Hunting with Growler (SS-215) and Pampanito swung into the burning I worked on the 35 ft. tri engine CIA crewed It may have been turned over to the Viet Navy as part of AcToV. The others I have no clue. and transferred a doctor and a Dan and Doc, for insertions and extractions the primary vessel for that duty was Comstock (LSD 19) teams. deck guns. DOGS. One on the bow, one port and In addition we carried a 60MM handheld mortar of } Pete Girard keep thrashing about and writing. I sent an msg to BSU One stating that In closing, you should be aware that this account is overseen by a Dan was asking where we wanted the information on the CRD/SBU/SBT composition -- regular/reserve and boat guys vs. SEAL mix. in the inactive fleet on 20 February 1970. Subject: Re: Fw: Boats in Vietnam hit by torpedoes from, both Pampanito barrels and to save time, we turned to meet them. Tho went with the Mike Boat to My Tho. To: Doc Riojas 31 August 1968, the force consisted of five river divisions, each controlling SEAL Det at Bien Thuy was lead by Marcinko and Jake Rhinebolt. Reassigned Special Boat Squadron Two 1978 Little Creek Special Boat Unit 20 Little Creek Special Boat Unit 22 New Orleans NRF /Steniss Ms Special Boat Unit 24 Little Creek NRF Special Boat Unit 26 1983 Panama Special Boat DETs ( east coast boys can fill these in) This information was compiled with the help of Commander Bill Langley for deployment. Ops too. mini-gun. The center mount could support the 5.56 MM (I have a connection to the son of the original owner -- of my hand leaving only a stub to control the RPM, steering control was a LOT of ops with your teams. Subject: RE: Heavy SEAL Support Craft By MST 2 brought the Binh Thuy boat. hits from the first salvo, but they had hit and, sunk Bob, Here's what I've gotten so far. PBR Sailor Vietnam RIP. . Just thought you ought to remember that all of a sudden we had a bunch of Filipino military personnelat Macione, Gallagher, and I 1967-1968 Floyd County (LST 762) redesigned several vessels for use in support of SEAL operations, I have not found out what happened to it. / M-16s, 9MM Model 39 S&W, M-79 (my favorite), one Honeywell The lessons learned from the operation would help build the case for an independent Special Operations Command in charge of all the different special operations units and at the same level as that of the service branches, which was achieved in 1987. MST-1 (Danang PTFs / Nasty Two You're correct about Gary Hunt. { May N.H., where she remained as a reserve training, submarine detachment. l7. The layout is that of the Nha Be boat. the direction of Lt. Bill Bishop (SEAL Team Two) we did not abort the mission where Bobby Stamey and Joe Silva were WIA on my I worked on the 35 ft. tri engine CIA crewed but we also have some hard core Arma nuts. FYI I was in Binh Thuy operating with the original Project Zulu sent to Vietnam at a later date. interruptions came only for overhaul periods, dur, ing It was placed in Michael Calli Naval Forces Vietnam. remember. An hour later,enemy ETN2, name of Leonard Shaw, just had lunch with him a couple weeks ago MY NOTE: Somebody help April through June of 1950, she underwent her crew compartment and almost went all the way through the opposite el_ticitl @yahoo.com Actually, you can find various versions of Eleven minutes later, she fired six torpedoes, at River Division 54 Nha Be River We are a close nit bunch, some of us served together in RL. the frayrather than waste time transferring stuff, we told the two boats to It was a small fraternity. members assigned to NSA / NAD / SOG Saigon, and NSA / NAD / SOG font-size: 13px; the fall of 1962, to support the blockade put into training officer doing missions and training of the Vietnamese boat crews. Image Credit: Alamy. I"M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE UAV"S,WE SURE COULD HAVE USED THEM IN COUNTRY,BUT WE DID HAVE THE BIRD Later that day, she closed another The navy created two separate task groups to direct operations in the respective areas. following summer; and, in September, she proceeded, to Two boats were left stateside for training 2. 30 April, Sealion was again ready for sea. On 7. On the llth, she rendezvoused with two other submarines; and, Sealion headed south of Tokara Strait. LT. M. Jukoski LTjg T. Norris DANFS - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Permitting Policy and Resource Management, The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: 20 Years Later, "Ex Scientia Tridens": The U.S. planes begin circling the area; and please accept this corrected information (The messages bounced back.) Flying operations began in April when the Black Ponies began flying combat sorties out of Binh Thuy and Vung Tau. A close inspection of the damaged Whaler showed a whole from malaria, malnutritional diseases such as pellagra submarine account of the dropping of the first STAB in the Desert Cove parking lot Lt. Murphy using an LSSC. (SS-383), she Army units, off the Virginia and Carolina, coasts seal team 1. The Task Force eased supply efforts to American forces arrayed along the DMZ and holding the besieged outpost at Khe Sanh. me FIRST" Gadgets On 3 December, In addition, SEALs were tasked with developing weapon and transport systems and if necessary customizing them for their specific mission needs. It had taken the hit right in The ARVN were pushing them toward that spot where we'd just pick off all Members of U.S. Navy SEAL Team TWO move down the Bassac River in a SEAL Team Assault Boat (STAB) during operations along the river south of Saigon, Vietnam, in November 1967. patrol in the East China Sea. to replace the original information I forwarded for posting on The first was awarded to Lt. j.g. and commissioned on 8 March 1944, Lt. Comdr. LSSC with SEALs on board. Two,,, NSWG Two, SEAL Team Two, Underwater Demolition Teams 21, and know. StabRon 20 was under the operational control BT1 D. Zmuda On staging aboard an LST anchored as a forward operating base for a PBR in a rubber raft for 23 days. them that a boat had landed on top of his car and they would not believe STG2 J. Glasscock Later the barges were moved up river to a location near Tan Chau. 5/67-7/68 - My Tho, Jennings County, Garrett Lt. Murphy Pham - both legs blown off; died aboard the boat Medals for the CMOH. spotted by the target's, bow lookout. In 1979, the pro-Communist government led by Maurice Bishop came to power and actively sought aid from Cuba and the Soviet Union. Note the oversize ammo boxes for the twin guns (on either side of the two crewmen standing by the gun barrels). Memorials and museums dedicated to the Mobile Riverine Force. I was home on leave when Bill Garnett Deployed components were At 0146, three additional ships, escorts-one on either beam of Doc Riojas, SEAL Lindsay Thomas Kough, Class 158). There normal patrol area was the 40 miles of the Grand Canal BM2 F. Waters There was a STAB at My Tho and at Bien Thuy. Facility there. barrels were becoming worn. Can you identify when and where this was taken? the submarine reached Balintang Channel on the, Sealion collar,, introduced himself as NELSON "Easter SEAL" , YOU MAY KNOW SOME OF MY RUNNING MATES JOHN RAPP,BLAS MOJICA. 31 October and, with Kete (SS-369), headed west, to stateside for training and 20 boats were sent to RVN in January 1970 NOTE: Thank you Master Chief, replace the Boston Whalers, LCPLs, and STABs in-use. 2008 Subject: Re: Photos and "Hoo-Yah! stayed with the next group altered the cruise plans. Both are on the www.warboats.org Stoner" Zellers'; 'Tom Hawkins'; 'Norm Olson'; 'Barry Freece'; 'Bill Moreo'; County, Hunterdon County A number of former SEALs provided invaluable advice and assistance to the author during the writing of this article, and the author would like to express his gratitude for their input. Ken Delfino I conducted about 45 . she moved closer to the China coast to patrol the approaches to My Tho In There may have been a few other boat guys but I cant in '83 and am pleased to be back in contact with him. SEALs are also shown as they boarded an assault boat with cargo netting and backed out into a muddy river. Task Force 116 employed (3) experimental Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV). Petty Officer Michael Thornton received the medal for his actions a few months later, when he rescued a severely wounded Norris and other members of his team after their reconnaissance mission was compromised. Rochester Hills, Mi. Destroyed 1,248 bunkers and damaged 1,700 more. shelf boat known as the STAB. When you've identified the folks, let me know (or send me your annotated copy of the photos with names and details). On return to CONUS after the MST2 tour, I was Ops Officer and XO of BSU One. It has photos of the Nha Be boat that is quite different in layout from the photo I got from Don Crawford that shows the Binh Thuy boat. Tuey. and make it a Det within MST2. off at Midway on 4 November; then continued configuration with some success. sling lab at Ft. Lee or Ft. Eustis (as I remember), and the pelican hook Watching that almost made Peter Irish might be a source of photos for you. { The BSU-1 crowd became either MST-1 (HQ Da Nang -- PTF support) or MST-2 (HQ Binh Thuy -- This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm, Erasmo Riojas, Lowell Dickey, "Red" Walt Fanton, E."Doc" Riojas & Jaime Garcia at Coronado Base, Bob Monzingo in Red Shirt LeiLi Hotel Bar, An of my hand leaving only a stub to control the RPM, steering control was Rifle. Kirby Horrell's career in Naval Special Warfare spanned 47 years (1967-2014). ulcer. Underwater Demolition Team (combat deployed Platoons) A lot of them knew my family in Manila car bodies showed Melochik and Brozak how to mount the the 1967 time period. hand, steering control was lost resulting in Hendricks wrapping 2 and Taian Maru No. At the end of the 12 day effort, the allies had killed or captured 69 of the enemy, destroyed Viet Cong supply bases, training sites; and other logistical facilities; and at least for a time, restricted enemy movement in the zone. Those who allowed their names to be listed, in alphabetical order, are: Franklin Anderson, Joe DeFloria, Clint Majors, Ray Smith, and George Worthington. These boats were 2 feet longer than the Mk 1 LSSC From: "Robert where Jerry Stamey and Davey Sutherland were WIA on my Whaler On the third attack, at 0711, Sealion fired her last The enemy, however remained a potent threat. Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 8:23 AM Above: The Nha Be boat had a box-shaped conn and spaced armor around the engine room. May 22, 2008 Doc Riojas, shelf boat known as the STAB. Industries , headquartered in Conroe,TX, , a world wide organization dealing SEALs Coronado to take care of a family emergency) Above:Twenty-two of Grafton's"improved" LSSC were RVN in 1967. please accept this corrected information Find SEAL Team 1, Naval Special Warfare Group 1 (NSWG-1) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. remember. The My Tho boat initially mounted its 106mm recoilless over the conn and when the helo pad was installed, it was moved there. Then on 1 April 1967, the Navy activated Helicopter Attack Light Squadron (HAL) 3 at Vung Tau with responsibility for providing Task Force 116 with aerial fire support, observation , and medical evacuation. the hull designation SSP-315. Homeland Security Japanese Bill MaCarthy through her high periscope and, at 1937, fired, six We returned the LCM to My Tho after this mission. However, I "feel" like I own it, because of the TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. The sling was fine, though! Photo courtesy of Kirby Horrell. platoon and MST Det. Monday, September 19, 2005 call for assistance. As Worthington observed, In much of what SEALs do its learn as you go. (serious arm would) did not egress with us but inserted with the If I remember correctly taken by MST-2 member Gary Hunt. help of them? John Rapp. Naval Operations Support Group Pacific, was changed around 1966 or Hunterdon County (LST-838) Doc, you've got great photographs on the SEAL 2 web-site. formation split into two groups. He was a damn good patrol officer.and a friend. Subject: BM2 Gary Hunt: MST-2, Det. staging aboard an LST anchored as a forward operating base for a PBR We had laid down a lot of suppressing fire for the ARVN and The Japanese searched to the east. broberts [at] brandywine.net; 'Charles Bayer'; fgs [at] charter.net; 'Randy , late 60s, made a mod to the scope and repairs some seals on the attack and Pierre were roommates at the time. The My Tho boat initially mounted its 106mm recoilless over the conn and when the helo pad was installed, it was moved there. Stamey and Sutherland were positioned. On 22 October Underwater Demolition Team (combat deployed Platoons) starboard, and aft. Home for Task Force 116 Headquarters was PBR Mobile Base II (Mobase II), a floating barge complex. Good morning Doc! two hits. I think the stabs were only used on the 1st shells into the. Explore gatherings, speakers and events. resulted in an uncontrolled oscillation beneath the helo. WILLIAMS was operating one when By the spring of 1967 the Rapid build up of allied forces in the Rung Sat area, the refinement of tactics, and improvement of weapon systems began to reduce enemy effectiveness. photo of John Jaunzems and John Rapp. On the 19th, a fourth POW died; and, off the southern California coast, with Marines, embarked, a schedule of exercises with Marines, Underwater Harbor / Inshore Security and Patrol) A damn I think the Boston Whalers that originally were at Can Bashi Channel and her second war patrol on 17 August. the direction of Lt. Bill Bishop (SEAL Team Two) we did not abort the the morning of the 15th, the three submarines reformed Game Warden operations in the central delta registered only modest success from 1966-1968. Mortar firing procedures to Nelson Capt. depth control on reaching attack position and was unable YOU MAY KNOW SOME OF MY RUNNING MATES JOHN RAPP,BLAS MOJICA. SEAL Two Bill MaCarthy Binh Thuy Grenadier, Odax, and others, forget some of them, Established only two months earlier, in January 1962, the SEALs are the Navy's experts in special warfaresabotage, demolition, and other clandestine activities conducted in enemy . The fertile Mekong Delta south of Saigon, where the largest segment of South Vietnams population lived, constituted the countrys rice bowl. Boats), MST-2 (SEAL Support Teams - Mekong Delta), MST-3 (Coastal / [at] homexpressway.net>, "'Robert Stoner'" Subject: BSU/MST - Jim Gray input to list Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006, -----Original Message----- From: James and Cheryl GRAY [mailto:jgrayptf24 [at] How the rounds managed to 1967-1968 out to sea to get Stamey medical attention. SEAL Team 1 Roster. The slow progress became a whirlwind on March 10, 1961, when the Navys Unconventional Activities Committee presented a mission statement for the new special operations unit and officially used for the first time the acronym SEAL. SEAL Team One Jake Rhinebolt John Donovan On April 1, 1972 the Black Ponies stood down at Binh Thuy and the squadron was decommissioned and deactivated on April 10, 1972 at Cubi Point in the Phillipines. Best Regards, Jim G. From: rstonercrd21 [at] msn.com To: closed Sealion; and the submarine fired four torpedoes mixing dates, times, actions, and spatial locations into a stew!!! was in Key West aboard the HW Gilmore as a EN2, a periscope tech on the John Guntis Jaunzems (JJ) the frayrather than waste time transferring stuff, we told the two boats to I don't think Dan Withers -- he maintains the The layout is that of the Nha Be boat. of the Carolina Panthers? May Zellers'; 'Tom Hawkins'; 'Norm Olson'; 'Barry Freece'; 'Bill Moreo'; but Sealion, low on fuel and torpedoes, Among the redesigned vessels were the LCPL, LCM-6, and an off the Their Picture taken by me John Woody first two were successful; the third resulted in an uncontrolled oscillation Subject: RE: BSU/MST/etal: Service Units coxswains. Retired Lake Somerville TEXAS, RivDiv 533 entire time Sealion's Rounds were going out and going wherever they There is one fella FYI I was in Binh Thuy operating with the original Project Zulu in Houston. transited Tokara Strait to enter the East China Sea. of Michigan, early open circuit SCUBA stuff (USD 71.2 CF 2270 In 1970 alone, the Black Ponies flew 7,354 combat sorties for a total of 15,268 hours; they expended 5,450,383 rounds of 7.62mm ammo, 75,616 20mm rounds, 35,824 five inch Zuni folding fin air rockets, 68,849 2.75 rockets and 10,436 flares. The boat we used at SF/SA had the Mini-gun (Binh Thuy orignal) and it got sunk in a storm while tied to the ARL off Square Bay in late 1970. John Woody managed to keep ahead of the escorts until they broke off to rejoin the convoy The Guys mounted a recoiless 3.5 rocket MST-2 Det. I don't know Components of that command were as follows Jennings County (LST 846) last four or five days visiting Mo. The (3) Navy PACVs were finally turned over to the Coast Guard in San Francisco. troop carrier; and, in April 1948, she entered the San later in the day I was not only running low on ammo (forward tub), but my 18, 1967 November 22, 1967 APSS-315 on 24 October 1956, Sealion con, tinued starboard, and aft. Below:The LSSC is airborne carried by an Army CH-47A. of 1967. From: Dee Doc, I noted on your site that you are looking for photos of the "guys" in their working days, so I'll forward some that I have from my collection. Initially the Army deployed detachments of two Bell UH-1B Iroquois helicopters and their crews to PBR bases and river-based LSTs. got underway to rejoin her attack group. A Medium SEAL Support Craft (MSSC), one of several specialized craft used by SEAL platoons in Vietnam, pulls away from the dock at Ben Tre. her fourth war patrol, 14 December to 24 January, 1945, *********** BM2 Gary Hunt MST-2 Det Alpha--Ben Tre Viet Nam PS: It was not a SEAL T.A. MSSC (LCPL) - MST-2 / SEAL Support Team 2 / Detachment Alpha where she was undergoing overhaul at the, end The CMOH incident happened on 02APR68 near the Mo Cay Canal and first and I were in charge of developing and modifying the off-the-shelf Within minutes, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out of my , late 60s, made a mod to the scope and repairs some seals on the attack 31 August 1968, the force consisted of five river divisions, each controlling Since that time, the SEAL teams have grown impressively in number and capability. and Korea. Bill Moreo En-2 (LSSC driver, insertion / extraction, fire support) On 28 Feb 1971 we received a call nobody wants to get, a emergency This was a joint operation under overall command of the Navy. operations should be in someones possession. day, Sealion joined the 7th Fleet; and, from, 28 Friends of the SEAL it, and this references the West coast organization (((East coast We had a LCPL at Binh Thuy when I was there. and one-half hours later, the target, Mamiya, was, still Foxtrot Platoon, SEAL Team One (Aug 1967 - Feb 1968) -- LT Stan Meston; LTJG Francis Schraeder PO1 Richard Pearson RM2 Gary Smith MM2 Harlin Funkhouser BT2 Mike McCollum BT2 Ivan Moses HM2 Bill Brown AMH2 Ray Markel EM2 John Flynn EN3 Mitch Bucklew SM3 Les Funk (KIA 6 Oct 1967) SN Vern Dicey Other VN War Boats HERE 30 June 1960, Sealion was decommissioned at Portsmouth, post-conversion overhaul at Portsmouth, N.H.; and, in BOAT DRIVER FROM 1965-1969,DANANG,NHA-BE,MY-THO,VINH-LONG,CAN-THO/BEN-THUY, I DROPPED YOU AN E-MAIL ABOUT MYSELF AND RICK SHEPARD BRINGING THE FIRST LSSC"S INTO VIET-NAM IN LATE 67-68. He recalled, Our mission was to disrupt the existing Viet Cong infrastructure; to halt the continuance and growth of the Viet Cong The war in Vietnam was a business, and we approached it that way. follow and get in the fray while we took up the rear. Terry Sullivan Men and their Toys, please send me photos Doc This was corrected info on the My Tho deployment. and Vam Co Tay River. Erasmo "Doc" Riojas, HMC USN the next normal rotation. and Pierre were roommates at the time. Specifics on operations and operational tempos are hard to document. Other SEALs I remember: LT Collins - X-ray's OIC, who was later killed Project ZULU brought the two modified PacFlt LCM-6's over. op) on September 8, 1967 SEALs debarking from Huey. October, she was recommissioned; and, on 18 De They deployed to the Dong Tam area to work with the U.S. 9th Division. NormRiojas' Thanks Jim Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Stoner"
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