124th Transportation Terminal Command

97th Heavy Boat Company

from Bill Sadler

10th Transportation Battalion	24th Transportation Battalion
Terminal	Terminal
65-70	66-72

This table shows information on the transportation companies located in the 124TC area. It shows their assignment to transportation battalions in 1968. Some companies were moved and reassigned several times. The data comes from Shelby Stanton's Order of Battle and information contributed by ATAV members.
Can't Find Your Company? Check the Crossreference Table	Unit citations awarded by the U.S. cover specific time periods which may be found in DA Pamphlet 672-3. Many units were awarded multiple citations.
Companies and Detachments	Type	Dates	Typical Location
HHC 124 Trans Command	Headquarters	66-72	Cam Ranh Bay
10th Transportation Battalion
97th Trans	Heavy Boat	65-72	Cam Ranh Bay
123rd Trans	Terminal Service	65-68	Cam Ranh Bay
155th Trans	Terminal Service	65-72	Cam Ranh Bay
165th Trans	LARC	65-72	Cam Ranh Bay
870th Trans	Terminal Service	66-72	Cam Ranh Bay
1097th Trans	Medium Boat	65-69	Cam Ranh Bay-Dong Tam
24th Transportation Battalion
24th Trans	Light Truck	66-72	Cam Ranh Bay
442nd Trans	Medium Truck	66-72	Cam Ranh Bay
566th Trans	Medium Truck	67-72	Cam Ranh Bay-Can Tho
592nd Trans	Light Truck	66-72	Cam Ranh Bay
670th Trans	Medium Truck	65-71	Cam Ranh Bay
Other Cam Ranh Area Units
61st Trans	Medium Petroleum Truck	65-69	Cam Ranh Bay
82nd Trans	Amphibious Direct Support	65-66	Cam Ranh Bay
116th Trans	Terminal Service	65-69	Cam Ranh Bay
172th Trans	Medium Truck	68-69	Cam Ranh Bay
344th Trans	LARC	65-67	Cam Ranh Bay
360th Trans	Medium Petroleum Truck	66-72	Cam Ranh Bay
410th Trans	Terminal Service	66-68	Cam Ranh Bay
545th Trans	Light Truck	66-72	Cam Ranh Bay
588th Trans	Depot	66-68	Cam Ranh Bay

For More Pictures at Cam Ranh Bay from Darryl Graney

The following material is excerpted and edited from: U.S.Army Transportation Corps in Republic of Vietnam U.S. Army Transportation School, Fort Eustis, VA 1969.

Four U. S. Army Transportation Terminal Commands operating in three major areas in RVN provide command for the terminal and water transport units operating in RVN. By referring to figure 16 you can see the general area of operations of the four terminal commands. The areas of operation fall within three Corps Tactical Zones of Vietnam. The 5th Transportation Terminal Command provides support for the northern half of the II CTZ, the 124th TTC supports the southern half of the II CTZ, and the 4th TTC supports the III and IV CTZ. The other terminal command (125th TTC) provides assistance to the commercial port activities and the military operations within the Port of Saigon.

NHA TRANG is the site of the over-the-beach and a DeLong Pier operation. The 124th Terminal Command presently has the responsibility for this operation. During the French occupation of Indo-China it was a popular resort center and probably has the most beautiful beach in South Vietnam

CAM RANH BAY About 20 miles south of Nha Trang and 180 miles north of Saigon is Cam Ranh Bay. Before the buildup, Cam Ranh Bay was a desolate sandy stretch of dunes with no towns of consequence. But this vast stretch of emptiness had the finest, best protected natural deep-draft harbor in Southeast Asia. Deep-draft ships can now be worked at any of the six piers, two for offloading ammo and petroleum, or be anchored in the harbor to have their cargo put ashore by lighterage.

VUNG RO BAY South of Cam Ranh Bay and under the control of the 124th Transportation Terminal Command is Port Lane at Vung Ro Bay. It is a small company size operation with one DeLong pier capable of handling two deep-draft vessels, and a stream discharge operation utilizing barges, LCMs', and LARCs.

PHAN RANG Also under the 124th and just south of Vung Ro Bay is Phan Rang. It is strictly a beach operation capable of discharging barges and landing-type ships. The discharge is a contract operation with a transportation terminal detachment performing the documentation.

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