| Command | Location | Commander | Dates | Comments |
| ComNavForV | Saigon | On 1 April 1966, in ceremonies aboard USS Lowe DER-325, in Saigon Harbor, Rear Admiral Norvell G. Ward established and assumed command of NAVFORV. |
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| Norvell Gardiner Ward, Rear Admiral | 1 Apr 66-27 Apr 67 |
deceased 7/19/2005 in Atlantic Beach, FL | ||
| Kenneth Leroy Veth, Rear Admiral | 27 Apr 67-30 Sep 68 | |||
| Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt Jr, Vice Admiral | 30 Sep 68-14 May 70 | deceased 1/2/2000 in Pinehurst, NC Tributes | ||
| Jerome Henry King Jr, Vice Admiral | 14 May 70-5 Apr 71 | deceased 6/13/2008 in Palos Verdes Estates, CA | ||
| Roger S. Salzer, Rear Admiral | 5 Apr 71-30 Jun 72 | |||
| Arthur Whyte Price Jr, Rear Admiral | 30 Jun 72-25 Aug 72 | |||
| James Burnett Wilson, Rear Admiral | 25 Aug72-29 Mar 73 | |||
| Coastal Flotilla 1 | Cam Ranh Bay |
Established 30 April 1967 | ||
| Carl Raymond Quanstrom Jr, Captain | ????-12/1/70 | Disestablished 1 December 1970 | ||
| Task Force 115 | Cam Ranh Bay |
Established 30 July 1965 | ||
| Arthur Peter Ismay, CDR artismay@verizon.net |
30 Jul 65-?? Dec 65 | McLean, VA | ||
| Norvell Gardiner Ward, Captain | ??Dec 65 - 16 Apr 66 | deceased 7/19/2005 in Atlantic Beach, FL | ||
| Clifford Lee Stewart, Captain | 16 Apr 66- 4 Mar 67 | |||
| Ralph Di Cori, Captain | 4 Mar 67-23 Mar 68 | El Cajon, CA - At 0900 on 4 March 1967, a brief Change of Command ceremony was held on board PCF 70 in Saigon harbor. | ||
| Alan Grady Hodge, CDR | 23 Mar 68-16 May 68 | deceased 5/19/2004 in Rancho Bernardo, CA | ||
| Roy Francis Hoffmann, Captain | 16 May 68-10 May 69 | Richmond, VA | ||
| Richard Earl Nicholson, CDR | 10 May 69-31 Jul 1969 | |||
| John J. Shanahan Jr, Captain | 31 Jul 1969-17 April 70 |
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| Thomas Frederick Mullane, CDR | 17 April 70-2 Sept 70 | Senior Advisor to ComCoastal Surveillance - CTF 213 - deceased 8/21/2005 in Longwood, FL | ||
| Carl Raymond Quanstrom Jr, Commodore | 2 Sept 70-20 Aug 71 | Senior Advisor to ComCoastal Surveillance - CTF 213 - Whitter, CA | ||
| Thomas Irby Kolstad, Commodore | 20 Aug 71 - ?? | Senior Advisor to ComCoastal Surveillance - CTF 213 - Palestine, TX | ||
| BoatRon 1 | Coronado, CA | 1 October 1965 |
Commissioned at the US Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA | |
| Arthur Peter Ismay, CDR artismay@verizon.net |
1 Oct 65-21 Nov 66 |
ComBoatRon 1 - McLean, VA | ||
Subic Bay, PI |
15 Oct 65 | ComBoatRon 1 and nucleus staff organize Squadron | ||
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22 Oct 65 | Report to the operational control of CTF115 | ||
Saigon |
15 Dec 65 | BoatRon 1 staff arrives/establishes headquarters | ||
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Saigon | 1 November 1966 | Name changed to Coastal Squadron One and administrative control shifted from Commander Amphibious Forces Pacific to Commander Amphibious Group Three | |
| William Patrick Holden, CDR patrickimi@charter.net |
21 Nov 66-1 Nov 67 |
ComCosRon 1 - Wilbraham, MA | ||
27 Nov 66 |
CosRon1 Representative in Subic Bay disestablished, all 84 PCF's destined for Vietnam had staged through | |||
1 Dec 66 |
PCF maintenance shifts from ComCosRon 1 to ComNavSuppAct, Saigon | |||
29 Apr 67 |
ComCosRon 1 assumed temporary administrative control of USS Asheville PG 84 and USS Gallup PG 85 until CosRon 3 is established and functioning | |||
| Cam Ranh Bay | 15 - 20 Jul 67 |
Headquarters moved from Saigon to Cam Rahn Bay | ||
| CosRon 3 | 18 Aug 67 |
Commissioned aboard USS Gallup PG 85; assumed additional duties as ComCosRon 3 | ||
| Alan Grady Hodge, CDR | 1 Nov 67-12 Oct 68 | ComCosRon 1/ComCosRon 3 - deceased 5/19/2004 in Rancho Bernardo, CA | ||
23 Mar 68 |
Assumed command Coastal Surveillance Force and Task Force 115 | |||
1 Apr 68 |
Administratively assigned to Commander Coastal Flotilla One | |||
| Roy Francis Hoffmann, Captain Mlrfhoffmann@aol.com |
16 May 68 |
Assumed command Coastal Surveillance Force and Task Force
115 Richmond, VA |
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| Charles Francis Horne III, CDR | 12 Oct 68-25 Sep 69 | ComCosRon 1 - DeCauter, GA | ||
| CTU 115.4.1 | 1 Jan 70-20 Feb 70 | Gulf of Thailand Special Market Time
Operations |
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| Lawrence Richard Jefferis, CDR jefferisl@cox.net |
25 Sep 69-1 Dec 70 | ComCosRon 1 - Las Vegas, NV | ||
Cat Lo |
13 Apr 70 |
Headquarters moved from Cam Rahn Bay to Logistics Support Base, Cat Lo | ||
| CTG 194.0 | Lawrence Richard Jefferis, CDR | 5 May 70-30 Sep 70 | Fast Raider Unit for special Cambodian operations | |
| CTG 194.5 | Lawrence Richard Jefferis, CDR | 8 May 70- 2 July 70 | Delta Major River Incursion Unit established "Operation Blue Shark" | |
| CTG 116.5 | Lawrence Richard Jefferis, CDR | 2 July 70-14 Nov 70 | "Operation Blue Shark" redesignated | |
John Joseph Dooley, LCDR Kcaller@aol.com |
3 Aug 70-20 Aug 70 | Acting Commander Coastal Squadron 1 Cape Coral, FL |
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| CTU 194.0.2 | Sa Dec |
8 May 70-2 July 70 | Ving Long Riverine area "Operation Blue Shark" | |
| CTU 116.5.2 | 2 July 70 |
"Operation Blue Shark" redesignated | ||
25 October 1970 |
Disestablished | |||
| CTU 194.0.3 | Long Phu |
8 May 70-2 July 70 | Lower River area "Operation Blue Shark" | |
| CTU 116.5.3 |
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2 July 70 |
"Operation Blue Shark" redesignated | |
| John Joseph Dooley, LCDR Kcaller@aol.com |
28 Aug 70-6 Nov 70 | Assumed command of Lower River area - Cape Coral, FL "Operation Blue Shark" |
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Ben Tre |
15 Oct 70 |
Operational Headquarters moved | ||
| Daniel Joseph Sullivan, LCDR dansullaw@att.net |
6 Nov 70-14 Nov 70 | Assumed command of Lower River area "Operation Blue Shark." Disestablished 14 Nov 1970. - San Diego, CA |
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| Cat Lo | 1 December 1970 |
Disestablishment of Coastal Squadron 1 at Cat Lo | ||
| PCF Div 101 | Subic Bay, PI |
20 October 1965 | First subordinate unit of Boat Squadron One | |
| John Dominic Broglio, LT jb@ncia.net |
20 Oct 65-1 Oct 66 | ComPCFDiv 101 - Hudson, NH | ||
An Thoi |
30 October 1965 |
PCF Div 101 deployed to An Thoi, Phu Quoc Island with first PCFs, #3 & 4, arrive in country and commence Market Time Operations | ||
| 14 December 65 | Headquarters located in Tent Camp, part of the American Sector of the Vietnamese Naval Base at An Thoi, Phu Quoc Island | |||
APL-55 |
10 June 66 |
Division base moved afloat with the arrival of APL-55 | ||
| Nathan Leo Astleford, LT naha3@juno.com |
1 Oct 66- 31 Dec 66 | ComPCFDiv 101 - Alpine, CA | ||
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An Thoi | 1 January 1967 | Established as Coastal Division 11 | |
| Nathan Leo Astleford, LT naha3@juno.com |
1 Jan 67-9 Sep 67 | ComCosDiv11 - Alpine, CA | ||
| David Charles Brown, LT | 9 Sep 67-14 Aug 68 | ComCosDiv11 - Mountain City, GA | ||
| George Milton Elliott, LCDR g.elliott59@verizon.net |
14 Aug 68-6 May 69 | ComCosDiv11 - Lewes, DE | ||
| Charles Louis Miller, LCDR | 6 May 69-24 Oct 69 | ComCosDiv11 | ||
| Markham Dennis Tuft, LCDR mark_tuft@msn.com |
24 Oct 69- 24 Jan 70 | ComCosDiv11 - Akron, OH | ||
| CTU 115.4.1 | 1 Jan 70- 20 Feb 70 | Gulf of Thailand Special Market Time Operations Areas 9D1, 9E1, 9F1, 9G1 and 9H1. Areas were adjacent to the shoreline and augmented rather than replaced areas patrolled by VNN assets. Ten (10) PCFs were assigned to this operation. |
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| William Glynn Martin, LCDR | 24 Jan 70-1 Oct 70 | ComCosDiv11 - Orange Beach, AL | ||
APL-30 |
27 Jun 70 |
CosDiv 11 admin offices moved to APL-30 anchored off the mouth of the Bo De river | ||
Cat Lo |
15 Jul 70 |
CosDiv 11 admin offices moved to Logistics Support Base, Cat Lo | ||
1 October 1970 |
Coastal Division 11 disestablished at Cat Lo | |||
| CTG 115.7 | Sea Float | Charles Moulton Plumly, CDR plumsib@aol.com |
early 69-5 Jul 69 | ComSeaFloat - Ellijay, GA |
| Paul A. Yost, CDR, USCG | 5 Jul 69-1 Aug 69 | ComSeaFloat | ||
| Thomas Rodgers Merrill Emery, CDR | 1 Aug 69-16 Sep 69 | ComSeaFloat | ||
| Charles Louis Miller, LCDR | 16 Sep 69-17 Sep 69 | ComSeaFloat | ||
| J(ulian) C(leveland) Patrick, CDR | 17 Sep 69-8 Jan 70 | ComSeaFloat | ||
| Thomas Rodgers Merrill Emery, CDR | 8 Jan 70-?? | ComSeaFloat | ||
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Solid Anchor Nam Can |
24 October 1969 | Solid Anchor activated, it is a combined USN/VNN operation to construct a coastal group junk and PCF base, at Old Nam Can, on the Song Cua Long | ||
| PCF Div 102 | DaNang |
16 January 1966 |
Staff arrived DaNang 16 Jan 66. Established 23 Jan 66 with arrival of first 6 PCFs #13 thru 18 | |
DaNang |
Daniel J. Houton, LT djhouton@aol.com |
16 Jan 66-29 Oct 66 | ComPCFDiv 102 - Dorchester, MA | |
Chu Lai |
Patrick Skelley Grafton, LT | 15 May 66-10 Apr 67 | OinC Chu Lai Det - deceased 2/2/2001 in Charleston, SC | |
DaNang |
6 August 1966 | The division at this time, was experiencing some difficulties in maintaining boats. It was decided that by assigning boats to the seventeen senior Officers-in-Charge these problems would be eliminated. On 6 August this action was executed and met with tremendous success. In this way, officers and their crews developed pride in their boats. Furthermore, when the boat was on patrol with a junior officer, who didn't as yet have his own boat, it was found that the junior officer had a greater feeling of need to care for something that was not his own. | ||
Hue |
20 Aug 66-20 Nov 66 | Detachment is formed with the establishment of a base at the mouth of the Hue river | ||
DaNang |
Joseph Lawrence Sestric, LT joesestric@aol.com |
29 Oct 66-31 Dec 66 | ComPCFDiv 102 - Chesterfield, MO | |
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DaNang | 1 January 1967 | Established as Coastal Division 12 | |
DaNang |
Joseph Lawrence Sestric, LT joesestric@aol.com | 1 Jan 67-11 Oct 67 | ComCosDiv12 - Chesterfield, MO | |
Chu Lai |
Harold Cowan Griffin Jr, LT childeharolde@charter.net |
10 April 67-19 June 67 | OinC, Chu Lai Detachment | |
| Chu Lai | 20 June 1967 | Established as Coastal Division 16 | ||
Chu Lai |
Gerald David Farrell, LT gerardfarrell@aavolyn.com |
20 Jun 67-1 Nov 67 | ComCosDiv16 - deceased 8/2/1996 in Bradford, PA | |
DaNang |
Ian McDonald Bailey, LT | 11 Oct 67-28 Aug 68 | ComCosDiv12 - Deltaville, VA | |
Cua Viet |
Thomas William Yankura, LT | 1 Nov 67-30 Nov 67 | OinC Cua Viet Det - CosDiv 12 takes over control of the PCF base from CosDiv 14 and establishes its detachment 1 Nov 67 and then closed it 30 Nov 67 due to the onset of the northern monsoon season - Niantic, CT | |
Chu Lai |
1 November 1967 | Coastal Division 16 deactivated - Chu Lai Detachment re-established | ||
Chu Lai |
Bruce Melvin Wentworth, LT bwentworth1@austin.rr.com |
1 Nov 67-???? | OinC, Chu Lai Detachment - Warwick, RI | |
Chu Lai |
Benjamin Avery Wagner,
LTJG benwagner@comcast.net |
????-8 Jul 68 | OinC Chu Lai Detachment - Portsmouth, NH | |
Chu Lai |
Harold Webster Gehman Jr, LT | 8 Jul 68-?? Nov 68 | OinC Chu Lai Detachment | |
DaNang |
Kenneth Buren McGhee, LCDR KBandEAMcGhee@aol.com |
28 Aug 68-2 Aug 69 | ComCosDiv12 - San Diego, CA | |
Chu Lai |
Jerome Aloysius Peschka Jr., LT | ??Nov 68-20 Dec 68 | OinC Chu Lai Detachment | |
Chu Lai |
Earnest Alexander Flynn, LT | 20 Dec 68-24 Jun 69 | OinC Chu Lai Detachment | |
Tan My (Hue) mobile PBR base with anchored barracks barge |
3 Jun 69-18 Aug 69 | - Opened 3 June 1969 with 2 PCFs and crews, eliminated 4
hours transit time from DaNang - Closed 18 August 1969, because of the shift south of US Navy PCF forces and area 1A would no longer be patrolled by US Navy PCFs |
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Chu Lai |
James Francis Giblin Jr, LTJG jgiblin@earthlink.net |
24 Jun 69-25 Oct 69 | OinC Chu Lai Det - Portsmouth, RI | |
| Chu Lai | 25 October 1969 | Chu Lai Detachment disestablished | ||
DaNang |
Donald Roger Breckenridge, LCDR | 2 Aug 69-28 Feb 70 | ComCosDiv12 | |
DaNang |
28 February 1970 | Coastal Division 12 disestablished | ||
| PCF Div 103 | Cat Lo |
11 February 1966 | Established 11 Feb 66, patrols commenced 24 Feb 66 with the arrival of 4 PCFs #23 thru 26 | |
| Wilbert Clyde Clancy, LT | 11 Feb 66-21 Dec 66 | ComPCFDiv 103 - Huntington, MD | ||
| Joseph Smith Hurlburt, LT | 21-31 Dec 66 | ComPCFDiv 103 - deceased 10/13/2003 | ||
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Cat Lo | 1 January 1967 | Established as Coastal Division 13 | |
| Joseph Smith Hurlburt, LT | 1 Jan 67-8 Dec 67 | ComCosDiv 13 - deceased 10/13/2003 | ||
| Daniel Knight, LT | 8 Dec 67-16 Nov 68 | ComCosDiv 13 | ||
| Joseph William Streuli, LCDR jstreuli@cox.net |
16 Nov 68-3 Nov 69 | ComCosDiv 13 - Virginia Beach, VA | ||
| Edwin Butler McConville, LCDR | 3 Nov 69-15 Apr 70 | ComCosDiv 13 | ||
Sa Dec |
6 Mar 70 |
CosDiv 13 admin offices moved to Sa Dec | ||
| Daniel Joseph Sullivan, LCDR dansullaw@att.net |
15 Apr 70-1 Dec 70 | ComCosDiv 13 - San Diego, CA | ||
| CTU 194.0.1 CTU 116.5.1 |
Lawrence Richard Jefferis,
CDR |
5 May 70-30 Sep 70 | All CosDiv 13 assets were chopped to CTG 194.0, Fast
Raider
Unit for special Cambodian operations, 8-US PCFs, 15-VNN
PCFs and 8-VNN ASPBs. All units returned to CosDiv 13 for duty |
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Cat Lo |
9 Oct 70 |
CosDiv 13 admin offices moved to the Logistics Support Base at Cat Lo | ||
14 November 1970 |
All US Navy PCF patrolling ceased, to prepare for the turnover of the last 14 swift boats at Cat Lo | |||
1 December 1970 |
Coastal Division 13 disestablished at Cat Lo | |||
| PCF Div 104 | Cam Ranh Bay |
11 April 1966 | Established 11 Apr 66, patrols commenced in late April with 13 PCFs | |
APL-55 |
Division base was afloat on APL-55 till 5 June 66, when it re-established ashore, APL-55 was then shifted to An Thoi | |||
| Mark Van Voy Nelson, LT | 11 Apr 66-31 Dec 66 | ComPCFDiv 104 | ||
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1 January 1967 | Established as Coastal Division 14 | ||
| Mark Van Voy Nelson, LT | 1 Jan 67-3 Mar 67 | ComCosDiv 14 | ||
| Edward R. Farrell, LT | 3 Mar 67-21 Dec 67 | ComCosDiv 14 - deceased 4/6/1975 | ||
Cua Viet |
7 Jul 67-1 Nov 67 | Detachment opened 7 July 1967, CosDiv 12 took over control of the PCF base 1 November 1967 |
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| Max D. Caldwell, LTJG | 21 Dec 67-12 Jan 68 | Acting ComCosDiv 14 | ||
| Grant Welk Hibbard, LCDR sshibbard@bellsouth.net |
12 Jan 68-10 Jan 69 | ComCosDiv 14 - Gulf Breeze, FL | ||
| Paul E. Dodson, LCDR | 10 Jan 69-15 Dec 69 | ComCosDiv 14 - North Kingston, RI | ||
| Daniel Joseph Sullivan, LCDR dansullaw@att.net |
15 Dec 69-1 Apr 70 | ComCosDiv 14 - San Diego, CA | ||
| 1 April 1970 | Coastal Division 14 disestablished at Cam Rahn Bay | |||
| PCF Div 105 | Qui Nhon |
2 May 1966 | Established 2 May 66, first 4 PCFs #57, 58, 59 and 61 arrive 16 May and commence patrol 18 May 1966 | |
| Samuel Smith, LT | 2 May 66-23 Dec 66 | ComPCFDiv 105 - was from Maine | ||
| Stanley R. Svenson, LT | 23 - 31 Dec 66 | ComPCFDiv 105 - Chula Vista, CA | ||
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Qui Nhon | 1 January 1967 | Established as Coastal Division 15 | |
| Stanley R. Svenson, LT | 1 Jan 67-6 Dec 67 | ComCosDiv 15 - Chula Vista, CA | ||
| Francis Joseph Boyle, LT | 6 Dec 67-18 Nov 68 | ComCosDiv 15 - was from Portsmouth, RI | ||
| Charles Louis Miller, LCDR | 18 Nov 68-8 May 69 | ComCosDiv 15 | ||
| George Milton Elliott, LCDR g.elliott59@verizon.net |
8 May 69-24 Jul 69 | ComCosDiv 15 - Lewes, DE | ||
| Edwin Butler McConville, LCDR | 24 Jul 69-3 Nov 69 | ComCosDiv 15 | ||
| 5 November 1969 | Coastal Division 15 disestablished at Qui Nhon | |||
| CosDiv 16 | Chu Lai | 16 June 1967 | Established as Coastal Division 16 | |
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Chu Lai |
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The Division's nucleus - 12 PCFs - was formed by reassigning eight Swift boats from DaNang's Coastal Division 12 and four Coastal Division 15 Swift boats from Qui Nhon and 18 crews. | |
| Gerard D. Farrell, LT gerardfarrell@aavolyn.com |
16 Jun 67-1 Nov 67 | ComCosDiv 16 - deceased 2/8/1996 in Bradford, PA | ||
1 November 1967 |
Disestablished as separate Coastal Division and again becomes Coastal Division 12 Detachment at Chu Lai |
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| PACV Div 107 | Coronado, CA |
June 1965 |
Hovercrafts received from Bell, assembled in Coronado | |
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1 February 1966 |
Commissioned at the US Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, CA | ||
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Kenneth Herbert Luenser, LT | 1 Feb 66-???? |
ComPACVDiv 107 | |
Cat Lo |
31 Mar 1966 |
Division deploys to Cat Lo aboard USS Cabildo LSD-16 | ||
1 May 1966
arrival |
PACV 1, 2 and 3 arrive at Cat Lo. The operational evaluation of the "hovercraft" got underway on 20 May 1966 and was to continue for 90 days. | |||
Moc Hoa |
20 Nov 1966 |
Operational control transferred to CTF 116, for evaluation and training, unit moves to Moc Hoa | ||
Cat Lo |
6 Dec 1966 | Unit returned to Cat Lo | ||
15-17 Dec 1966 |
3 PACVs, personnel and all deployed equipment was loaded aboard USS Gunston Hall LSD-5, for return to San Diego, CA, pending overhaul, reworking and replacement crew training | |||
| Leonard Previto, LCDR | 8/67-8/68 | |||
1 September 1967 |
Administrative control shifts to ComRivFlot 1 (CTF 116) | |||
| Cat Lo | 4 December 1967 | 3 PACVs arrive at Cat Lo and depart the same day for Dong Tam | ||
| Dong Tam | 8 December 1967 | PACVS commence Delta orientation and shakedown training | ||
| 29 December 1967 | First operational deployment of 2 PACVs (TG 117.4) |
- The last 14 US Navy PCFs were turned over to the VNN, the last Coastal Division (#13 at Cat Lo) was closed, Coastal Squadron One and Coastal Flotilla One were disestablished, at a ceremony held in Cat Lo, at the Logistics Support Base, at 10am, on 1 December 1970, thus closing the history of the US Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam..........
- The history of all US Navy "Brown Water Naval Forces, " in South Vietnam, came to a close on 10 December 1970, at a morning ceremony held in Saigon, where the final 125 small coastal and River Combat Boats were turned over to the South Vietnamese Navy. Stars and Stripes Story
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