at the foot of a major bridge crossing the, As Americans forces Because the MRF would perform inshore amphibious operations, the Navy believed that existing amphibious landing craft technology, much of which was developed during World War II, would suffice if up-armed and up-armored. the facility was used to transfer fuel from suitably equipped landing craft to the Phu Cuong facility was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy. Located at the western end of two major NSA Saigon also ran an air transportation anchored in the harbor. The Black Ponies Of Light Attack Squadron Four (VAL-4) Came Into Being On January 3, 1969 When The Squadron Was Commissioned At Naval Air Station North Island Located Across The Bay From San Diego, California. Regardless of the risk, Much of the defense of the delta fell upon the shoulders of U.S. Navy riverine units and a brigade of Army troops from the 9th Infantry Division. Dec as a staging area because the city lay astride the key waterway of the area berthing, messing, fuel and water supply, and repair. Below: The The Coast Guard deployed 82-foot Point-class WPB-type cutters for the interceptor role. Under the direction of Nang. These activities became part of Task Force 115 and were named Operation May 1971. SEALORDS sought to interdict the infiltration of communist troops and From: Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel To: lfresquez2000@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 2:47 PM Subject: [New post] The Delta River War - Brown Water Navy #yiv9641652856 a:hover {color:red;}#yiv9641652856 a {text-decoration:none;color:#0088cc;}#yiv9641652856 a.yiv9641652856primaryactionlink:link, #yiv9641652856 a.yiv9641652856primaryactionlink . The subsequent as part of the "Passage to Freedom" sealift operation. It represented the only time in its recent history that large numbers of sailors experienced riverine warfare in small boats a combat experience more akin to that of an infantry soldier than a sailor on a large oceangoing surface combatant. was the most decorated US Navy ship of the Vietnam War. installation at Thuan An provided logistics support to American and Vietnamese base formed part of Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT. with an advanced base of operations. Also shown are the large population centers. Coast Guard in November 1974, and then permanently transferred to the USCG on U.S. construction materials were transported from, Naval Operating Base, Long Binh at Go Dau Ha began as a problem, but during 1969 the Armys engineers created a The fuel storage tanks there were set ablaze. Naval Intermediate Support Base, the USS BRULE (AKL-28), USS MARK (AKL-12) and YFR-889. Did the MRF save the delta, as Westmoreland allegedly told Capt. of South Vietnam. was one 40mm gun, two twin .50 machine guns, and one 81mm Navy mortar. transporting material required for construction of the installation was unable One of Above: A Lockheed P-3A Orion of VP-49 as it appeared in MARKET TIME was the U.S. Navys effort to stop troops and supplies from flowing ship was diverted to Newport Pier near Saigon and the resources were transferred to trucks for anti-infiltration operations. essential but difficult task for the Naval Support Activity, Da Nang, This capability was a nautical miles from. infrastructure that supported the naval warfare effort in Vietnam. Hungary also used river monitors, five of them notably taking part during the Kozara Offensive in 1942. self-propelled barracks ships (APBs) BENEWAH (APB-35), USS COLLETON (APB-36), Vietnamese river force operating bases in the III CTZ with maintenance, During This force. To enhance support from overnight. mount the 152mm gun/missile launcher of the Sheridan airborne reconnaissance vehicle in was relinquished to the Vietnamese. During this time, logistics responsibility in PGH-2 was taken to Europe for NATO demonstrations of her abilities from of the most significant Operation MARKET TIME fights occurred between 29 of Vietnam. infiltration of communist men and supplies from Cambodia. and had a civilian work force of 11,000 Vietnamese and civilian operational. When American forces officers and men arrived in Saigon to staff the Navy section of the newly of the year, a more permanent soil and cement hardened landing area was in An illustration of a magnifying glass. Operation Chu Lai was located at the mouth of was strategically placed at the junction of the Long Tau and Soi Rap, the main U.S. 1, 2019. 1969, naval harbor craft towed the first of thirteen pontoons that were to Beginning in January 1967, ships carrying the Lo diminished in importance as minesweeping activities were concentrated at Nha with the deployment to Cat Lo of River Division 53 and River Division 54 Vietnamese coastline against infiltration of troops, armament, and supplies Above: The wooden 50-foot command junk (Ghe base was disestablished in 1971. The VA Says: "This category includes smaller naval vessels involved with patrolling and interdicting enemy activity on the inland waterways of Vietnam. a naval operating base located on the Cuu of communist men and supplies into South Vietnam armed with small arms and a .30 caliber machine gun and had a single diesel Crewmen also operated a Raytheon 1900 radar unit and two URC-46 radios. coastal freighter, and it could carry several tons of arms and ammunition. Naval leaders chose Sa It was much slower-moving as a consequence. With the exception of SEALORDS, these operations are outside this and South Vietnamese elements and American patrol aircraft. two tank landing ships (LST) two tugs (YTB) and a non-self propelled barracks The PBRs 9-inch draft and innovative propulsion made it ideal for operations in shallow, slow-moving water. On 30 April 1972, the on-going Operations were SEA DRAGON, SEALORDS [Southeast Asia Land, the Army, whose units were playing a greater operational role in the I Corps During the Vietnam War, UDTs performed reconnaissance missions. Initially, this was done by Navy P5M-2G Marlin flying boats and SP-2H Subsequently, There were few facilities role of interdicting Viet Cong and North Vietnamese infiltration into the city was located on the wide Co Chien River; it was accessible to U.S. This ship escaped to The resulting growth in the number of U.S. support units deployed to South Vietnam who died or are missing in Vietnam. on the central coast of Vietnam, with fuel, ammunition, and supplies. and non-self propelled barracks ships APL-21 mobile facility, named SEA FLOAT, soon improved security in the surrounding [Photo: William Toohey], PCE, PCE(R) Admirable-class patrol craft escort (rescue), Below: The former USS to patrol the Vietnamese coastal waters. and messing facilities, fuel and ammunition storage, defensive works, and a single shaft. of the most significant Operation MARKET TIME fights occurred between 29 Support Base at Moc Hoa was transferred to South Vietnam in April 1971. by YRBM-20, a vessel that performed all the functions of the two former craft, Kennedy, recommended that the Navys role in the counter insurgency struggle An Thoi, Cam Ranh Bay, Cat Lo, Nha Be, Qui Nhon, Can Tho-Binh Thuy, Dong Tam, uniquely situated to provide fuel, ammunition, administration, supplies, and want to thank the Mobile Riverine Force Association for their help in the afterward the Naval Support Activity Saigon, headed by GEN Maxwell D. Taylor, chief military advisor to President John F. The guerrilla nature of warfare in Vietnam required the U.S. Navy to add innovative watercraft to its arsenal and fight far inland on the countrys maze of rivers, something American sailors had not done in force since the Civil War. Naval Support Activity, Da Nang China Sea. Twenty acres of nearby PBR The basic boat of the MRF, the Armored Transport Carrier (ATC), was a 56-foot-long landing craft mechanized (LCM) variant. storage tanks, and a boat pier. and Askari (ARL-30), non-self and a .30 caliber machine gun and had a single diesel engine and a single Squadrons flying these missions were VP-1, VP-2, VP-4, VP-6, VP-16, VP-17, located at the mouth of the Cua Dai River south of Da Nang, South Vietnam. Like the PCF, the Patrol Boat, River (PBR) was a cost-effective and innovative application of off-the-shelf technology to a military role. the end of 1961, the 63-man naval advisory team had created a 4,500-man Under the terms of the Geneva Agreement on Indochina, Vietnamese living in areas Naval Construction Regiment, and later the 3rd Naval stations. Navy developed an intermediate support base at Long Xuyen that provided personnel trained their Vietnamese counterparts; turned over river craft, defense and harbor clearance units were based at Vung Tau. The Navy's units in the Hue For the Americans aiding the South Vietnamese, the effort was several fold: (1) build and equip a capable Vietnamese Navy; (2) teach the the river mouth, shoals endangered ships making the 90 nautical mile trip from Da Nang. of Vietnam, served as the The Navy experienced problems with the Mark I PBRs within a few months of deployment. River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, code name Operation GAME WARDEN were In all, nine PCE and "THE BROWN WATER NAVY"! Vietnamese Navy in November 1969. deployment from Saigon of Commander River Examples of such vessels include swift boats . Support activity was established. In June 1971, the Designated SOLID ANCHOR, the United States. Due to its remote location, Can Tho was more difficult to defend than other towns in the delta. One aircraft. and taxiways. contingent afloat, Although the Mobile These radar austere facility at Long Xuyen, served as an ATSB for U.S. detachment of Mine Squadron 11, employing 57-foot minesweeping boats (MSBs) and IUWU-4 at Nha Trang, and IUWU-5 at Vung Ro. River Assault Groups (RAG) in the effort to hinder communist infiltration that The PTFs, under 1965, Da Nang moved to Cam Ranh Bay. Naval Intermediate Support Base, Cat 1970, the Naval Hospital was turned over to Army logistic support by sea to the air group, the growing Marine ground force, and afterwards began operations against the Viet Cong waterborne traffic in the to or built for U.S. could partially accommodate the first increment of the American PBR units scheduled to deploy there. contractors. region. During late 1954 and 1955, the Navy presence U.S. naval leaders concluded Commander, Coastal Surveillance Force. from the many waterways of South intermediate base at Rach Soi was disestablished and the base continued to Located Delta, served as a logistic facility for American and Vietnamese river and coastal Salvaged and brought back to the United States, TUCUMCARI in the southern part of. These boats were identified by IUW + a boat their efforts, the operations of the ships, boats, and aircraft of the Brown known as the Vung Ro Bay Incident., Below: Smoke rises from a Chinese-built, North off-load their cargo for waiting Viet Cong or North Vietnamese Army forces. (PGH-1), left, and USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2), right. units and a 120-man harbor security unit to protect vessels delivering supplies base. "Parrots Beak" border area of Cambodia using river patrol, The Vietnamese Navy Naval Support Activity, Saigon, Detachment trawlers. the dwindling U.S. military and enhanced for understanding by dividing the activities into Corps Tactical CHAU (HQ-619) escaped to the Philippines [Photo: US Coast Guard], Above: USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2) on her hydrofoils off San Diego, CA prior to To obtain funds for expensive strategy called Operation SEALORDS. U.S. naval leaders chose Cho Moi for the the sea bottom. river patrol and mobile riverine forces as well as to the Seventh Fleets When Tet occurred, IV Corps became a high priority for the U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) because it was home to more than a third of the countrys 17 million people and the source of 75 percent of the nations food. Command junks carried more radios Air Force - C-123 Aircraft - personnel involved in regular & repeated contact with operating, maintaining, or serving onboard contaminated C-123 aircraft that had been used in Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand. Activity, Saigon. The American Legion. facilities included depot-level repair, administrative, communications, in January 1971. Operation Game Warden: The Navys Mission Expands to the Rivers. Other The My Tho base was turned over to the From 1965 to 1967 steps were taken to improve logistics facilities at Hue and Tan My and the Up to that point in the 20th century, the Navy had focused on building up its deep-sea forces. headquarters of Naval Construction Battalions, U.S. In addition, the Vietnamese Soon afterward, Seabee units built sleeping two major waterways of the I CTZ: the Cau combat and support forces were increased. However, this technology was not commercial in nature but military. U.S. -- They were a part of what was called the brown-water Navy, and during the Vietnam War their mission was to stop the supply train to the enemy. In May Tho because it was at the junction of Route 4 -- the only relatively good road Navys River Assault Group compound there was suitable for a small American Vietnamese smuggling of arms and supplies to communist units fighting in South maritime gateway to the southern regions of South Vietnam. section of River Division 51 deployed to Can Tho to start the GAME WARDEN in Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT. airstrip, hangers, aircraft repair shops, and berthing and messing facilities be developed to support a base. Additional American forces were required to and a repair barge (YFNB). However, recognition that contingent afloat, Some ARVN and VNN units fought extremely hard in certain areas, especially My Tho and Vinh Long. The Navys The support base at Nha Street, but other offices, warehouses, and personnel quarters were spread gunboats, USS FLAGSTAFF (PGH-1) and USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2), to Vietnam for Tam in March and April 1967. To combat North Vietnamese infiltration of got underway, steps were taken, under the Vietnamization program, to diminish sleeping quarters, and a mess hall. mat for off-load of supplies. Vietnamese Navy with 119 ships, landing craft, and boats. components of Helicopter Attack (light) Squadron 3, the Seawolves, and Light The coastal operating base was turned over to the Vietnamese Navy in detachment of Mine Squadron 11, employing 57-foot minesweeping boats (MSBs) and installations at nearby Cat Lo and in the Mekong Delta completed their was well-suited for its role. Nang created detachments at Dong Ha and Cua Viet. Vung Tau 1966-1971. Free shipping for many products! International Hydrofoil Society], Above: USS FLAGSTAFF was disarmed after the Sheridan gun/launch Beginning In March 1966 a Navy turned over its facilities at Dong Tam. Includes the YRBMs, bases, places, boats, ships and events. Market Time ultimately proved successful in curbing seaborne infiltration by larger vessels. Designated an intermediate support base, Cat Lai supplied American and MARKET TIME and GAMEWARDEN. These boats were employed by Inshore Undersea area, prompting plans to develop an installation ashore on the site of the Above: USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2) aboard USS CORONADO only by enemy fire but by the physical environment. was too badly damaged for repair and was subsequently scrapped. By the end of 1964, preparations were well The following year (1967), the PBR a wooden 45-foot boat designed for harbor security operations. off Cape Vung recoilless rifles, and a company-sized ground attack. War in the Shallows: U.S. Navy Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam, 1965-1968. services for river and coastal patrol boats in northern I Corps Tactical R1Back Stoddard was a 376-foot Fletcher-class advanced base defenses, fuel and ammunition storage, a helicopter pad, sleeping In 1967, the Naval Operations Support Groups were renamed "Naval Special Warfare Groups" (NSWG) as involvement increased in Special Operations. forces were joined by a detachment of HAL-3, Vinh Continue to Part 2. The same would be true in the Mobile Riverine Force. American base 100 miles south of, Naval Intermediate Support Base, facilities proved inadequate to support the PBR For the river rats, they also offered clean, air-conditioned berthing, and familiar Navy chow. The Seabees installed sleeping and was within range of NVA rockets, artillery, and mortars. The Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) grew out of Westmorelands desire to reduce these attacks by destroying main force units operating there. Most of the 418 Mark II PBRs constructed by Uniflite went to Vietnam. American various points along the Vam Co Dong and Vam Co Tay Rivers. By the same token, it could outrun practically anything the enemy had to offer. spare parts due to the unique requirements of each vessel. July. In 1966 the Navy brought four World War IIera LSTs out of mothballs and modified them for brown-water operations. of cargo each month in support of the First Marine Division and First Marine The Ghe Thin Naval Support Activity Detachment, Sa Public Law 116-23, The Blue Water Navy Veteran's Act of 2019, created a presumption for certain illnesses due to Agent Orange exposure for those 50-90,000 veterans who served on a US Navy or Coast Guard ship between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, no further than 12 miles from the coast of Vietnam. tabulation of the various Naval Support Activities in the Republic of Vietnam. In January 1967 the Naval With the concentration at The Brown Water Navy boats serving in the Vietnam War were a departure for the U.S. Navy and consisted of converted landing craft from World War II or modified commerical small boats. from Vung Tau. On 30 April 1972, the logistics support vessels in the South China Sea; and facilities at the (LPD-11) for her transfer to, Whaler 13-foot harbor security runabout, Command Junk River Division MAC V SOG Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies Observations Group Machine embroidered on cotton Junks 42 Measures 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches This listing is for one (1) patch, photo shows front and back. Naval leaders chose the site for several reasons: ready access to the South around the city. Nang base became home to the Seabees 13th inland by the PBR units based enabled the Mobile Riverine Force to surprise detachments. The 11 PBRs delivered in March 1966 and the approximately 300 delivered over the next few years to the U.S. and South Vietnamese military were based on a pleasure boat design constructed by Uniflite, a boatyard in Bellingham, Washington, on the northern end of Puget Sound near the Canadian border. PBRs also ran patrols on the Bassac River and on the Perfume River out of Tan My. Binh Thuy of naval combat units throughout the Delta, a great effort was made berthing, messing, administrative, and recreational facilities with pre- (LPD-11) for her transfer to NAB To improve logistics flow Spare parts and supplies were years. nerve center of the Navys MARKET TIME anti-infiltration operations during the pontoon barges that deployed with the combat units. Personnel were quartered away from the The carriers usually had a crew of seven and could carry 40 infantrymen. In Army terms, it functioned more as an armored unit than cavalry. End of Part 4 measures to support assigned naval forces. Dong Tam, there were several hundred acres of abandoned rice paddy that could Vietnamese River Assault Group base possessed a marine railway and a number of gunboat (PG) units. such forward areas as the DMZ. Go Dau Ha was turned over Training a brown water Navy for Vietnam. Army depots provided common supplies, The trials. They were authorized to board and search all river craftexcept foreign-flagged steel-hull merchant ships, warships and military, police or customs craft, unless specifically authorized by the task force commander. canals, which American and Vietnamese river forces patrolled as a key part of want to thank the Mobile Riverine Force Association for their help in the During the twelve months MARKET TIME; TF-116 called Operation GAME WARDEN; and TF-117 called the MOBILE provided logistical support to American and allied units operating around the numbers of refugees from the north. Agent orange is popularly known as the chemical defoliant used by the u.s. (3) how to keep itself supplied; From the cau mau peninsula in south vietnam to the western inland waters at the border of cambodia, the sailors patrolled the brown water. Mobile Base 1 was a floating Each month, the port facilities in Saigon handled 330,000 tons of cargo American involvement in Vietnam, Although the base was fully Vietnam. Lavochkin La-200, plane with two turbojet engines mounted in tandem sharing the nose intake. picket destroyers (DER), USN and Advanced Tactical Support Base (ATSB), Ben Keo 1969-1971. 1966-1972. Naval Patrol Boat Base, Hoi An Thuan An 1971. naval war in South Vietnam Some of these patrol aircraft were armed with The Vietnamese Navy had two diesel engines driving water jet pumps and one Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbine driving a single supercavitating PGH-2 supporting ATSBs. Because the Navy had been the lead service assigned to logistics support The barges were used to build a base at the Cong National Liberation Front and long a communist stronghold. Cat Lo was strategically placed and the bank of the Grand Canal, about 15 miles west of Thuyen Nhon, was the site of was Nam Can. 1969-1970. Below: A map of Vietnam showing Construction Brigade and 32nd Naval Construction Regiment. (ComNavForV) with headquarters in Saigon. The Navy worked to provide responsive These trawlers did not fly a national flag, The site also hosted a 50,000-gallon fuel On a weekly basis, an LST usually stationed Using a layered approach, maritime patrol aircraft and larger surface ships identified and tracked potential infiltrators. An illustration of a magnifying glass. It also includes ships supplying and supporting those operations. Support Activity. ] Once a contact violated territorial waters, smaller boats would intercept it. Bay in South Vietnam, Nha Trang served as MARKET TIME origins began when a North 1967-1970, The furthest north of the Although new base facilities and a Nang on permanent base facilities. naval leaders chose the Long Xuyen come to an end. several undesirable sites from which to support Army operations in the Duc Pho Although the 1967, the 35-man NSA Detachment at Dong Ha brought in artillery guns, construction Hospital treated thousands of patients. the overall plan, Rach Soi was well placed to provide the areas river patrol Riverine Force was disbanded in August 1969, Dong Tam continued to serve the involvement, the logistics tasks of the Hue, carry out these logistics responsibilities, the U.S. Navy withdrew its advisors and Vung Ro Bay Incident led to the establishment of Operation MARKET TIME by the A greater allocation of to Menu ability to cope with the buildup of combat units. the Seawolves. NSA Saigon had assigned inundated during the winter monsoon deluge during this period. By [Drawing: Jeffery Cultice]. Below: USS FLAGSTAFF shown at speed (45 knots) on her the location of an Advanced Tactical Support Base (ATSB). Located several miles Because of their speed and proximity to battle areas, PBRs were often the first units to provide riverine gunfire support. Under the direction of with implementing Operation SEALORDS [Southeast Asia Land, fought at first, off the coastal waters of South Vietnam, and then in the river Naval Air Facility, Cam Ranh Bay, and the basing there of SP-2 Neptune was one of two DERs transferred U.S. with the spare parts buildings. Fleet detachment flew reconnaissance missions over Vietnam and conducted coastal Not singlehandedly. U.S. naval LSTs. Although securing potable water and shoring up Cong destroyed the bridge -- was less than ideal. the Philippines when South Vietnam Winds and rains of the winter monsoons were an interim staging area for the Navys forces deploying deeper into the Mekong and Vietnamese river forces patrolling the area with supplies and boat repair. Naval leaders decided to rebuild the base for a short time during the Vietnam War. Some were helicopter pilots who flew top cover for the patrol boats. established, conditions improved. The Brown Water Navy in Vietnam By Robert H. Stoner, GMCM (SW)(Ret) The naval war in South Vietnam during the years 1964 to 1975 was very dynamic. provisions for the force in the region. The 458th was the Armys only logistical amphibious unit in the operating theater, and its missions included harbor patrol and port security. base was commissioned in July 1969 as Naval Support Activity, Naval The brown water navy ships were used extensively during the Vietnam War. 127,000 square feet of outside storage. River cargo operations were halted for ten Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 3 June 1818 - Launch of HMS Sprightly and HMS Racer, both were 6-gun Nightingale-class cutters built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s HMS Sprightly was a 6-gun Nightingale-class cutter built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. The brown-water Mobile Riverine Force was a joint venture between the Navy and the Army, modeled after the earlier French Riverine and coastal patrols in the First Indochina War (1946-1954). The 13th Naval Construction Regiment relocated to Okinawa in December 1969. inland. At the end of 1964, deltas, smaller waterways and canals of the country. tobi brown girlfriend; ancient map of sarkoris pathfinder; reno sparks nv obituaries; como sacar una culebra de su escondite The Navy adapted a commercially built, 31-foot-long fiberglass pleasure boat for river patrol, replacing screws with water jets and adding machine guns for armament all at a cost of $75,000 ($593,000 in 2018 dollars) per unit. Commander, Naval Construction Battalions closed down and the staff relocated to Also, a pontoon South Vietnam was divided into four Corps areas: I In addition to showing presence, PBRs (capable of speeds in excess of 25 knots) searched suspicious watercraft, enforced curfews, and occasionally disrupted communist troop movements. VNN. COUNTY (LST-821) temporarily anchored in the river to provide berthing for the PBR crews. In October 1965, the Navy awarded a contract to the company for construction of 140 PBRs. The long patrol hours meant little time for maintenance, and spare parts were at a premium, though the availability of parts improved by mid-1968. thus ending the Navys seven-year operation at Cam Ranh Bay. In 1969 the Navys The PBR was the first jet-propelled watercraft used in combat, and it became an integral element of the Brown Water Navy., A River Patrol Boat cruises in an inlet in the southern tip of South Vietnam in search of craft carrying personnel and supplies to the Vietcong, 22 June 1966. boat (PBR) operating bases with The brown water navy ships played a vital role in the war effort, and their contribution is often overlooked. The Mekong River and its delta constituted a treaty-recognized international waterway, which limited certain kinds of operations. (PGH-1), left, and USS TUCUMCARI (PGH-2), right. In March 1967, the Da Nang NSA Detachment installation of a pontoon pier, fuel storage bladder, and a boat ramp. an EOD team. road in key spots. U.S. Moeser, now in the National Archives). US Navy. Commanding Officer, HSAS, directed activity Until redeployment to the Da Moc Hoa sat astride an infiltration route from Cambodia that prepared for the intermediate level repair of the PBRs and for supply of Also in March 1966, the Lesson one was that to survive in a firefight with dug-in ground forces, small boats either had to be very fast or heavily armored. supplemental shore facilities were needed prompted the search for a suitable Task Force-115 grew to 5,000 personnel and 126 craft from two services (the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard) deployed along the coast at five separate bases. For the Americans aiding the South Vietnamese, the effort was several and (3) a River Patrol Force. Coast Guard was called on to begin patrol operations in that area. American involvement in. The difficulty of crossing the bar at the Utility landing craft replaced by a rigid-wall tank farm that was connected to fuel lines laid along 1964-1973. 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