Vietnam War: Junk Bluebook (1962) - Paperless Archives

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Khi di chat lau, thuyen dern theo nhding th4c Basic Vietnamese staples of rl.z, ,
Ipham chInh cua Viet Nam la gao, muoi, ca ih, dried fish, and nuoc main, supplemented by freshl
111f11c nlnu, vai phq them bang cd tddi bit ddtc;cac -fish are carried aboard for extended tlisting ti p.
Iiton nay didkc nau tren m. bip than cui nh4 Xacth and prepared over a small portable charcoal but
di ddhc. Chang hdn mot tram lit nidc in dtfng ner. About thirty gallons of potable watet, in 5
trong nhdng thung 20 lt th"f'idng ddic mang theo de gallon containers, is usually carried for a seven
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di cbai trong bay n,,ag day fishing trip.
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It is significant to note that the QTBC-2,
shown in the photographs, was inDa Nang, approxdanh
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i ty ve phta Nam,
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banh tai da bi nt1c cuon di sau mot tranbao trong as a result of the rudder having carried away dur-
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tuan 1e tr,?c do". Bi mat banh 16i, thuyen troi ing a gale the previous week. Without a rudder,
giat den ranh gidi tmh Q? ung Nam, va dd'3c keo t'd the boat drifted to the boundary of QuangNam Pro-
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do ve Da Nang de sda chda. vince, where she was towed into Da Nang for
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DONG THUYEN VA BAO TRI
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
Hien chda thay thuyen QTBC-2 nao dddc d~ng
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d mien Nam Viet Nam. Nhdng thuyen d6ng d Ha No QTBC-2's are known to have been built
Tinh thdnng can den ba ngddi, v'a hoan thlnh trong yet in South Viet Nam. Those built in Ha Tinh
khoang mot tmang. Province, North Viet Nam require three men about
Vo thuyen lam ling go "ban lan" la mot loas
kone month to complete the construction.
go san xuati Viqt Nam va 7 khong bt ,anti hiking The wood in the hull is "Ban Lan", a local
nhleu nhd nhing thf g' 'c bd cdc gtlng mot hay Vietnamese hard wood which is not so greatly
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lam hdhai vo thuyen cay tren songhiedja phddng. affected by the wood worms which menace all
Swooden hull craft in these waters.
SKhi dong vo thuyen, trddc het van cqnh dddc
gan heat vao vdt van ddy, rAoi sau m 6 i then then The hulls are constructed by first attaching
ngang va khuon stf3n de' uonS giU cho duLng hmih dang. all side planking to the bottom planks and later
Thuyen cd the dddc d~ng tl 10 den 12 khuon sddn. inserting thwarts and ribs to obtain the desired
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Mong go va dinh sat vuong lr' dddc d~ng xen tiep hull shape. Ten or twelve frames may be used
nhau tai khip cho. _Cfc dddng nolddoc xAm bdng in the construction.
? Wooden pegs and large square
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vo tram, va phai ca~y di M
xam lait mot am mot lan. iron nails are used alternately throughout. The
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seams are caulked with the skin of the Tram Tree,
Hai tha/ng mot Ian, thuyen dikdc keo len bai and must bereaved out and re-caulkedonce a year.
bien lbi chftg 30 ng %i, b do ddy thuyin dddc
cao bang vo dtia c tng, da b~ng IS tram de ngila Every two months the junk is hauled up on
reu cau, v'a quet m~t ldp &au thao moc. the beach by approximately 30 men where the bottom
is scraped with coconut hull scrapers, charred
by burning leaves from the Tram Tree as an antifouling
measure, and coated with a vegetable oil.
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