U.S. NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION ELEVEN

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1 Arcblves copy. U.S. NAVAL MOBLE CONSTRUCTON BATTALON ELEVEN JULY DECEMBER 1969 CAMP HANES, RVN CAMP KNSER, OKNAWA GUAM 1 MARANAS SLANDS l

2 U. S. NAVAL MOBLE CONSTRUCTON BATTALON ELEVEN Fleet Post Office San Francisco, California NMCBll: 30: 5213 Ser Dec 1969 From: To: Subj: Ref: Conrrnanding Officer, U. S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ELEVEN Connnander, Naval Construction Battalions, U. S. Pacific Fleet USN MCB ELEVEN Deployment Completion Report (a) COMCBPAC NST 5213.lE ( b) COMCBPAC OP ORD 0-69 (c) COMCBPAC Ltr Ser 31B-039 (d) COMCBPAC Ltr Ser 3 lb-044 (e) COMCBPAC MSG Z AUG 69 ; ' - - "' ; ii, \.: i:: : ),,i 1,.'!,' l i i., ' t Encl: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) ( 6) (7) (8) (9) (10) _ (11) (12) Administrative Sununary Equipment Sununary Training Summary Labor Distribution Summary Construction Jtem Completion Reports Functional Component Reports Progress and Performance Chart General Construction nformation Lessoris Learned Phographs Civic Action Summary Detail Echo Completio Report 1. Enclosures (1) through (12) are forwarded in accordance with reference (a). 2. Unit Location. n accordance with references (b) through (e), U. S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ELEVEN was deployed Camp Haines, Camp Evans, Republic of Vietnam with details deployed as indicated in enclosure (l 3. Unit Movements. 16 APR JUN 69 Predeployment party departed Port Hueneme for predeployment visits Hawaii, Okinawa and Camp Evan; RVN. Main Body Advance Party and Echo Detail.Advance Party departed Port Hueneme for Camp Haines, RVN and Okinawa respectively. 26 JUN JUL 69 Main Body departed Port Hueneme for Camp Evans, R,VN via MAC contract flights (3 passenger, 1 cargo). 1

3 28 JUN JUN JUL JUL JUL JUL JUL AUG SEP SEP OCT OCT OCT OCT OCT OCT NOV NOV NOV NOV 69 NMCB ELEVEN relieved NMCB TEN at Camp Haines, Camp RVN. Echo Detail Main Body departed Port Hueneme for MAC contract f l ight... Detail Nancy departed Camp Haines for LZ Nancy and Sally departd Camp Haines for LZ Sally carry out struction of National Route QL-1. Seabee Teams 1113 and 1114 departed Port Hueneme for M.. carry out construction assignment-s in TTP. Detail Oscar departed Camp Haines for Song Bo railroai;t_ bridge reconstruct the rail;road_ bridge partially d stroyed by enemy saboteurs. De tail Golf departed Camp Haines for Saigon three Vie tnamese Marine Corps Artillery Bases. Detail Sally returned Camp Haines. 'Jl".l :i:: Detail Golf returned Camp Haines. 0 t' Detail Zulu departed Cap Haines for secondary bridge : SB # 1 const ruct a 340 ' class 30 timber bridge. Echo Detail deployed from Okinawa Guam. Detail Foxtrot returned Camp Haines. Detai l Nancy returned Camp Haines. Detail Yankee departed Camp Haines for Dong Ha 250 man galley. Detail Papa departed Camp Haines for s e condary bridge SB #2 construct a 400' class 30 timber bridge. Detail Oscar returned Camp Haines. Main Body Advance Party departed Camp Haines for Port Hueneme, California. Detail Yankee returned Camp Haines. Details.Zul u and Papa retur ned Camp Haies. Main Body departed Camp Haines and arrived Port California. 2

4 io NOV h<j 15 DEC DEC 69 Main Body Delay Party departed Camp Haines and arrived at Por t llueneme, California. Echo Detail departed Guam and arrived Port Hueneme, Calif. 4. Significant Events 23 JUN JUN JUL JUL AUG AUG AUG AUG AUG SEP SEP SEP SEP SEP 6.9 NMCB ELEVEN/NMCB TEN BEEP completed. CDR. w. K. Hartell, Command ing Officer, U. S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ELEVEN assumed command of Camp Haines. CDR J. L. GODSEY, CEC, USN, relieved CDR. W. K. HARTELL-, CEC, USN, as Commanding Officer of U. S. Naval Mobile Construction Battali on ELEVEN at 1000, 28 July 1969 on board Camp H.aines. Bridge B-1-lSA (YD610312), a 240 ' c l ass 60 timber bridge, destroyed by fire. At 0130 Detail Nancy personnel at LZ Nancy voluntarily assisted in extinguishing an ammunition fire. CMl. TOGNAZZN was killed and three other NMC B ELEVEN personnel were wounded in an ammunition explosion resulting from the fire. NMCB ELEVEN Commanding Officer, Operations Officer, Battalion Master Chief and Color Guard participated in change of command ceremonies at THRTY-SECOND Naval Construction Regimen t. NMCB ELEVEN with assistance from NMCB ONE completed recon struction of Bridge B-1-lSA , Camp.Haines in Condition Red. Camp Haines p ri meter security killed one Viet Cong who had penetrated perimeter defenses. LGDR G LMORE, CBPAC 20, and Major URBAN, 31NCR, on board for management information visit. High winds and heavy rains experienced at Camp Haines due c l ose proximity of Typhoon Doris. CBPAC "A" Company M.. V. Team on board. Battalion celebrated its sixteenth birthday. 3

5 01 OCT OCT OCT OCT OCT OCT NOV NOV NOV NOV DEC S inches oe raih fell on Camp Evans area causig b flooding and potential damage timber bridges. To Pf vent damage, NMCB ELEVEN personnel worked continuously clear debris piling up on upstream side of bridges. At awards ceremony held on QL-1 near Quang Tri City; 8 NMCB ELEVEN personnel were presented Vietnamese awards : work performed during the construction of National Rot QL-1., NMCB ELEVEN received official word that the be decommissioned on 20 December RADM ENGER, COMNAVFACENGCOM on board Camp Haines ing on Battalion operations. Awards ceremony held at Song Bo Railroad Bridge. Sixte. NMCB ELEVEN personnel were presented Vietnamese awards : work performed during reconstruction of the Song Bo Ra road Bridge..;;. Village chiefs of Quang Dien district hed a sma l l bariq for the crew that constructed secondary bridge SB if(.{" presented the members of the crew with gifts. < Awards ceremony held at Secondary Bridge # 1. Col. Province Chief, presented Vietnamese awards twenty-... NMCB ELEVEN personnel.for work performed during constr tion of secondar y brides. Admiral DLLON, Connnodore WASHBURN, Captain FSHER, Captain LALOR on board. Camp Haines for awards ceremony... Admiral DLLON delivered a farewell address NMCB ELE and presented awards tu NMCB ELEVEN personnel. Screaming Eagle Recruit Training School (SERTS) command of Camp Haines. NMCB THREE Detail r e lieved NMCB ELEYEN Echo Detail at Guam, M.. :J 5. Ma jor Problems. None. 4