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Patrol boats and riverine warfare research notes
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Scattered typed notes about US Patrol Boats and riverine warfare in Vietnam
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vc scuba gear in I corps; no estimate of vc taxes.
vc. boat 2000 bushels; moored at thanh phu;
must be midshipmen, white and blue canvas caps;
still moored;
500 bushel boat, 35 feet long. don't know 2000;
known source but no known evidence.
metal boat.,
thanh phu secret Zone.
in III corps, only 1 meal a day; police up empty brass.
s metime vc not only stomp OP in the ground, but dig it
out and dump dirt into canal. cv a crater--add insult to
injury string up the bodies.
april, 1966, first patrol.
pbr; 31 foot long, 10' 8" wide%3B 7 tons.
2 V-6 diesel engines;B 220 hp.
2 jucuzzi jet pumps by oakland--used to make whirpool baths%;B
spins the water
3.50 cal; 1 M-60 mg; 3*M16; 1 shotgun; 1 60 mm. mortar;
M72 rocket
inch
won't stop anything;
very litle armor plating3B cubicle around steering,
thing steel plating%;B 14 inch fibreglass;
give you confidenc; co ld stop a 30 cal.
7 tons fully loaded with engine, pumps, amo;
LLOW BEA DEESE' avicoй
HO:
$16,000 without pumps nice sports boat,
JI
can buy in us for
little cabine on it.
navy experience with fibreglass hulls in LCVP3B landing craft
OVLE:
no rust, easy to keep up; cuts wt in ; cheap; easy to fix;
don't have to scrap bottom of the hull.
25-30 knots; 1.8 naut. mile 6080 miles.
cabin cruiser, water skiiing, pleasure craft. ;
propeller getting tangled in weeds and no rudder.
ngled in Weeds and
eliminates
draws 6" of water.
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can't bring in 150 ton trawler up bass, but can move 1 little sampan.
line;
rice can't smuggle rice up to the war zones, short of food
1 sampan now--50 to 100before%;B
have several them in 4 places,
have cut his lateral transport
VC. are aware of us;
have good intell and counintell; and patrol pattersn,
don't go
VC
into exact spot every night. don't go down same canal twice;
have the weapons to knock out these. boats andproved this%3B patent
ability to cut boats.
tidal canals, shallow during low tide in dry season; take adv.
of this when thebest time for vc to move; patrol certain areas at
certain times.
vc in deta is fat but brother in III corps might starve a little.
shoot at x psywar speakers.
no mines on major rivers%;B mining of pbr last week. use mines
on small channel where boat has to go; use canal blocks%;B logs
would rip hull of the boat%;B mines least worry%3B most worry is rr%B
high velocity%;B
b-40--nost that much.
good gu nners with rr;
2 km. if he's expert, lucily not that gox many experts;
boats hit at 500 yards; boat close to bank.
at
have had
commander boats; in heavy vc areas, they may have own boats,
LBOW ix any delta movement across river is not own free movement
at will.
10:
go down small canals, stop vertical movement.
wait 3-4 days if pbr in area;
yet their op. depend on timetables.
when there's a big crossing, time of mo%3 no moon, use a high
OLLICE HI
tide, can op. on smaller canals generally pass watchtowers and outposts
put harrassin fire on them, moving in no. direction%3B we dk which can
will use, but we use more sophisticated equipment ad intensive patrols.
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fibreglass made from a mold; pour you a boat, can stamp them
like cookie cutter--like artificial snow on xmas trees.
fill holes with fg filler; and take fg sheeting, sand it and
cement it%3B patch like intertube on coro; honecommbed, seamstress,
rathern than mechanics, sheeting in out wts.
$1000boston whaler, used 16" long; listening posts, ambushes;
vn call them the green dragon or the river monsters. at first scared
to death of them. when all guns are firing at night, it looks like
a real devil coming out, at first people were scared to death, til
we handed out soap aspirs and johnson band-ait sets.
no tax
we cut vc taxes; people dump bananas and cantaloupes;
collection on upper ham long when we left%3B used to take 60% of the
boat--had to giet in firefight
once a day to stop it.
captured vc sampans at nite and tie to fish stake; heard
sampand, pbr would illuminate him, now using boston wahelers.
aircraft carrier is now a hc pad. it is a unit of the fleet-it
is in Jane's and has a pix of it.
battleship, cruiser, destroyer, destroyer escort, mes minesweep
and PBR as to class of vessel; that 16 foot boston whaler will be
the last of the line.
bug fkat sq big flat square box-- barge with a boom, 1st.
LBOW: tt ca ti-ti canal, patrol officef made first invasion;
LO:
jameson
straits, lt. jr. names on our charts, codenames, nickname for river%;B
DYLE
tan dinh became ti-ti- island, if you want to fight go behind
tan dinh island,
water;
vc sign: stay off the water from 6 a.m. to 6 a.m. .--keep off the
IMIEK-OLLICE WEW
MDOW
if someone disobeys, military section can not guarantee life.
MGMZMSGK
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highly maneuverable;
in max speed, it can turn 180 degress in its
own length 30 feet--could throw you out of the boat.
fiberglass absorbs impact of 45 cab. pistol at 15'
won't penetrate it%;B distributes so rapidly that the bullet
can enter. tremendous amt. of air in fiberflass--synthetic %;B
like housing insul tion and sound proofing materials.
$85,000 ea. with all machinery, except weapons and radio.
especially made engines.
rathon 1900 radar, used in sportscarft, civil radio,
max. range of 16 miles, part of navig. system of pleasure
boats.
different carrier sailor or destroyer and hel'll get sick
had carrier sailors, destroyer sailors, 1st sailaors,
crusisers and put them on pbr they all get sick in choppy
water.
can't be used in real deep water--big waves wold dunk it.
they will not sink--can blow it up to little pieces and the
little pieces will float away, but can't sink it.
styrofoam for ballast, to strengthen the engine and
for floatation%3B
4 ft. of hardened styrofoma;
like a rock;
strength to the hull and lt. wt. cut hole in bottom of boat,
EBON water would come in, but pumps 18" in diam 44 rr hole, k
HO:
pumps it out faster than sink in.
add
burned to the water edge, direct hit in fuel tank, ripped
thing apart%3B engine fell out, burned it up; sept 28,
it
sunk; sept 28%; blew peopl out of boat%3B never got it out of the
water.
OLLICE WE
KEMZMEGK
DOW
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the navy looks at us like a bad dream. theblue water sailors
eighty mile inland--every dollar up in installation is anathema to
navy dept. we can't stant at ridge attention--there are different
forms of different water warfare and we'd better learn to
fight them. no one can challenge us on the open sea.
vc px.
candy hairtonic%;B vc aid station%;B
force for ground sweeps.
blocking
ti-ti canal
one boat at sadec burned down to the water level, but
only in the back; in front has foam.
ferry biats across the bassac-like old missippi showboats,
with screw stedve waterwheel for cars. trucks, pigs, bassengers
and bikes.
,
In John Paul Jones' days we used to say the navy had wodden
ships and iron men. then we got iron ships%;B now we're going
back to the wooden ship era.
resupply outposts,
kids swarm around etc.
moving down a slot.
HOW: BE Messes mire. n
nuess&s Nure miess's mire.
kids put up
HO:
xe gvn flag. he was irst to go in.
check id cards, which river people keep in tin cans.
$30-40 outboard motors on sampans. water taxis, ice
surrounded by rice hulls
INJEK-OLICE NEWKVMD
blockade of coconut trees and mud--only big enough for
sampans to go through--people living hiding from river bank.
one
sppl spooky canal--but they get worse.
ай Елиця Смя
this has turned into
J. Horat.
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ve. Control. Shallow- Hidaway.
Almes..
- Stores geset
empty oil drums..
Sampers authore both PBR.
2
ro Hp. engine
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мод
out.
Coors. in Samp
filce floors
Shollow, bockastes.
the VC. Influence.
the
Houses
-Smuggles
on Stilts.
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abt. little br
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PBR - only Contant w. antardi
Loned
clothes.
Magic Show, danten & clotion
Childrens festinal.
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Schlo. Sextbooks
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armed.
PBR- Heavily a
but not Hervil
more d.. narrow unterway. - fiberglen.
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12-14 Hr. Lory Patrols.
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води то
Delta.
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it's the kidsthat make this whole thing worthwhile and if
we are going to win it, will be right here. 959 kids in school,
organized pta, f navy furnished.
balckboards, will get them
this week., chalf, books, pens, pencil, paper.
the only hope is the kids. masonic people at home smend
me $500 amo.. i put soap out a few days ago and I got mobbed;B
soap is a big thing.%; sent a gross of ballpoint pens.
school--had a bldg, but dirt floor with annimalsrunning
over it. we got cement 20 gag bags and they do all the work.
sap
sampan restaurants.
every house a bunker%3B guns won't penetrate.
big terry and pirates game.
vc whisky bottle.
govt, troopers barefoot%;B
women paddle with feet.
cactus loike flowers atop the bunkers
stole the vc engine.
auxiliaryl.
honewells.
embroiered scarves;B women's
little girl in the water--don't shoot.
carry mother and daughter back on pbr
EBOW: BEA DEESE' evicon
FO:
a
canal juliet, another canal, bad one; alw. getting fired
ast there; major vc crossping pt; have 2 cos. of security there;
one mg and 2 1t. mgun s
DVLE
men blown out of boat in sadek%; 513
three shapes of the eyes; green eye in this area; long sk
skinny one; long red one like fisheye in gulf of siam. long
skinny eye in dng.
different style of rowing boat. sidekick in ct.
side paddle in gulf of siam.
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incounts.
Spuitints
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Spirits.
Sil Haute
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These 2 Animüden
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TEOL:
Thun
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luên
Magic
wusten.
topus.
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ТИЛЕК ОБЫСЕ НЕНОВУИРЛИ
VGAZILOGY
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Siren
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BKOW: BEA DEEBE' evicon
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anyone with 2 715 to 9 hp motors is a gun-runner. --like lawn motor
freedom of movement in the canals.
building man-made cans quite a bit%3B or dig other canals
deeper on every river;
one over the world map--the
entire delta--their whole world.
purple heart alley--pencil ine on map; smaller brank of the
fiver; 160 ft. wide%3B foliage all over the place.
salt water navy;
anaconda fresh water navy%;B downriver campaign.
steam gunboats for the army--civil war.
confed. built works on the banke to command their channels%;B
confederates were depending on the
river bank gun emplacements,
strategy of fixed positions. to meet one of movement.
inland
naval operations;
vessel to vessel engagements.
I
1st. on themouth of ham long cc and bassac.
carried women in labor; no babies yet.
not that hard if driving a pleasure boat%;B many boat capt.
14-18 years in navy; steer like a car and 2 throttles%;B
shooting at use along banks of rivers.
stopped
on either
dec. 66 last of river gunfights%3B dec-marc; tried cos.
side of river; mar-nov.
mar-nov.
phase 3, real sneaky about it.%;B
before vc. had it wide open main line of communication;B
across and 10 men would survive; 6 mos. before vc. found out and
would be wlling to gamble.
DVLE:
40 men
civil war was
as stand off
off battles; very small cos.
VC.
aren t
standing and fighting--they're fighting and running--they take their
shots and lv.
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vn love him, tracoma, can be cured easily%3B skin infections%;B can
pull teeth; few medcaps ever interrupted by vc. in some cases,
this works in our favor because
vc collect medicine, we dispense.
the people don't like this at all.
3 swimmers. on 1st.
shore bombardment, brings in ch. chip away at bunkers, knowck
down trees.
mud here dries like cement; use conocunit logs%3B 40 mm. or
60 mm. mortar won't penetrate it.
at the mouth of the river have a sapper training school in
figure 10 grad and we got 1 of
secret base%3B just grad. a class;
them.
when first came, people didn't know pbr%; VC came across
enmasse--15-20 sampans--wuld fight back, but found out pbr faster
and more shooting; then co. on each side to protect the
crossing;
COS. draw pbr off and 15-20 sampans orossed;
Crossed flow.
that
selected crossing 1-2 sampancs across, not good
radar targe--that's the stage now%; no big movement at night%3B
daytime crossing, mingle with river traffic. won't transfer lge.
no. of people%3B wait 2 3-4 days.
biggest and closest thing we find in sampan is medicine%;B
BOW 2 mi. units
week,
penicillin, U. s. and french;
in 1
women carry on waistband on trousers; hesitant to search them;B
OVIE:
take vn policewomen with us. nursing mothers would start feeding
babies--they were carrying the medicine.
contraband. vc in liquid
and tablet form; vit. b. no comm. countires; black market stuff.
false bottoms of nuoc man bottles%; hi sitant to swish hand
tho to look for
stuff; dryin fish--need strong lungs to hold you
breath.
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use russes to sneak things past us, arms and amoo under gravel.
false bottom, maybe only 1 h grenande, in nuoc man jars,
boats,
on one canal--a vc canal--market place, vc ran oдt%;B we detained
three people; he was in huge nuoc man jar, one false id
and 1 outdated id.
thousands of pop bottles
tons of pumpkins3 5 days; tan chau to can tho; will use
explosives vs. city.--but no explosives.
one man said empty boats not stopped by pbr--u-shaed roofs--guns
under there; hang waterproof pkgs under them; one woman caught with
1000 jars of nuoc man; 975 of nm; 25 of penicillin%;B
smuggler
controlling of the rivers is of the batle%;B other is
cntrolling other waterways in the delta.
55,000 boats on bassac alone.
only way to contol if to have
curfews.
vc now moving in daytime too.
200 to 0600 on major rivers
20 km. stretch is 24 hour curfew; 7 curfew areas.
cut loop in back-like crossing equator on ship.
in I corps 21 firefights in 24 hours;
cutting the ribbon.
river 1st class, now chief%3B boatswain mate, in 2 years;
LBOW BEA DEESE' eviеoи
firefights
enB1EC
OVIE:
ТИЛЕК ОБЫСЕ НЕНОВУИОЛК
MEAZMEGK
295
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AbowzweИ
миси
another sign, blue full of bullet holes: the vc corss the river here
and patrol boats can not stop us.
on orange juice tin;3B Don't go this way--the garden is too
dangerous.
world's most powerful navy fighting with 31-foot fiberglass
craft armed with 3 .50 calb. mg. as main batteries.
black berets..
1500 bw sailors
effectiveness
on four main rivers, stopped vc taxes and normal
movements.
at first gw reports vc unaware, reacted violent and reacted furiously
can't attack head-on; tot vc. movements restricted to op. in vc.
crossing areas; agent reports, documents; known crossing corridors,
but in restricted manner
food;
times when no pbr requirments, more security and signal e
elements, caused a logistical problem, shortages of ammo,
from camoau and delta, works up commo liaison personel, definite
underground railroad, but not alwa. underground in vc area. pattern
of signals in the rivers, red or white lt, but can't track them;
when patrol goes ino area lt. out and area quiet, happened many
times. some of logistics catches min., but covert movements with
present signals still stll going on.
we're covering 300-400 km. main river; 90 in delta, spread t
think, radars definite to stop same with sampan with 1 vc and 5
mortas almost impossible to stop%3 don't move major supplies
accorss the river. do coastal hopping.
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Difference of monton.
2) Effectiveness of MRF.
3) History of Benewa. & tile.
4) Civil Wox.
5) Advice from UNE
UN. Marine Corps.
6) Les N.
Advisors..
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Lt. Cmdr. Rhodes. -
RAS 11. -in operation.
7). Les. N - Army Slong & Ballen.
8) Sept. 15 popros
5) Svorpes
Permits.
Rose.
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Date
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1967, approximate
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Shore patrol; Riverine operations; Strategy; United States. Navy; Boats and boating; Research
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Location
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South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8231; 106.6297
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Size
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18 x 26 cm
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Container
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B37, F8
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Format
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research notes
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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