Description This Campaign period was from 1 July to 30 November 1971. Confident of the coastal patrol's effectiveness, Commander Coastal Surveillance Force began early the Vietnamization of the Market Time effort. The ACTOV program of the Navy and the SCATTOR (Small Craft Assets, Training, and Turnover of Resources) plan of the Coast Guard entailed the phased transition of the Vietnamese Navy into complete control of the inshore barrier, then the high seas surface patrol, and finally a coastal radar network intended to replace the American air surveillance effort. Throughout 1971, the American naval command transferred seagoing ships, harbor control and mine craft, and logistic support craft of many types, including Coast Guard cutters Yakutat (WHEC 380), Bering Strait (WHEC 382), Castle Rock (WHEC 383), and Cook Inlet (WHEC 384), each equipped with 5-inch guns; radar escort picket Camp (DER 251); Garrett County, reconfigured as a small craft tender; and refrigerated storage craft YFR 889.
Despite the natural complications of a turnover process, the combined coastal patrol continued to perform successfully in 1971. Of the 11 Communist ships detected attempting infiltration during the year, only one delivered its cargo to the Viet Cong in An Xuyen Province, the usual destination of the trawlers. Another nine ships fled after being sighted by the allied patrol. The remaining vessel was tracked and sunk in coastal waters on 8 April through the coordinated effort of Coast Guard cutters Morgenthau (WHEC 722) and Rush (WHEC 723), the U.S. Navy's gunboat Antelope (PG 86) and air patrol units, and the Vietnamese Navy's motor gunboat Kien Vang (PGM 603).
An efficient logistic establishment was as important as a ready combat force to the future performance of the Vietnamese Navy. Soon after the turnover of combatant craft got underway, the U.S. Navy prepared its support establishment for eventual transfer to the allied naval service. Under ACTOVLOG (Accelerated Turnover to the Vietnamese, Logistics), Admiral Zumwalt oversaw not only the turnover of U.S. installations, but also the expansion of the Vietnamese base, transportation, maintenance and repair, supply, and personnel housing infrastructures to accommodate the planned doubling in size of the navy. The Americans modernized existing facilities and constructed new bases, coastal radar sites, and housing for Vietnamese sailors and their families.
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Personal Memories
People You Remember USS DeHaven DD-727, Capt. Franz
Memories The following are the dates that DeHaven is credited for service within the Combat Zone: 2 Apr to 6 Apr 68 VI 24 Apr to 13 May 68 VII 26 Jun to 8 Jul 68 VII,VIII
Major battles of the Vietnam War 1967-1971:
Battle of Kham Duc - May 10 - May 12, 1968 First Battle of Saigon - January 31, - February 3, 1968 Battle of Hue - January 31, - February 25, 1968 Tet 1969 - February 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill - May 10 - May 20, 1969 Firebase Ripcord - March 12 - July 23, 1970 Cambodian Incursion - April 29 - July 22, 1970 Battle of Snoul - January 5 - May 30, 1971
Major military operations of the Vietnam War 1967-1971:
Operation Scotland - See Battle of Khe Sanh Operation Pegasus - August 8, 1968 Operation Dewey Canyon - January 22, 1969 Operation Chicago Peak - April 1970 Operation Texas Star - April - September, 1970 Operation Ivory Coast - November 21, 1970 Operation Jefferson Glenn - 1970-1971 Operation Lam Son 719 - February 8, 1971
