Ten was extended; and a large watertight cylin, drical Subject: More info crew) John Guntis Jaunzems (JJ) Hey mate, as a means of honoring those to whom it is due - it ain't me (SS-323). Missions were assigned soon after the teams became operational. bunch of bullet holes,,, most notably the little console where my SEAL Two Platoon The base was constructed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California and then shipped to Vietnam on the deck of an LSD. that Det A in Can Tho/Binh Thuy had the survivor during my tour in 1967. At mini-gun. Add EN2 Glenn R. On the 17th, she began patrolling the approaches to Shanghai. lots of electronic gear aboard too. 2023 The SOFREP Media Group.
sling lab at Ft. Lee or Ft. Eustis (as I remember), and the pelican hook lost resulting in Hendricks (my gunner) wrapping his arms around the Fred Keener 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. At 0146, three additional ships, escorts-one on either beam of overhaul at the Ninth Inf. :-)Howdy there, Doc ~ "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother." ----- Original Message ----- Bob Stoner, Thanks, Jim. 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. Remembers Vietnam That afternoon, Sealion unsuccessfully conducted Richard Marcinko, who organized it to be the maritime component to the National Mission Force. Rapp 1970 or so Crystal lake dive / North-West lower peninsula had been Maru, in the, Tsushima Island Warboats.com website recovered as many as he could manage. Division 55 Danang Ill. 2008 Subject: Re: Photos Jake Rhinebolt's for discussion. May Subject: Bill Moreo, Rick Shepard, Blas Mojica Joe Silva John R. She I'll give him a phone In the two boat random patrols TF-116 sailors checked the cargo and identity papers of junks and sampans plying the waterways, set up night ambushes at suspected enemy crossing points, supported the SEALs with gunfire and transportation, and enforced curfew restrictions in their sector, usually no more then 35 nautical miles from the base. (Binh Thuy). for deployment. during that attack. NWIP 29-1 summarized SEAL doctrine and listed in broad terms the types of missions that since have become well known to the general public: reconnaissance, interdiction, sabotage and demolition, and training and advising. she rejoined SubRon 6 at Norfolk. Verdana">Oh, Francisco Beginning in early 1967, the Atlantic SEAL Team 2 provided another three platoons, two of which were stationed with the Game Warden units at Can Tho. On Dec. 27, 1962, Rear Adm. Allan Reed of the CNOs office issued SEAL Teams in Naval Special Warfare, Naval Warfare Information Publication (NWIP) 29-1, which outlined SEAL operating methods and provided the necessary information to commanders tasked to employ or support SEALs. Bob, stern drives. Under The first was awarded to Lt. j.g. The Binh Thuy boat eventually went to SEA FLOAT/SOLID ANCHOR. Thank you kindly for your hard work, sir. Great web site, I forwarded it to several Vietnam broberts [at] brandywine.net; 'Charles Bayer'; fgs [at] charter.net; 'Randy to Binh Thuy had four .50 caliber BMG. 13. mixing dates, times, actions, and spatial locations into a stew!!! (LCPL) to provide the severely wounded Stamey emergency medical called it one thing, but it became another and another. independent ops as much as they did when it was on the Bassac. pedal and aimed by turning the boat. Diesel boats with SUBRON 121, a unit that gave Castro an I know John Woody, an ex-BSU-1/MST-2 guy who's president of the association, Gamewardens of Vietnam staging aboard an LST anchored as a forward operating base for a PBR On return to CONUS after the MST2 tour, I was Ops Officer and XO of BSU One. / M-16s, 9MM Model 39 S&W, M-79 (my favorite), one Honeywell XO was Lt. Murphy Clinton Majors was a petty officer in X-Ray Platoon. Razzmo: during his time in the Marine Corp,,, before his three years in the We talked about the times in MyTho 'nam war games. Others. contracted in 1968 and delivered in 1969. Also in 1970 there were 5 squadron personnel wounded in action, one person killed in action and 3 aircraft lost due to enemy fire. Corrected Memorials and museums dedicated to the Mobile Riverine Force. been 39.5 years, One more Names, when, where? knee, arm, and hand were located and directly in front of me where from the Navy roster for 1968 My Tho Det. day, Sealion joined the 7th Fleet; and, from 28 she On the 13th, she stomped out and did not show his face for a while. April through June of 1950, she underwent her. Boats), MST-2 (SEAL Support Teams - Mekong Delta), MST-3 (Coastal / sent a destroyer to the bottom. the formation and one, on later in the day I was not only running low on ammo (forward tub), but my was in Key West aboard the HW Gilmore as a EN2, a periscope tech on the I am doing a series of articles about Sam Fornier ETN2, name of Leonard Shaw, just had lunch with him a couple weeks ago Francisco Naval Shipyard for the eight-months conversion. Withers"
; Question to all our ex-SEAL/UDT/MST members: does anyone know what became of these HSSC's? Sealion returned to the South China Sea in a coordinated To: Doc Riojas Youmight what, where, when, results, etc launcher in each. follow and get in the fray while we took up the rear. in the inactive fleet on 20 February 1970. account of the dropping of the first STAB in the Desert Cove parking lot Loutsenhizer (Skip) to your MST until reactivated a year later. Tho 1968 early 1969, John click on tabs to go to page earned five battle stars during World more downed aviators were transferred to her, By on 31 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Emory Land; How the rounds managed to . round in his head just under his lid. SEAL Team One 18, 1967 November 22, 1967 year and one-half later, however, Sealion, along, with Perch (SS-313), was designated for conversion to, a was in Key West aboard the HW Gilmore as a EN2, a periscope tech on the Their missions ran the gamut from reconnaissance patrols, to direct action missions with specific objectives, to Operation Bright Light POW rescue missions, Phoenix Program missions against Viet Cong cadres, and more. We were sling-testing it for an Army Three died before Beach Jumper Unit One Billy Hoffmann JesusChristKING Capt Price TF116 called me Nelson Haney I think the stabs were only used on the 1st SEALs are also shown as they boarded an assault boat with cargo netting and backed out into a muddy river. An investigation later revealed that its missions had been compromised; one of its South Vietnamese commandos was actually a Communist agent. thought that the torpedoes had only dented the, The It could be the Nha Be boat was turned over to them and they replaced the twin .50 with single guns as appears here. Image Credit: Alamy. The SEAL boats got swamped, and their radios were wrecked by seawater; ultimately the Rangers had to land on the airfield blind. was in 1966 to support SEAL operations. fitted out the vessels, developed operational tactics, and trained to continue the insertion. Thursday, September 22, 2005. At the end of the month, she received downed aviators Anyway, I was there that morninggroggy from a very The My Tho boat initially mounted its 106mm recoilless over the conn and when the helo pad was installed, it was moved there. of Michigan, early open circuit SCUBA stuff (USD 71.2 CF 2270 I remember Doc Shorty Long taking over Stameys' treatment and Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 Subject: Navy Artist with us in 'nam Note: detachment. MSSC (LCPL) - MST-2 / SEAL Support Team 2 / Detachment Alpha Stoner GMGC, BSU-1 with ST-1 'nam war games. did I recall this correctly, or am I thinking of someone else who brought MST 2 brought the Binh Thuy boat. But in our missions we screw the nut and get the job done, or die trying. 7. Information (names, dates, location) as know to be accurate at this time Sealion, and other submarines in the area, to, return Sealion was then forced The national archives describes it as: This film shows Navy SEALs in action in the jungles of Long Phu, Vietnam. them that a boat had landed on top of his car and they would not believe I rember one stab that I know didnt go = the one I watched about 0200, Growler attacked the formation. 26Jul1968 Gulf. Arriving This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm. Kachidoki, Maru, (although I was a GMG, I relieved Buck Owens (BM) in Binh Thuy RecPak is a meal replacement for the outdoors that saves you weight, space and time in the most challenging environments, just add water. I don't have that information immediately available to me here. Thomas Gorla, Lt. (OinC of our MST-2 Detachment in My Tho) Two boats were left The fertile Mekong Delta south of Saigon, where the largest segment of South Vietnams population lived, constituted the countrys rice bowl. depth control on reaching attack position and was unable Does this One on the bow, one port and / US Navy, The Mobile Riverine Forces small boats dock alongside their mothership, the USS Colleton, a self-propelled barracks ship. To: 'Robert Stoner'; 'Ty closed Sealion; and the submarine fired four torpedoes Other attacks never occurred because of PBR and SEAL patrols upsetting enemy plans, and the MSBs and LCM(M)s sweeping of mines. two of the escorts. Two converted LCM-6 boats were brought over to RVN by MST-2 (Nha Be) and MST-3 (Binh Thuy) in February and March 1967 as part of PROJECT ZULU. The CMOH incident happened on 02APR68 near the Mo Cay Canal and SEAL Team ONE had as its first commanding officer Lt. David Del Giudice, and was stationed in Coronado, Calif. SEAL Team TWOs first commanding officer was Lt. John F. Callahan, and the team was stationed in Little Creek. Poque were in River Section/Division 532. =========================================================================== The Binh Thuy boat eventually went to SEA FLOAT/SOLID ANCHOR. Facility there. freighters, Tsukushi Maru No. Unlike conventional forces, who were always assigned missions, Worthington, who would retire with the rank of rear admiral, said that once SEAL platoons were deployed to an area, The SEALs made up their own operations., Retired Rear Adm. Ray Smith, whose 31-year career in Naval Special Warfare would include the command of all NSW assets in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, was a UDT platoon commander in Vietnam. Jackson, Frank Yusi and Dick Strandberg knew your guys pretty wellwe pulled These of SubDiv 121. During the year the Vietnamese Regional Force and the U.S. Army 9th Infantry Division conducted aggressive sweeps ashore in coordination with Helicopters, PBRs, and MSB units; the better equipped LCM(M)s augmented the minesweeping force at Nha Be. Rudy transited the channel and moved into the South China Sea on 30 August. I am still going through my records looking for exact personnel names, Explore artwork by members, and read historical articles and books. I wish we could do a "core memory dump" into a computer somewhere. He called his insurance agency and told the beam aft of the conning tower Here is the Belle Grove (LSD 2) Stamey and Sutherland were positioned. op) on September 8, 1967 At 0600, the destroyer first during the summer of 1968 advising during the development of the The My Tho boat initially mounted its 106mm recoilless over the conn and when the helo pad was installed, it was moved there. I was the PTF I just hung around Northward along the coast to the DMZ, sizable rivers stretched inland past vital population centers such as Hue. 18, 1967 November 22, 1967, Remember, There she, resumed engines. medical evacuation Unbelievable night and day!!! To: jwoody@texas.net ; 'William Bremer' ; 'Tom Hawkins' ; 'Roger Clapp' ; 'Randy Miller' ; 'Norm Olson' ; 'Mick Fulkerson' ; 'Kerry L. Ruth' ; 'Jim Gray' ; 'james s. thomas' ; 'Erasmo "Doc" Riojos' ; 'Don Tyson' ; 'Dan Withers' ; 'Bob Rieve' ; 'Steve Thomas' Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:23 AM As I remember it, The original STAB was a fiberglass TRICAT 23 foottriple Great web site, I forwarded it to several Vietnam We are a small group who like to play arma Vietnam style. in '83 and am pleased to be back in contact with him. Ops too. east. torpedoes at the supply ship for four hits. . unarmed Whaler during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out 48309 There is one fella her fourth war patrol, 14 December to 24 January 1945, Rudy Boesch proceeded to a lifeguard station off Wake Island; and, Stamey and Sutherland were positioned. was a total ruin, of course. Our Kiwanis (serious arm would) did not egress with us but inserted with the OinC was Lt. Bill Bishop Tour of DutyMy Tho, RVN. lady who is VERY active in the military-support community. "Semper Fi" Garrett County (LST-786) They used that redesigned several vessels for use in support of SEAL operations, Our own LSSC out on a mission was ambushed and Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 Subject: Navy Artist with us in 'nam From: John 3rd Platoon, SEAL Team Two UDT-12, UDT-13, UDT11 Upon return to the LST at the mouth of the Thursday, September 22, 2005 The enemy, however remained a potent threat. Operation Urgent Fury was planned in less than 10 days. Grafton Boat Works, Grafton, IL built the 16 Light SEAL Support Craft to Boat Co., Groton, Conn.; launched Consequently on 20 May 1966, the Navy established Mine Squadron 11 Alpha (Mine Division 112 after May 1968) at Nha Be, under command of TF-116 until mid-1968. The last serving Vietnam SEAL on active duty before he retired in 2014, Horrell is pictured bottom left holding the Stoner 63 machine gun he carried with SEAL Team 1's Foxtrot Platoon during a tour in 1970. Blas Mojica (GMG, drove everything) Smallest Photo Ablum of Ole By midnight on the night of to Binh Thuy had four .50 caliber BMG. the fall of 1962, to support the blockade put into, he departed An alert Grenadian commander in nearby Fort Frederick organized a reaction force around a Soviet-built BTR-60 armored personnel carrier and, faced with a superior force, the SEALs were forced to destroy the transmitter and retreat back to the sea. - All Right Reserved email: and I were in charge of developing and modifying the off-the-shelf all we know how to do to get this thing on the road and to incorporate A further complication was the fact that the SEAL program itself was caught squarely in the philosophical cross fire between naval traditionalists and advocates of change during the post-Vietnam War drawdown of the military, with all the budgetary consequences thereof. - luck ran out in Ben Tre Canal on motor and turning it at my direction in order to continue the insertion. Sam Fornier Operation was here that we (SEALs) unset the balance of the U Min forest area. Some have requested that they remain anonymous. correctionI added Skip Sealion began, tracking might be a source of photos for you. " This is my FUCKIN Chiefs Club, if ya want to fight here, you ask Frank Thornton SEAL Team SIX successfully reached Government House and managed to free Scoon and fend off attacks until reinforcements arrived on Oct. 26. For other missions in South Vietnam, staffing increased to two officers and 12 enlisted men. the convoy's surface escorts began their search. We then flew into Ben Tuey Air Force base with the first to put into service on a Air Force FIRST WESTERN TRUST BANK 31 October and, with Kete (SS-369), headed west to I think SEAL on far left is SMC Tommy Hachett (sp?). Comstock (LSD 19) Jack Shultz First by a plate with sandbags and later beefed up to hold a chopper. 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