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This page was last update at 10 - Apr - 2010
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| BARC - (LARC 60) in Koahshung, China Sort off :-)
Photo's and info send in by George Young. |
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When preparing to leave Fort Story,
Virginia, to go to Koahshung 1958 BARCs 9 - 13 - 14 - 17 |
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The BARCs where driven over road down to the Little Creek Naval Base, today a distance of 16 km and maybe 20 minutes by car. But in 1958 and with a BARC it was a diffent experiance.
In Little Creek the BARC's were picked by a 100 ton crane and deck-loaded on 2 civilian cargo ships. Fort Story at the time did not have the needed 100 ton crane. |
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The 100 ton crane makes the BARC look small. but look at the size of the hoist in the right photo.
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The civilian cargo ships transported the BARC's to Subic Bay Naval Base, Philippines,
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In Subic Bay the BARC's where loaded on a Navy LSD ship, which transported them to the beach of Koahshung.
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At the end of the tour in 1960 there was a Ceremony.
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I have in my archive more photos of the BARC on Koahshung beach. |
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Those photo's are made at the exact same time and location by Hugh W. Gillett.
In 1958 the NewYorkTimes had an article (pay only access) http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1958/articles_1958_11_00006.html U. S. GIVES TAIWAN 4 CRAFT TO SUPPLY OFFSHORE ISLANDS; Wheeled Amphibious BARC"s Can Land 100 Tons Each On Natonalist Outposts By GREG MacGREGOR November 2, 1958, Sunday TAIPEI, ........., Oct. 31 -- In line with agreements reached between Secretary of State Dulles and President Chiang Kai-shek, the flow of United States military aid to the Chinese Nationalists has continued to increase. |
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Some people think that a flat tire is a big thing, well think again. :-)
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