title: Sa Đéc Base
text: # Sa Đéc Base
  
  Sa Đéc Base (also known as Sa Đéc Naval Support Activity or simply Sa Đéc) is a former U.S. Navy and Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVNN) base near Sa Đéc in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam.
  
  ## History
  
  The base was located in Sa Đéc on the upper Mỹ Tho River in the Mekong Delta.
  
  The base was established by the US Navy in 1966 as a base for Patrol Boat, River (PBR)s taking part in Operation Game Warden. Ten PBRs of River Division 52 moved to the base in mid-1966. The original facilities at Sa Đéc were relatively primitive with the sailors living in tents on a soccer field until Seabees constructed more permanent $accommodation.^{:114}$
  
  In 1967 a Naval Support Activity detachment was established at the $base.^{:259}$
  
  In March 1970, the headquarters of Swift Boat Coastal Division 13 was moved from Cat Lo Naval Base to Sa Đéc.
  
  The base was transferred to the RVNN in April $1971.^{:318}$
  
  