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I always weigh the base components and keep records so that I can plan the right size of cane for a project.
NON-NUCLEAR COMPONENT STORES BUILDING 60 –
The function of the non-nuclear component stores was to hold the high explosive part of the bomb and its outer casing. The casing could probably be split into two units, the tail and forward part containing the high explosive and electronics. The bombs, minus their fissile components, were housed in three almost identical stores buildings 59-61, known as Storage Building Type 'D-D'. These are arranged in an arrowhead pattern, and are accessed from the internal loop road, and are all surrounded by 14ft 6in high earth traverses, revetted by a reinforced concrete retaining wall against the roadway.
The western store, building 59 was gutted by a fire during the 1980's and has subsequently been demolished. Its floor plan remains visible on the remaining concrete floor slab. The two remaining stores, buildings 60 and 61 are rectangular in plan, and are constructed from reinforced concrete columns and beams. Internally there are two rows of columns, 13in², which support the roof beams, 2ft by 9in, which carry the 9in thick reinforced concrete roof slab which is covered with bituminous felt. The rainwater gutters and down pipes are cast asbestos.
The wall sections are filled with 18in by 9in by 9in precast concrete blocks, internally the main storage area measures 190ft 2½in by 60ft. It is divided longitudinally into eleven 17ft by 3ft bays and cross ways into three bays the outer bays measure 17ft 6in and the central bay is 25ft wide. The maximum clear internal height was 12ft from the floor to the underside of the roof beams. The floor is surfaced with a hard gritless asphalt with the patent name 'Ironite'. The walls are painted pale green colour and the ceiling cream. in store building 61 the bay letters 0, N, M, and L are visible on the rear columns on the eastern side, suggesting the store was divided into 22 bays along the outer walls.
Abutting on to the front of the stores, and flanking the entrances, are plant and switch rooms, which originally contained heating and air conditioning plant to maintain a stable environment within the stores. A raised air extract duct is placed asymmetrically on the roofs of the stores. Entry into the stores is through a 10ft wide door opening with 12ft high doors. In the rear wall of the stores is a single door width, outward opening emergency exit. The first nuclear weapon the store was designed to hold was relatively large, a ''Blue Danube'' bomb measured 24ft in length and weighed 10,000lbs.
The problems of handling such large objects are reflected in the provision of substantial lifting gantries at the entrance to each store. Two variants are found, the simplest, exemplified by the middle store building 60 comprises a straight gantry. Over the roadway the gantry is supported by four 24in by 18in reinforced concrete columns, which support two 51in by 24in reinforced concrete beams. The upper beams of the gantry taper towards the entrance to the store where they are suppurted by two reinforced concrete columns. On the underside of the gantry is attached a 20in by 6½in rolled steel joist runway beam which runs to the entrance to the building. This was originally fitted with a 10 ton hoist. The gantry is covered by asbestos sheeting to provide a dry working area.
On the eastern and western stores the gantries were set at 30° to the front of the stores. In this variant an extra set of columns was placed at the 30° dogleg. Internally there is no evidence for a runway beam, so it presumed the bombs were lifted off a road transporter and loaded onto a bomb trolley for storage. It is not known how many bombs were kept in each store, or if the tail units were separated from the front part of the bomb for storage. Subsequent to the site being relinquished by the RAF a central corridor has been created in the stores by the insertion of breeze block walls. Doors in these walls give access to workshops along either side of the buildings. External windows have also been inserted in some of the bays.
Information sourced from English Heritage.
Utilizing Dynamo and Adaptive Components, we created a custom handrail tool spanning five floors of a new open stair in an office building. Sometimes we need to work around the design limitations of Revit and create our own set of tools through computer programming.
Governor-General Paul Doumer's “1898 Programme” comprised six major components:
(i) Hà Nội-Saigon – the future “Transindochinois,” with provision for two future branch lines – one leading off from Tourcham (Phan Rang) to connect with the future administrative capital at the hill station of Đà Lạt; and the other commencing at Tân Ấp which would eventually make possible an alternative “Interior Route” via Thakhek, Savannakhet and Kratie;
(ii) Hải Phòng-Yunnan-fu – a line of exploitation into China, which would connect with the “Transindochinois” in Hà Nội;
(iii) Saigon-Phnom Penh-Mongkolborey – the beginnings of a junction between Indochina railways and the line through Siam and Malaya to Singapore;
(iv) Mỹ Tho-Cần Thơ – an extension of the existing Saigon-Mytho line into the Mekong Delta;
(v) Quảng Trị province-Savannakhet (Laos) – connecting the coast of Annam with the Mekong River;
(vi) Quy Nhơn-Kon Tum – connecting the coast of southern Annam with the Central Highlands.
Of these components, the Saigon-Phnom Penh line, the Mỹ Tho-Cần Thơ extension, the Quảng Trị province-Savannakhet line and the Quy Nhơn-Kon Tum line would not be realised. One additional line not envisaged in the “1898 Programme” – the Bến Đồng Sổ-Lọc Ninh rubber plantation line – would be added in the 1920s.
Here are the components of the Centrex unit. It is on a rotating hinge that locks in the horizontal position when in use, but will flip up and out of the way for changing shaper tooling and other setup chores.
It is possible to remove the safety shield and pressure foot that are mounted on a hex-shaped bar, and replace this with the pressure foot system with a new bracket designed specifically for this purpose.
Precision machined component manufactured on a high precision swiss-style turning center at Melitron, Guelph, ON, Canada
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A very small section of "Takpekpe (Conference)", by El Anatsui. I love this guy's work; he takes small bits of metal from bottle tops and other trash and makes them into these HUGE, blobby, net-like, sculptural wall hangings.
Reloading gear, photographed in Pretoria, South Africa on 2018-08-11 (with some additional shots on 2018-08-17)
A. RELOADING GEAR
01. RCBS Universal Primer Arm Components (09500)
02. RCBS Bullet Sizer Die (8221 - 356)
03. RCBS Shell Holder (09216 No. 16)
04. RCBS Shell Holder (09206 No. 6)
05. RCBS Spanner
06. Assorted Components/Attachments for Lube Sizer Press, Berdan Deprimer, Powder Measure, Shell Holders
07. Star Super-B Lanyard Ring (not for sale)
08. Book - Lyman Reloading Handbook
09. Brochures - various, that came with Lee and RCBS gear
10. Lyman Model 1000 Scale - new, in-box; never used
11. RCBS Rock Chucker Press, with Universal Primer Arm - used and in good working order
12. RCBS Lead Dipper / Pouring Ladle - used
13. RCBS Powder Trickler - used
14. RCBS Case Lube Pad - used
15. RCBS Primer Tray - used
16. RCBS Primer Tubes x 2 for use with Universal Primer Arm
17. RCBS Case Neck Brush .22 Calibre - new, in-box; never used
18. RCBS Case Neck Brush Handle and brush (calibre unknown) - used
19. Primer Pocket Uniformer (Deburring Tool) - used
20. Lyman/RCBS Cast Iron Bullet Mould & Handles - .357 Magnum (357446)
21. Lyman Cast Iron Bullet Mould & Handles - possibly 9mm Parabellum 120gr Semi-Wad-Cutter
22. Lyman Cast Iron Bullet Mould - blocks only (to be confirmed whether box is empty or not)
23. RCBS 3 Die Set (18905) - .45 ACP - new, in-box; never used
24. RCBS 3 Die Set (18306) - .38 Special SWC with case holder
25. RCBS 3 Die Set (20504) - 9mm Parabellum with case holder
26. Bonanza 3 Die Set - 9mm Parabellum - new, in-box; never used
27. Bonanza 3 Die Set (15009901) - .38 Special and .357 Magnum - new, in-box; never used
28. Lyman Cast Iron Bullet Mould - blocks only - 9mm Parabellum 120gr Conical (Bullet Number 356402)
29. RCBS/Lyman(?) Aluminium Powder Funnel - used
30. Custom Made (CSIR) Berdan Depriming Tool - used in press, with water and a rubber mallet
31. Lyman 450 Lube Sizer Press - for sizing & lubricating lead bullets - used
32. RCBS Used Primer Catcher Assembly - for use with Rock Chucker Press - used
33. RCBS Uniflow Powder Measure - used
34. Redding SuperCharger Powder Measuring Kit - new, in-box; never used
a. Redding Powder Trickler No 5
b. Redding Plastic primer Tray (Red)
c. Redding Model 3 (?) Powder Measure
d. Redding #2 Master Balance Beam Mechanical Powder Scale 505 Grain Capacity
e. Redding RS-6 Powder Measure Bench Stand
35. Hoppes No 9 Powder Solvent - used; in box (not for sale)
36. Bonanza Case Sizing Lubricant - 1x bottle unused
37. RCBS Resizing Lubricant for Case Sizing and Forming - 1 x tube
38. Bonanza Shell Holder 3 - new, in-packaging; never used
39. Bonanza Shell Holder 9mm Parabellum - new, in-packaging; never used
40. RCBS 09216 Shell Holder 9m Parabellum - new, in-packaging; never used
41. Bonanza Model "68" Reloading Press with Instructions - new, in a box; almost never used
B. SHELLS / CASES
01. 9mm Parabellum Spent Cases - Berdan Primer (Many 100s)
02. 9mm Parabellum Spent Cases - Boxer Primer (Many 100s)
03. .38 Special Spent Cases - Assorted (inc. PMP) - circa 100 in bottles
04. Sako 9mm Parabellum - New Cases - Primed - 100
05. Hirtenberg 38 Special - New Cases - Unprimed - 150
06. Lapua 38 Special - New Cases - Unprimed? - 50
07. .455 Webley Revolver - New Cases - Primed - 50
08. .38 Special Spent Norma Cases - circa 75
09. 9mm Parabellum Spent Cases - PMP Berdan Primer - circa-50
10. 9mm Parabellum Spent Cases - Berdan Primer - Deprimed (Circa-250)
11. 9mm Parabellum Spent Cases - Boxer Primer - Deprimed (Circa-250)
12. Winchester Western .45 ACP - New Boxer Cases - Unprimed - circa-50
13. .38 Special Spent Cases - circa 150 in trays
C. POWDER & PRIMERS
01. 100 x Vihtavuori Small Pistol Primers No 42 (16 Packs)
02. 100 x CCI Small Pistol Primers No 500 (4 Packs)
03. 100 x CCI Small Rifle Primers No 400 (2 Packs)
04. Unbranded Berdan Primers - circa 150
05. 100 x Hirtenberg Boxer Primers 4.45mm (2 Packs)
06. Musgrave MP2 Power 500g - opened
07. 2500 x Vihtavuori Kemira Berdan Pistol Primers No 6 (4.5mm)
08. 100 x Hirtenberg Boxer Primers 5.33mm (2 Packs)
09. Musgrave MP2 Power 500g - opened
10. 100 x Hirtenberg Boxer Primers 5.33mm (1 Pack)
11. 100 x CCI Small Pistol Primers No 500 (1 Pack)
D. AMMUNITION
01. 9mm Parabellum 1979-09-15 (5.3g MP2) - 25 rounds
02. 9mm Parabellum Full Metal Jacket (7.5g) - 25 rounds
03. 7.62 x 51mm Full Metal Jacket (PMP) - 100 rounds
04. 7.62 x 51mm Full Metal Jacket (Spanish) - 20 rounds
05. Sako .357 Magnum - 158gr Lead - 50 rounds (to be opened to confirm)
06. .38 Special 150gr Semi-Wad-Cutter (4.0g MS2) - circa 30 rounds
07. .357 Magnum 1977-06-20 150gr Keith Semi-Wad-Cutter (7.51g MS2) - circa-68 rounds
08. Kynoch 7.9 or 8mm Mauser Cartridges 227gr Soft-Nose Bullets - 10 rounds in box
09. .38 Special - Possibly with 120gr Conicals Upside-Down to Create Wad-Cutters - 11 rounds
E. CAST LEAD BULLETS
01. Lead Bullets - 9mm Parabellum Wad-Cutters - 24
02. Lead Bullets - .38 Sp / .357 Mag 150gr Keith Semi-Wad-Cutters (91 Lead : 5 Tin : 4 Antimony) - circa-470
03. Easi-Load Lead Bullets - .45 ACP 225gr Round Ball - 50
04. Easi-Load Lead Bullets - .357 Magnum - 150gr Semi-Wad-Cutters - 50
05. Easi-Load Lead Bullets - 9mm Parabellum - 115gr Conical - 50
06. Lead Bullets - 9mm 120gr? Conical - 35
07. Lead Bullets - .455 Webley - circa-35
08. Lead Bullets - 9mm Parabellum - Conical 120gr? - circa-200
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SMD: Surface Mount Electronic Components for SMT: SMD or Surface Mount Electronic Components for SMT are no different from through-hole components as far as the electrical function is concerned. Because they are smaller, however, the SMCs (surface mount components) provide better electrical performance.
Below I discuss in detail all the SMD components:
Passive Surface Mount Components:
1. Surface Mount Discrete Resistors
2. Surface Mount Resistor Networks
3. Ceramic Capacitors for SMT
4. Surface Mount Tantalum Capacitors
5. Tubular Passive Components for SMT
SMD Active Components for SMT:
1. Leadless Ceramic Chip Carriers (LCCC)
2. Ceramic Leaded Chip Carriers (CLCC) (Preleaded and Postleaded)
SMD Active Components for SMT (Plastic Packages):
1. Small Outline Transistors (SOT)
2. Small Outline Integrated Circuit (SOIC and SOP)
3. Plastic Leaded Chip Carriers (PLCC)
4. Small Outline J Packages (SOJ)
5. Fine Pitch SMD Packages (QFP, SQFP)
Ball Grid Array (BGA):
1. PGA (pin grid array)
2. CBGA (Ceramic Ball Grid Array)
3. CCGA (Ceramic Column Grid Array)
El Gobierno del Estado a través de la Coordinación Estatal de Protección Civil (CEPCO), dio a conocer que de acuerdo con el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de la Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA), para este lunes el sistema de alta presión que se extiende sobre el Golfo de México continuará favoreciendo vientos de componente Este y Sureste sobre Chiapas y Tabasco, con velocidades entre los 15 y 30 kilómetros por hora.
Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., 1 de abril de 2016
Humans have 4 components of blood as white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets and blood plasma. Learn how they help in human functions.
6.novembrī Ādažos notika mācību „Steadfast Jazz” viesu un preses diena, kuru apmeklēja NATO ģenerālsekretārs Anderss Fogs Rasmusens, kā arī Latvijas prezidents Andris Bērziņš, Lietuvas prezidente Daļa Grībauskaite un Igaunijas prezidents Tomass Hendriks Ilvess.
Mācības, kurās piedalās teju visas NATO dalībvalstis, kā arī partnervalstis - Somija, Zviedrija un Ukraina - norisinās Baltijas valstīs un Polijā. Latvija, kurā atrodas NATO Reaģēšanas spēku vadības štābs, būs galvenā komandvadības mācību norises vieta, savukārt Polijā norisināsies lauka vingrinājums. Ādažu bāzē ieradušies apmēram 400 karavīru no Apvienoto spēku pavēlniecības Brunsumā.
Foto: Gatis Dieziņš, Normunds Mežiņš, RJC
On November 6 NATO Secretary General Anderss Fog Rasmussen, President of Latvia Andris Berzins, President of Lithuania Dala Gribauskaite and President of Estonia Tomas Hedrik Ilves visited the exercise "Steadfast Jazz 2013" in Adazi, Latvia.
Exercise Steadfast Jazz 2013 is taking place from 1-9 November in a number of Alliance nations including the Baltic States and Poland. The purpose of the exercise is to train and test the NATO Response Force, a highly ready and technologically advanced multinational force made up of land, air, maritime and special forces components that the Alliance can deploy quickly wherever needed. The Steadfast series of exercises are part of NATO’s efforts to maintain connected and interoperable forces at a high-level of readiness.
Photo: Gatis Diezins, Normunds Mezins, RYC
Milkweed plants are a critical component of the lifecycles of a myriad of insects.
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Less than one year from releasing a hand raised Monarch Butterfly, named "Hope," the species is now on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Endangered species. This series is to bring attention to Danaus plexippus plexippus.
www.iucn.org/press-release/202207/migratory-monarch-butte...
yes, trip to maplins this lunchtime, back with a boatload of electronics bits and bobs for my basic foray into physical computing.
beyond that, i also cannibalised an old logitech USB controller to get at its two analog joysticks and the shoulder buttons.
New components for installation on the Wells Street Bridge await installation on a river barge. Many elements you see here are railroad components and the structure that will support it and CTA trains come Monday, May 6.
Our onsite production facility keeps rolling until we have enough to keep us busy for a day, or until it stops raining!
Lovebytes 2012 - Digital Spring.
Spawning Ground: A multichannel sound installation by Jana Winderen
Saturday 24 March 11am - 4pm
Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, Sheffield. S1 2JD MAP
Set in one of Sheffield's hidden architectural gems, this sound installation explores the acoustic activity of subaquatic environments. These soundscapes, evolved from the beginning of time, are essential components of life for the creatures inhabiting them.
Using an immersive 8.1 speaker system, Spawning Ground presents sound recordings from rivers in Greenland and Russia, the Coquet river in Northumberland, Göta elv in Sweden, and the river Ping in Thailand. Discover the unusual sounds of Cod, Haddock and Pollock as they are recorded in Norwegian fjords protecting their habitats.
Curated by Mark Fell and Mat Steel.
Jana Winderen is one of the world's foremost field recording artists. She will be talking about her work in the Upper Chapel at 3pm 24 March. ADMISSION IS FREE.
Jana Winderen is an artist, educated in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London, and with a background in mathematics and chemistry from the University in Oslo. Since 1993, she has worked as an artist, curator and producer. She currently lives and works in Oslo.
Jana Winderen researches hidden depths with the latest technology. Her work reveals the complexity and strangeness of the unseen world beneath. The audio topography of the oceans and the depth of ice crevasses is brought to the surface. She is concerned with finding sound from hidden sources, like blind field recording.
Artist Statement:
"I like the immateriality of a sound work, and the openness it can have for both associative and direct experience and sensory perception. I have been occupied with finding sounds from unseen sources of sound, like blind field recordings. Over the last seven years, I have collected recordings made by hydrophones, from rivers, shores and the ocean in Asia, Europe and America, from glaciers in Greenland, Iceland and Norway. In the depths of the oceans there are invisible but audible soundscapes about which we are largely ignorant, even if the oceans cover 70% of our planet. I am also experimenting with different types of microphones to collect sounds which are not obviously recognisable, but give room for broader, more imaginative readings or sounds that are unreachable for the human senses. I use these sounds as source material for composition in a live environment or to create installations, currently also for film, radio, CD, MC and vinyl productions."
Lovebytes 2012 - Digital Spring
A Festival of Art, Science and Technology
22-24 March
Sheffield UK
PictionID:44025640 - Title:Atlas Component - Catalog:14_009111 - Filename:14_009111.TIF - - - - - Image from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
The Building and Operation of Newport Terminal
During early 1967, ships were anchored up to 45 days or longer waiting to be assigned berths (Command History, 1967, Vol. II). Demurrage costs ranged from $3,000 to $7,000 per day. By the end of 1967, ten ports would be handling cargo thus reducing ship berth time from 20.4 days to 2.4 days (Heiser, 1974). There was also a shortage of tugboats to handle vessels, barges and miscellaneous duties, but with the building of Newport, the Saigon command port crisis would be essentially over by late spring of 1967.
Newport is located on the Saigon River three or four miles north of the Saigon port and just south of the main bridge for highway 1A which had direct route to Bien Hoa air base and Long Binh field depot and the main ammunition depot. The primary purpose of Newport was to take over the handling of all U.S. military cargo that was presently being handled at the Saigon port. Newport would become part of the Saigon area port complex. The components of this complex included Saigon port, Vung Tau where ships lined up and waited for pilots to take them up the river to Newport, Camp Davis which was up river for military housing and the Cat Lai complex located seven miles south east of Saigon. The complex handled over sixty percent of ammunition entering Vietnam (Biggs, King, Criner, 1994). That included several different barge locations for the loading and unloading of ammunition from ships in stream, but of these several barge locations, only two were used exclusively for ammunition and they were located at Buu Long and Cogido. Therefore, the above mentioned would all be handled and operated as a single command.
Construction of Newport started in 1966 and took fifteen months to complete, costing the United States at least $50 million dollars (Forken 1967). The facility was constructed by RMK - BRJ (Raymond International, Morrison - Knudson International, Brown & Root and J. A. Jones) on an area of approximately one hundred acres of land that had once been part rice-paddy and a swampy, mangrove-covered area, which at high tide was covered by water (Diary of A Contract 1967). Therefore, great quantities of rock and sand were brought in by barge and truck for fill (Dunn 1972). According to Richard Tregaskis, author of Southeast Asia: Building the Bases, to form the shallow-draft section of the port, 1,144 piles were driven. Some 500 of these piles averaged 135 feet deep. Newport is constructed from two million cubic yards of fill, of which about 3,000 cubic meters of this was delivered by sampans. 18,000 cubic yards of concrete was required for the staging deck, 4,050 steel piles, for a combined length of 107 miles and 35 miles of structural steel. There would be four deep draft berths with a combined length of 2,400 feet, the eight transit sheds have a total floor space of 192,000 square feet (Tregaskis, 1975). One of these berths would be able to handle roll-on and roll-off ships. Another draft would be able to handle container ships plus facilities to include two ramps for landing LST's, a wharf to handle up to seven barges, and a landing craft ramp. There would be warehouses and open storage behind each pier. The port also featured a 100-ton floating crane anchored on a barge. A large parking space for containers would also be available.
In April of 1967 the first deep draft vessel would be discharged at Newport. The first container ship to unload at Newport would not be until October, 1967 (Fuson 1994).
Newport would be commanded by the 71st Transportation Terminal Service Battalion. According to the written history on the 71st Transportation Battalion, which was normally known as the "EXPEDITERS", arrived in Vietnam from Fort Story, Virginia during August, 1966. The battalion had attached the 154th, 368th, 551st, 561st and 567th Terminal Service Companies; 372nd Terminal Transfer Company; and the U.S. Army Harborcraft Company (Provisional). The base headquarters and company camp was located at Long Binh known as 'CAMELOT' which was about 23 miles to the north from Newport. Camelot base camp was originally built as a tent encampment, but by 1967, aluminum prefab 20' by 60' Adam huts were built to house troops.
As a matter of note, regarding the immensity of Long Binh complex, the Long Binh post included depot facilities that provided 1,869,000 square feet of black-topped hardstand and 1,458,000 square feet of covered storage. By comparison, the depot facilities at the Fishmarket in Saigon had a total of only 670,000 square feet of covered storage space as late as March, 1967 (according to Joseph M. Heiser, Jr. who stated in his writing Logistic Support, Vietnam Studies on The Logistics Environment in Vietnam).
Newport operated with two twelve hour shifts. Stevedoers and administrative troop personnel were transported by truck from Camp Camelot at Long Binh to Newport. During the second night of the Tet Offensive of 1968, the 71st engaged the Vietcong (third battalion of the 273 VC Regiment) as they were trying to take control of the Newport Bridge (Bien Hoa highway bridge), but with assistance of the infantry, helicopter gun ships and armored vehicles, the Vietcong were repelled and unsuccessful in their mission.
The 71st earned two Meritorious Unit Commendations while serving in Vietnam. They were for periods 1968-1969 and the year 1972 (Lineage and Honors). The 71st Transportation Battalion departed Vietnam on August 20, 1972. The 71st supported variou s operations, including Operation Oregon and the retrograde program and was also involved with civic action at Hamlet An Hoa Houng.
As defined by the U.S. Army Transportation School in 1966, the mission of a terminal service battalion such as the 71st Transportation Battalion is to provide command and administrative supervision to terminal service companies who handle the load of cargo on vessels, discharge cargo from vessels and clear it from shipside, transfer cargo from one mode of transport to another and prepare the necessary documentation to account for and record movement of this cargo. Each terminal service company, also known as stevedore companies, would number from 250 to 325 men. By 1967, the total strength of the 71st stood as follows: 39 officers, 3 warrant officers and 1,661 enlisted men, but by October of 1969, the 71st headquarters attachment and its three terminal service companies had an authorized strength of 1,045 men but actual assignment totaled 644.
The 71st Transportation Terminal Service Battalion reported to the 4th Transportation Command, Saigon. The 4th TC arrived in South Vietnam on August 12, 1965. It was given the mission of assisting Headquarters Support Activity Saigon in U.S. port operations. In early 1966, the 4th's new mission was to operate the Saigon Port Complex, a sub-port at Vung Tau and various ammunition distribution sites. In 1967 the command was officially assigned to the U.S. Army Support Command, Saigon which included overseeing the operation at Newport.
Tonnage figures were kept on a daily basis, recapping statistical information on ships, barges, landing ship tanks, etc. Nightly, these reports were driven to Saigon port and presented to the 4th Transportation Command for compilation with the rest of the Saigon Port Complex figures. Although it is difficult to know total tonnage of cargo handled by Newport involving unloading of ships, barges, landing ship tanks, landing craft and roll on/off during its term of operation in Vietnam, some statistics can be offered with this writing. For instance, between October, 1968 to June, 1969, 1,034,340 tons of cargo was unloaded (Commanders Monthly Review, 4th T.C., June 1969).
If this figure would be annualized, it would come to an average of 1,379,124 tons of cargo handled for that twelve month period. According to Richard Tregaskis who wrote Southeast Asia: Building the Bases, the port had the capability to handle 150,000 tons per month which, annualized, would come to 1,800,000 tons for a twelve month period.
Primarily, United States military cargo was unloaded and loaded at Newport which included military vehicles, general military cargo, repair parts, food products, etc. Except for vehicles, the mentioned cargo was packed in conex containers and later ocean containers
Painted this for a commission last week .
Bill Henry "Willie" Apiata VC (born 28 June 1972 in Mangakino, New Zealand) is a Corporal in the New Zealand Special Air Service and the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand. He received the award on 2 July 2007 for bravery under fire during the Afghanistan conflict in 2004, after carrying a gravely wounded comrade across a battlefield, under fire, to safety.