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New Compensation Conditions Released by Comp
& Pen January 28, 2010 Compensation and Pension (C & P) Service has
initiated a program to collect data on Vietnam naval operations for the purpose of providing regional offices with information
to assist with development in Haas related disability claims based on herbicide exposure from Navy Veterans. To date, we have received verification from various sources showing that a number of offshore “blue
water” navel vessels conducted operations on the inland “brown water” rivers and delta areas of Vietnam.
We have also identified certain vessel types that operated primarily or exclusively on the inland waterways. The ships
and dates of inland waterway service are listed below. If a Veteran’s
service aboard one of these ships can be confirmed through military records during the time frames specified,
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then exposure to herbicide agents can be presumed without further
development.
All vessels of Inshore
Fire Support (IFS) Division 93 during their entire Vietnam tour:
USS Carronade
(IFS 1)
USS Clarion
River (LSMR 409) [Landing Ship, Medium, Rocket]
USS Francis
River (LSMR 525)
USS White
River (LSMR 536) All vessels with
the designation LST [Landing Ship, Tank] during the entire tour [WWII ships converted to transport supplies on rivers and
serve as barracks for brown water Mobile Riverine Forces]
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All vessels with the designation LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel]
during their entire tour
All vessels with
the designation PCF [Patrol Craft, Fast] during their entire tour [Also called Swift Boats, operating for enemy interdiction
on close coastal waters]
All vessels with
the designation PBR [Patrol Boat, River] during their entire tour [Also called River Patrol Boats as part of the Mobile Riverine
Forces operating on inland waterways and featured in the Vietnam film “Apocalypse Now”]
USS Ingersoll
(DD-652) [Destroyer] [Operated on Saigon River, October 24-25, 1965]
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USS Mansfield (DD-728) [Destroyer] [Operated on Saigon River August 8-19, 1967 and December 21-24, 1968]
USS Richard
E. Krauss (DD-849) [Destroyer] [Operated on coastal inlet north of Da
Nang, June 2-5, 1966, protecting Marines holding a bridge]
USS Basilone
(DD-824) [Destroyer] [Operated on Saigon River, May 24-25, 1966]
USS Hamner (DD-718) [Destroyer] [Operated on Song Lon Tao and Long Song Tao Rivers, August 15 – September 1,
1966]
USS Conway
(DD-507) [Destroyer] [Operated on Saigon River, early August 1966]
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USS Fiske (DD-842) [Destroyer] Operated on Mekong River, June 16-21, 1966]
USS Black
(DD-666) [Destroyer] [Operated on Saigon River, July 13-19, 1966]
USS Providence
(CLG-6) [Cruiser, Light, Guided Missile] [Operated on Saigon River 3
days during January 1964]
USS Manhan
(DLG-11) [Guided Missile Frigate] [Operated on Saigon River October 24-28,
1964]
USS Okanogan
(APA-220) [Attack Transport][Operated on Saigon River July22-23, 29-30,
1968 and August 5-6, 1968]
USS Niagara
Falls (AFS-3) [Combat Stores Ship][Uploaded supplies on Saigon River
and Cam Rahn Bay, April 22-25, 1968]
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