| The Navy established an Advanced Tactical Support Base at this site on South
Vietnam’s Vam Co Tay River for a short time during the Vietnam War. Initially, naval
leaders planned to support anti-infiltration river patrols on the river northwest of
Saigon from a repair, berthing, and messing barge stationed at Tan An. However when the
vessel was deployed to another location down river, the shore facilities proved inadequate
to support the river patrol boat (PBR) unit based there. As a result, in March 1969 the
naval force reestablished its base of operations on Mobile Support Base II, which
consisted on connected pontoons moored in the river.. ABM |