The base is located in Nhà Bè District approximately 10 miles (16 km) south southeast of Saigon at the junction of the Soài Rạp and Lòng Tàu Rivers.

[1] The base was first established by the US Navy in May 1966 to support Operation Game Warden and particularly patrolling of the Rung Sat Special Zone.

[2]: 290  Mine Squadron 11, Detachment Alpha equipped with 12 minesweeping boats (MSBs) (57 feet (17 m) long, wooden-hulled boats) were the first Navy vessels deployed there[3]: 26 [4]: 153–5 Construction of the base first involved the dredging of 300,000 cubic yards of sand, filling and compacting of the marshland, following which construction included barracks for 400 men, storage for 3,000 barrels of petrol, oil and lubricants (POL), a storage warehouse of 8,000 square feet, a communications and administration building, ammunition storage, two antenna towers, a mess-hall, a pier, and the required road, water, sewerage and power facilities.

[4]: 126 On 2 January 1968 a Viet Cong (VC) 75mm recoilless-rifle attack against on the base wounded two sailors and scored a direct hit on an MSB which was destroyed.

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