Vietnam War: Junk Bluebook (1962) - Paperless Archives

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T(nh chg' co gti1 gioip day thuyen b~Sig tre
chlu dylhg dU1/C mt Pit ~1 1 achmlh
mlec cun hay tdnh trqng thf't thb~ng eda in edng
M~y re rat nhqlV -et (i bjrc nat, mqt hay mtqc reu.
IA nh~ng VA il'thittdn hy ~tr& n~i Lho ngddi
x& vgloI iu'~ dy;bn O NmHl
The resilience of the bamhoo bottom pci niliti
it~to take a large share of the sluickof beaching or
of varying surf conditions. It is very light In
-44ight and to not subject to the decay, worms, or
marine growth that create many problemsit for
operators of wooden bottom b~iuto in the Soutii
Trong khu rib qtanh g6 v1 vd'n dng dy hen
dou hi& vatiah auy~i liqu tro nt~a a
"n~Au vA% d4 Itich - u hoe, %i6'c t~hay uihcJ mri
day tiiuycI Ii gil di va ce'thedo cbh" thsly thd
trb thu *i th1c hi~n. Ody tbuyb Ilan chi phat
thay N rnghn n~fm o~m in~ INh, A gild t~i~
chifa b ng nwa giA tion ddy thuyýh bAng g~i
China Sea., While timbets anid planks arc scarct,
and exv~nave, Ouer* are abundant ntip:ffi:4 of
bamiboo merely for the taking. Finally, replace.
men? of the entire bottom is aimploun,4 Co 4. dIont
by thecrew. The woven bottom I s replacud Amt the
averageU of 91 5~ years and iLbo cost hi sonic,
ýthinx less thati f thiot of' wutiden bottom.
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Tra'I h~in4 vti tnh trqngbd 'mui Thai Lan, cade
kty t.~iu hlI, co/ ta visng I A~ 2 (t Jnh~ltdlng
den ki~li thu~tn, k7 thuA ddni cdhay t~p qudn Jsa
dAn chai iddi trong cd v~ng A~y. Trong kili Iq I
-vanj 1rhit (ZiQu Rqjeh Quil hitfn thu-'N hun.111oIon
eh~Idl liii ?IVtm, I vNa 2 VL.ic dolln ilsu;!n &(till L&
tiding 030 31a lhlb, huin co 'hy nfAl
in seharpeontrast to thL SitUatIon~l In 11hV (uil
of Siam, avail ' bility of ,small marine engines hav'
had littlecutufe~nbuot design, fishingtechniquvH,
or twbItn of the fishermen oft Arcas I and 11.
While IVt the Phu nuoe R-cb 011!a uru-A JIne I-xv i
Junks are. rurv. thu uppusait, Is Ulu case In Areas
I and Hi, where twitihialts compribic OWs fishing
III ye^n mify phit, cung ciii MSo ni t filuts anid powev hoatti, evvn 2auxiliarive, are u
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S1 h ~ pr'six ;,j 4 phtu truns huy'ni dy
tre Hty niot V41 vrl~ n 46~ kidw L'y li. t
~~~~trong cd'e vii dtn'ny lIeN quan t~i as/ true d~ng ct
*tr'n mot, ngxin dit gil"a hut nikin thujiN d kliNg
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The Installation, of .n inburd engince lin tilL
Wovcn hoitton bouts douti present certain *-njgIntvrting
problem~isOeto~li wle upvuis
(of theengincon a structuire built bLtwevn the stdeti
that no Part of the engine Is upre by the
hay d~i ngang: Al d4" tui. boittom or oijlge s'trinigers,
Nato 19%~d OfA ~Vitm rrKib 'A" ti Hn Ky in 1957, thle United Stutes 1)1%rati-1
vc hb tnhd th tchrng inh' rl thiet tr( dyng cd dit an
nbv, ifihin ic dgl hoiS di
Mission Initiated a program to instal deseI
engines sin these hos~ts, but the nmotorizatounoa
d .tih tri, cl1i hýp '~' ' l~diI [itng
p~tu~ DAUC- hl~n t1
progressocd very slowly, Probably less than 511 uf
3 ddhik lip dV~ng CO. S1 all DARC-I's are now mnotorizud, This may ill
hA~' trý&dC' le' nit ml pli~sdo ';Inhit-Ian ttAl Chanh part bl.- dLC t11 tile finanICIal stattuS ofthe fishermen
i -a caz ngt! phu. nhidng cung ratr C.th'?v liq klifng
tiIithisy 0oa phti'thg phdpl co truy'n cua hti.
but more likely It is Caused by a reluctance on
their part to chun'je their traditional me thsods.
Yec id gal~l hi/a Cd'C thu]Yen danh ca enC
trier. titnac trlnh dy thap tWi QuAng Tri, nai mai
thuyLen rnuy hay thujUN nd~y phu k~ing thOng dung,
Cho 0i Ruch Gia" I'd ndl thuy'cn hu'oni
The mlotoitization ofifi.shingboats progresses
from F; low point at QuangTri, whore power craft
or auxiliaries are unco~mmon, to Rach Gia where
t on kh6-ngJ
ld'y tot~l nit divhs Ia. Tlnh trang tLh:n t riUn
I A'A
nsay taing I~N dyV theo 1s ic ' L c-A'lg tielu xuotng
a iurge ulpowi.ered sailing craft would beanuddity.
This shift appears gradually down the coast, with
engines becoming more common as one rnivcs
Aý 'A A
phia Nani, so thuyen col eong 1-d ca~ng tht"ung dung. south.
KiN
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