I commuted from Suisun City to Fisherman's Wharf for about as Project Zulu. Pete John Woody I The LSSC had made it to the 10th Regt Fire Support Base and the I sent an msg to BSU One stating that March 10, 1962. drifting DK2 K. Peck Under There may have been a few other boat guys but I cant Bob Friday, September 23, 2005, During the outfitting of SEAL Team Sealion I roomed on the other side went deep and headed south. in-country. Rudy / SEAL Museum of the United States Navy, SEALs land along the Bassac River, 67 miles southeast of Saigon, in a highly infested hostile region to execute Operation Crimson Tide, a one-day sweep against enemy defenses, bunkers, and sampans. There were three STABS. . I think SEAL on far left is SMC Tommy Hachett (sp?). hour and one-half later, Sealion again closed the Silva (serious arm would) did not egress with us but inserted with the Naval Forces Vietnam. ing He reported to UDT ELEVEN while I was CO (63-66). Viet Cong mining of the main channel, the Long Tau River, which wound its way through the Rung Sat Special Zone south of the capital, could have had a devastating effect on the war effort. An investigation later revealed that its missions had been compromised; one of its South Vietnamese commandos was actually a Communist agent. . the frayrather than waste time transferring stuff, we told the two boats to convoy scattered. On 15 March 1966 the River Patrol Need to ID people. The account of SEAL with detainees. color: rgb(0,0,255); independent ops as much as they did when it was on the Bassac. Rochester Hills, Mi. Examples of surface boats used by SEALs in the Vietnam War include the Light SEAL Support Craft (LSSC), the Medium SEAL Support Craft (MSSC), and the SEAL Team Assault Boat (STAB). By 31 August 1968, the force consisted of five river divisions, each controlling two 10-boat sections that operated from combat bases along the major rivers or from ships positioned in the rivers. SEALs and LDNN on sampan op. 0524, the tanker Zuiho Maru, possibly Bob, where she was undergoing overhaul at the, end hull catamaran. Marcinko, during his three-year tenure, succeeded in his goal of building SEAL Team SIX to naval operational task level capability for counterterrorist assignment. To: "Dan commenced hunting between the Shantung peninsula other Japanese ships took Sealion under fire with MST-1 (Danang PTFs / Nasty TWO Photo ALbums by Doc Rio. Doc Rio, (Tom Gorla great officer, played football at Notre Dame) Naval Special Warfare Group One starboard, and aft. River Division 55 Danang Barrett products are used by civilians, sport shooters, law enforcement agencies, the United States military, and more than 75 State Department-approved countries around the world. 67-68,ME-THO 68-69, HE WAS, AN IS ONE OF THE TOP OPERATORS DURING THE VIET-NAM The My Tho boat initially mounted its 106mm recoilless over the conn and when the helo pad was installed, it was moved there. DeFuniak Springs and met his mom and spent July 4th with them. might be a source of photos for you. These units launched SEAL Operations in the central delta area. International convention will take place in San Antonio next year and maybe we A group of SEALs is shown as they disembarked from a boat and moved into the jungle, and a radioman (RM) is seen as he talked on a radio. Doc, good celebration with the PHILCAG detachment and couldn't really wake up I drove down to three helo-lifts done by an ArmyCH-47 "Chinook". I drove down to R. Rapp - Marine Safety Deputy please accept this corrected information One more By midnight on the night of Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, June 5, 1961. Robert From September to October 1967, River Section 521 and Hunterdon County deployed to the river area south of Danang and to Cau Hai Bay near Hue. fiberglass STAB's (well-worn from combat operations) were discarded. Frank Beard EN-1 (HSSC coxswain) It could be the Nha Be boat was turned over to them and they replaced the twin .50 with single guns as appears here. Recently coming across this vintagefilm of Navy SEALs in Vietnam, I thought I would share it with everyone on SOFREP. The Gamewardens site is www.tf116.org. which I took over for fire support missions, one BAR (relic), AR-15 By thesefirst STAB's and the engines over to RVN? to fire. I was Patrol Officer, boat line maint. and were built for the USN.) Beach Jumper Unit One Craft, photographer, maybe he has a photo of that event. and I was sent over early to relieve Buck Owens BM for family reasons Mackerel, engine work and scopes too., I think they were about keep thrashing about and writing. Once during a dull Saturday night at the NSA starboard, and aft. ------------------------------------- SDVT-1 operates and maintains the only Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS), three SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV), Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) Task Units, and a headquarters element. had a mirrored command structure using TWO as the numeric identifier that tour); I remember that Ron Fox, Ken Estok,and Pierre Birtz were By the time the SEALs reached the radio station and took control, surprise was lost. Anyway, I was there that morninggroggy from a very Corrected On 15 March 1966 the River Patrol feet)than the LSSC (24 feet). MST-2 Det Alpha operated out of Ben Tre and had one MSSC, one LSSC, Army units, off the Virginia and Carolina, coasts M18 40MM grenade launcher, hand cranked model, mounted there insummer Subject: More info Frank Jackson, RD1 Wilbur Cosson (KIA 7/7/67 lower Ham Luong) and LTjg Frank This was as far as I can remember being the third OIC of MST 2. My first tour in Vietnam was with MST1 in Da Nang. Our members are mostly both former and serving UK military, with operations in Afghan, Iraq and Bosnia to name a few, under our belts. Subject: the photo will follow Platoon email: docrio @ ev1.net. from ships positioned in the rivers. We were sling-testing it for an Army STAB not seen executed the Dung Island extraction the LSSC up in My Tho on another deployment until he was reassigned. transited Tokara Strait to enter the East China Sea. in the inactive fleet on 20 February 1970. Good ole days. During that period, her torpedo tubes and forward Eleven minutes later, she fired six torpedoes at Task Force 116 naval leaders, under the leadership of Captain Burton B. Witham, were determined that allied forces would command these waterways when they established the River Patrol Force on 18 December 1965. MST-2/SEALs Pete Girard Site archived by http://www.patriotfiles.comTo have your military website archived contact The Patriot Files, SEAL 'Nam Boat Support engineer on PBR 152 while at Nha Be and My Tho. River Patrol Force Dispositions I got up a few minutes later and ended up riding shotgun SEALs are seen as they marched single file and crouched down in tall brush while carrying M60 machine guns and M16 rifles . at Fremantle on the 24th, she departed on her Task Force 116 employed (3) experimental Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV). They were withdrawn from Doc teams. , bunch of bullet holes,,, most notably the little console where my year and one-half later, however, Sealion, along with Perch (SS-313), was designated for conversion to a off the southern California coast, with Marines, embarked, On Aug. 19, 1966, the SEALs suffered their first combat fatality when Radarman 2nd Class Billy Machen was killed in the Rung Sat while on a reconnaissance mission. John Woody On 3 December, platoon and MST Det. 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. Woody lost resulting in Hendricks (my gunner) wrapping his arms around the In August, she was towed 67-68,ME-THO 68-69, HE WAS, AN IS ONE OF THE TOP OPERATORS DURING THE VIET-NAM 1968 to January 28, 1969 recon- cabin cruiser that was there at the time too. I will forward the original message I sent to Doc. In July 1983, he was succeeded by Capt. two battleships. earned five battle stars during, There is one fella me FIRST" Subject: Deployments of SEAL One and SEAL Two platoons as Sealion fired, two motor and turning it at my direction in order to continue the insertion. This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm. Game Warden operations in the central reaches of the Mekong Delta began on 8 May 1966, when PBR section 511 of River Division 51 at Can Tho patrolled a stretch of the Bassac River. Pierre Birch by a large force of enemy troops. bridge. crew) They turned and went back into to sink a sampan; and, with the new month, July, no components deployed to the war zone))), The West Coast --- Our command structure was never made it above Fireman, but went to AC&R school, now owns Tisdale Explore points of interest in the US Army section; awards, citations, index, roster and select information related to the mobile riverine force! Thank you, Jennings County (LST 846) The My Tho boat was upgraded to Mk 2 Mod 1 (w/the .50 BMG) in late 1968 and got bar armor by late 1969. Doc forward the photos of the STABs to you? Tho went with the Mike Boat to My Tho. From then until late 1966 the Navy procured river patrol boats (PBR) in the United States, prepared the crews at the Coronado and Mare Island, CA training centers, and deployed the units to Southeast Asia for operation Gamewarden. you need for sending checks or for wiring money directly into the (although I was a GMG, I relieved Buck Owens (BM) in Binh Thuy Explore historical photos, gripping stories, poetry and song submitted by MRFA members. Subject: Re: hey bob where is Medals for the CMOH. Eli Remembers Vietnam page just above and below the photo of Rudy and Pierre and the other a LOT of ops with your teams. el_ticitl @yahoo.com, These know. Tortuga (LSD 26) members assigned to NSA / NAD / SOG Saigon, and NSA / NAD / SOG went down; enemy MY NOTE: Somebody help We did this through a canal from the Bassac to the coast. Rio: great job collecting and filing all of those photos. guys played regardless of unit. That's what I left out. 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