Tregaskis Photographs #1-15
1. Observation Point, DaNang Port Facility, July 1966. Work involved dredging an entrance channel and turning basin to a depth of 39 feet; the bulk of the dredging material was used to fill a 45-acre tidal swamp, thereby creating a staging area for off-loading supplies. A 2,000 sheet piling bulkhead (seawall) was built. Two Jacket-type piers were to be installed. Each pier is 90’ x 600’. These piers were prefabricated at Poro Point, Philippines, by RMK-BRJ and shipped by barge to DaNang. The abutment for a third pier, a mobile DeLong type, was also in the job.
2. View of Observation Point at DaNang Port Facility, after it was complete and fully operational, September 1969. Note the DeLong mobile pier on the left, containerization storage/staging area to the right.
3. Saigon River Port: Note wharf "Quay· l" in the center of the photograph. This 90' X 510' structure, built by RMK-BRJ, was operational on l October 1966.
4. Qui Nhon Harbor. The man-made deep draft facility at the center of photo called for dredging an entrance channel and turning basin and depositing the fill on a Japanese constructed rode breakwater. The fill formed a 30-acre staging area. The T-shaped pier is composed of four joined mobile DeLong units.
5. Tan My Port Facility. This project included 4 LSr ramps, 2 LCU ramps, a barge pier, and a 160,000 SY hardstand.
6. Vung Tau Waterfront. In early 1966, Vung Tau was the waiting point for vessels awaiting availability of deep-draft berthing space upstream at Saigon. The DeLong mobile pier (upper-middle of photo), subsequently built, is a 2-berth linger pier extending from an earth causeway. In the center of the photo, 3 tankers are tied up to a POL pier.
7. Bridge Cargo Facility-DaNang East. Built by the Seabees. Principal construction features are a 1,700' sheet pile bulkhead, 2 LST ramps, and a 300' wooden pier.
8. LST Ramp at Cua Viet. Cua Viet is a location about 6 miles from the DMZ. Urgently needed for military operation, this LST ramp had to be built under extremely hazardous conditions (typhoons and heavy seas), and the prevalence of the Viet Cong who were very active in the area.
9. Tuy Hoa Airfeld during construction, November 1966. The Air Force received special authorization from OSD to build t:he Tuy Hoa Airbase. The facility was built under a "Turnkey" form of contract with Walter Kidde Construction, Inc., at a cost of $52 million
10. DaNang Airfield. Located southwest of DaNang, the second largest city in South Vietnam An existing French-built 7,900' runway was modernized and reconstructed into a 10,000' jet-capable airstrip. A new 10,000' asphaltic-concrete runway was added, with 1,000' concrete touchdown sections at either end, 1,000' over runs, taxiways, and warm-up aprons Other major items were an 80,000 SY aircraft parking apron, a 48,000 SY helicopter parking apron, and ancillary maintenance and support facilities.
11. Tao Son Nhut Airfield. Located at the northern edge of Saigon. This 3,500-acre base was originally built by the French Army. A 10,000' concrete runway with connecting taxiway and warm-up apron were added. Tan Son Nhut was jointly used by commercial airlines and military aircraft of South Vietnam and the United States. At its peak, Tan Son Nhut had more daily takeoffs and landings than any other airfield in the world.
12. Bien Hoa Airfield located about 15 miles northeast of Saigon. Bien Hoa was the only military airfield in Vietnam prior to 1965. A 10,000' concrete runway and taxiway was built by RMK in 1963. A parallel 10,000' concrete runway was added in 1967.
13. Phan Rang Airfield. An interim airfield was constructed by U.S. Army Engineers, including AM-2 1,000' runway and taxiway, and a 71,000 SY parking apron. RMK-BRJ subsequently built a permanent parallel 10,000' concrete runway and taxiway, completed in October 1966, and a 190,000 SY parking apron, completed in March 1967.
14. Binh Thuy Airfield. Located about 100 miles southwest of Saigon. This is a 6,000' asphaltic-concrete runway; it was built in August October 1964.The asphaltic- concrctc parking apron is 165,000 SY.
15. Marble Mountain Air Facility (MMAF)-DaNang. This was a light plane and helicopter airfield. The original runway was 2,000 feet, built of Pierced Steel Plank (PSP). The PSP was subsequently replaced with an asphaltic concrete wearing surface. The parking aprons were of PSP and measured 135,000 and 45,000 SY each.
Published: Mon Jan 30 18:35:36 EST 2017
