Metro 6 Building, 59 Hanoi Highway, Thao Dien Ward, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City, Northern Branch: Phuc Son Port, Dyke Road, Kim Luong, Kim Thanh, Hai Duong, Vietnam. As the seaport with the largest traffic volume in the North of Vietnam, Hai Phong Port is capable of receiving about 10 million tons / year, of which, Hoang Dieu Port Branch accounts for nearly 60% of the loading and unloading cargo. One month later, on 17 July, a Secretary of the Navy Notice established NSA Da Nang. This international mixed military and civilian force, organized along Public Works Center lines, had grown with roughly equal proportions of Seabees, Vietnamese, and Koreans. They worked 60-to 90- hour weeks with little complaint under the most adverse conditions. The VCNO indicated that CinCPacFlt could do the job temporarily, that he would seek additional assets from the Secretary of Defense to do the job if the Army Logistics Command were not to be assigned long range responsibility, and that the Navy would seek an authoritative interpretation of policy to determine "whose responsibility it is. It turned out to be the Navys. The port controlled 900,000 square feet of supply depot space, 2.7 million square feet of open-air storage space, and 500,000 cubic feet of refrigerated storage space. The district invests in IT infrastructure. asked if I would consider becoming his aide, but I had to decline because my In addition to setting construction standards which were binding on all Services, another major function of MACV-DC was to receive the requirements which the various services had heretofore placed on the OICC, sort out relative priorities among the services, and then assign construction responsibility to the OICC or troops. WebIn digging open water wells, it was found that the sand was 15 to 20 feet deep over the rock formations with no plastic clays in evidence. This is not to say that the omission was not of concern in some quarters. Later, the unit sent details to many different sites to maintain them or to repair battle damage. Throughput capacity is over 1 million tons per year. 2 at the mouth of Sa Ky seaport has the capacity to accommodate ships of 3,000 DWT, mainly for local maritime transport needs. A steady shift to tactical support construction was also in evidence. Put another way, a battalion could be expected to place about $350,000 worth of new construction a month. [citation needed], Following the edict of Emperor Minh Mng in 1835 prohibiting European vessels from making landfall or pursuing trade except at Nng, its port quickly superseded Hi An as the largest commercial port in the central region. This process only took a very few with which to work and it caused many problems for us during the stand down of Vietnam brought an additional 500 officers to active duty, making the total 2,200. One year tours and rotation of individuals, not units as in the case of the NMCBs, was the case for both PW and CBMU officers and men. (A little better than half the life cycle in the U. S.) Further, from an economical and capability standpoint, this piece was good for only one depot overhaul. Chu Lai Sign up to get updates about new releases and event invitations. run Deep Water Pier. to 0800hrs small chest drawer. Sng Hn Terminal can accommodate vessels of up to 5,000 DWT. How cool is that. The other two Pacific battalions were at their home port of Port Hueneme, taking leave and retraining, having recently returned from overseas assignments. Coordinates 16 7' 34'' N, 108 14' 19'' E. Decimal 16.1263874, 108.2386362. We learned of their value again in Vietnam, but it should be emphasized in many casesin the hospitals, for instancethe hardware from World War II stocks had not been updated.3. Many of the crews were a mixture of all three nationalities, the aim being ultimately to train the Vietnamese to take over from the more skilled Koreans and Seabees. After about 8 months the freight terminal division moved to this building in the left hand foreground of this warehouse. There were many highly placed recommendations to stop the interchange of battalions, but experience with the huge Seabee construction effort at Cubi Point a decade before indicated that productivity and morale were enhanced by keeping the battalions intact. The Support Activity's Public Works Department, during Captain S. C. Gill's tenure as PWO, ultimately numbered well over 2,000 people, of whom nearly 200 were Seabees. The Army, hard pressed to take care of itself, wasnt prepared to supply them to the Marines, and the Marines didn't have the capability either. ways instead of lengthwise. We wonder about the rest that served with us in the artillery unit we served in. In August of 1967 public works support of the I Corps MACV Advisors (mostly U. S. Army with all other services represented, including Australian Army) was started This not only called for roving teams of automotive and generator mechanics, but also brought permanently assigned Seabees from Public Works to all of the major advisor compounds in I CorpsQuang Tri, Hue, Hoi An, Tam Ky, and Quang Ngai. Despite the size of RMK-BRJ and the Naval Mobile Construction Battalions, there was need for more construction capability than they could provide. A 1941 graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, he served aboard the USS Nevada (BB-36) and USS Alabama (BB-60) during World War II. Early in 1969 their numbers approximated 2,500 Seabees (of whom less than 500 were in the CBMU), 2,500 South Koreans, and 2,000 Vietnamese, led by fewer than 100 officers. Camp Tien Sha is a former United States Navy base located in Danang, Vietnam.