Uss Colleton (Apb 36)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The USS Colleton (APB-36), was a Benewah-class barracks ship. Colleton's keel was laid on 9 June 1945, launched on 30 July 1945 and delivered on 27 September 1946. She was berthed at Boston, Massachusetts in the custody of the United States Maritime Commission. After extensive conversion, which included a helicopter landing pad, she was commissioned 28 January 1967 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, with Lieutenant Commander F. R. Banbury in command. The Colleton arrived in Vung Tau, Vietnam for duties in the Mekong Delta under Commander River Assault Flotilla One (TF117). Elements of River Assault Squadron Eleven, and the US Army's 4 Battalion, 47th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, of 9th Infantry Division embarked at the end of May 1967. During the remainder of the year, operations began taking the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) further west in the Mekong Delta towards Cambodia, creating longer and delayed aeromedical evacuation support for the assault craft and embarked US Army units of the MRF.