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Transfer of Naval Bases to South Vietnamese

December 1, 1970

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Sailors from the South Vietnamese Navy Coastal Group 16 cruise on a river near their base in Quang Ngai Province in I Corps, December 1971. (National Archives)

As part of the U.S. Navy’s and Coast Guard’s Vietnamization programs, Naval Forces Vietnam completes the three-month transfer of naval facilities at Phu Cuong, Long Binh, Kien An, Chau Doc, Tan Chau, and Ha Tien to Vietnamese navy control.1

Edward J. Marolda, By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the War in Southeast Asia (Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1994), 318; Ralph Christopher, Duty, Honor, Sacrifice: Brown Water Sailors and Army River Raiders (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2007), 408