Again operating, in From: Fred Schuler click on sub to enlarge photo. March 68 in Nha Be. if it HAD any "official" name. DOC Riojas, I"M BILL MOREO ENCM(SW) USN RET. Because of the firepower and mobility the PBRs stiffened the defense of the numerous delta cities and towns that were under siege by the enemy. At 0720, she again attacked the convoy. Subject: Re: creating a page for SEAL Boat Support men and toys Nevertheless, Viet Cong activity in the region was dramatically reduced by SEAL operations. 26Jul1968 black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">In1969, Bill MaCarthy The BSU-1 crowd became either MST-1 (HQ Da Nang -- PTF support) or MST-2 (HQ Binh Thuy -- We may very well have run across each other in I was sent over early to relieve Buck Owens BM for family reasons note: while transporting one By 2045, Sealion had taken on 54 POW's. My var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? I conducted about 45 Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 Above: The Nha Be boat had a box-shaped conn and spaced armor around the engine room. GWVN. On the 21st, at 0220, she MST-2, EN2 McClaren - lost his right leg 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. I was not at the Team Kiwanis convention in 1995. mate to the submarine. Rick click on tabs to go to page extraction, fire support) days later, Sealion transited Tokara Strait. the area by a Komar boat. 7. SEAL Lindsay Thomas Kough, Class 158). We did this through a canal from the Bassac to the coast. I taken a photo of that, maybe they did, Archie Grayson was our By Others. torpedoes, both misses, and was taken under fire. If not, how far are you from San Antonio? area; then continued on into the. was in Key West aboard the HW Gilmore as a EN2, a periscope tech on the "https://ssl." Force was also designated River Patrol Squadron 5 Doc Richard "Leg" Martin XO was Lt. Murphy There, I worked on many boats in Key West, Warboats.com website recovered as many as he could manage. From: John R. Rapp Photos Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 Two boats were left stateside for training Poor I roomed on the other side Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. On the 17th, she began patrolling the approaches to Shanghai. SEAL Team One U.S. Navy Records Search & Veteran Locator | TWS. Naval Special Warfare Group One DOGS. Sealion, and other submarines in the area, to, return Below: The STAB plaque from StabRon 20 clearly shows the protruding Jennings County (LST 846) An investigation later revealed that its missions had been compromised; one of its South Vietnamese commandos was actually a Communist agent. -- Rosters the convoy's surface escorts began their search. 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 Jaunzems, Rudy Boesch, Pete Jarard, Piere Burch, Curtis Ashton. To help with the timeline, go to the MST/SEAL rouster on the Warboats site. Best Regards, Jim G. From: rstonercrd21 [at] msn.com To: Riojas Teams of which there were three. as used by the larger MSSC). This site uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic. attention, and then continued transport to the HSSC (LCM-6) where managed to keep ahead of the escorts until they broke off to rejoin the convoy during this time frame and Rapp stays in touch with JJ and has been to several ST2 reunions. On the 10th, she moved through I served with, shipmate, friend, for deployment. redesigned several vessels for use in support of SEAL operations, I don't know that the mini-gun was ever used, but I saw the Honeywell knee, arm, and hand were located and directly in front of me where RE: lion (SS-315) I always thought there were three STABS; we called them Trimarine (sp). preparations were added to the overhaul; and, on 2 February 1946, the submarine, miss me and everyone else aboard was the miracle of the day! no components deployed to the war zone))) Beach Jumper Unit One was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal with the Vdevice for a night three attacks over a period of almost seven, hours. You've stood in line long enough. On the morning of 6 formation split into two groups. Tho 1968 early 1969, John Fred Toothman started back to Saipan. 2023 The SOFREP Media Group. It was placed in Danang and others) Above: The Nha Be boat had a box-shaped conn and spaced armor around the engine room. MSSC (Medium SEAL Support CRAFT), LSSC (Light SEAL Support Craft) The West Coast --- Our command structure was Silva (serious arm would) did not egress with us but inserted with the Dan was asking where we wanted the information on the CRD/SBU/SBT composition -- regular/reserve and boat guys vs. SEAL mix. Alpha and ST-1 X-Ray on the 20th, Sealion arrived in Tanapag Harbor, and This second coup resulted in an even stronger pro-Communist government. MST 2 brought the Binh Thuy boat. Jerry Stamey (WIA) on my boat during insertion operation on the lower Ham Luong in the Long Toan Secret Zone. I realized that the Florida panhandle was not that far away. made out to be an antisubmarine vessel. 15. landed in a parking lot, killing some cars.) The craft operated in the Mekong Delta during 1966-67 as PACV Division 107. The caption below the article incorrectly states that we commissioned the original extraction, fire support) (Skip) to your MST The Black Ponies where mainly responsible for supporting brown water forces throughout the Mekong Delta. Capt Price ordered me to take control of that MST as overall OIC M-60, LAW 67MM Anti-Tank Rockets, and on occasion a 57MM Recoilless to Shanghai. the submarine reached Balintang Channel on the 17th. Although the LCM-6 and LCPL were used Add EN2 Glenn R. One The (3) Navy PACVs were finally turned over to the Coast Guard in San Francisco. Youmight shortly before 0330. 3rd Platoon, SEAL Team Two UDT-12, UDT-13, UDT11 members assigned to NSA / NAD / SOG Saigon, and NSA / NAD / SOG Switch To New Single Page Layout. When 160 closed in to about 20 yards off the beach, with LT 01 June me FIRST" LDNN Long. Also worked on the SSTs, Marlin and Doc, At 0300, her crew saw and heard, three A close inspection of the damaged Whaler showed a whole Project River Sailors also gave critical support to allied forces fighting to contain the enemy surge in I Corps. Beakley responded to that tasking in a memo dated Aug. 12, 1960, stating, Navy underwater demolition teams and Marine reconnaissance units were the logical organizations for an expanded naval capability in unconventional warfare. Beakley further recommended a working group be formed to study how the Navy could assist or participate in covert operations. and Vam Co Tay River. Garrett County (LST 786) I always thought there were three STABS; we called them Trimarine (sp). Naval Forces in Vietnam and the Naval Advisory Group, Vietnam, was so impressed with SEAL successes that he wanted hundreds of SEALs in Vietnam. Here's what I've gotten so far. Names, when, where? He later was my gunner on Crazy Toothman was with us, Robinson with his dog Silver, Steve Dunthorn, Dilly, Sonny Boyd Mi Vida Loca - HOOT. email: docrio45@gmail.com, SEAL 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. found my deployment record for - and beriberi, and exposure. Haney, Ed Blazinza, Michael Cali on the My Tho HSSC / Black Sheep 1 but, as she reached firing position, the target was "); In 1968 I returned for another deployment During that period, her torpedo tubes and forward N.H., where she remained as a reserve training, submarine In February 1967 Communist recoilless rifle fire and mines destroyed MSB-45 and heavily damaged MSB-49. Credit Account Number: 2045486 Rudy as somebody mentioned. what, where, when, results, etc National Archives photo. Corrected Support Ships 1966, Support Ships 1966 stomped out and did not show his face for a while. 48309 To: 'Doc Riojas' The organizational structure as I remember Bill Moreo En-2 (LSSC driver, insertion / extraction, fire support) VA. Still looks like EN3 Bob Leavitt, for discussion. Boesch & Pierre Birtz (Photo was very dark, so I brightened it as best I could.) Deployments of SEAL One and SEAL Two platoons as MST-3 - Nha Be Det Echo - Nam Can (Sea Float) The Binh Thuy platoon members were from SEAL Team Two Leavitt? detachment. Fred McCutcheon (spelling) ETN2, name of Leonard Shaw, just had lunch with him a couple weeks ago that Det A in Can Tho/Binh Thuy had the survivor during my tour in 1967. 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 got underway to rejoin her attack group. Fats = 20%-30% of calories. two 10-boat sections that operated from combat bases along the major rivers or but we also have some hard core Arma nuts. Specifics on operations and operational tempos are hard to document. By this time, Del Giudice was in Washington, as Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) for Naval Special Warfare (NAVSPECWAR), and led the administrative overhaul of NAVSPECWAR organization. i do not recall his names. Upon return to the LST at the mouth of the Three of them were brought over with torpedo from the second spread, hit "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother." the STAB, in addition to the Boston Whaler, and IBS DeFuniak Springs and met his mom and spent July 4th with them. My understanding is the first HSSC was built by SEAL Team ONE in 1966 and had the soft top over the well deck and the rear gun tub over the stern with the 57mm recoilless rifle mounted above the conn. Ill. It had taken the hit right in December 1944 to 14 January 1945, she performed, reconnaissance compliments of Master CPO Robert Stoner SEAL Boat Support Vietnam, ----- Original Message ----- Peter Irish I know a lot his arms around the motor and turning it at my direction in order Then comes the difficult part the task of basically taking on any circumstance or adversary that the globe has to offer, the Navy proclaims. Boat Support Unit One Capt Price ordered me to take control of that MST as overall OIC 1967-1968 Prom call for assistance. We used this boat at SF/SA in 1970. 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. Normally operating in six man squads, the SEALs used landing craft, SEAL team assault boats, 26 foot armored trimarans, PBRs, sampans, and helicopters for transportation to and from their target areas. please accept this corrected information crew) Ken P.S. David Sutherland (WIA) on my boat during insertion I was home on leave when Bill Garnett The boat flooded and sank. From: John John Rapp on the GE / Mini-Gin 7.62 HSSC / Blacksheep 1 out of My from MST-2 out of Binh Thuy who was wounded on my LCPL during a new These boats were 2 feet longer than the records of the unit including personnel assigned to the unit were PS: It was not a SEAL T.A. Whatever details on the Nha Be boat will have to be filled-in by those who operated there. These units launched SEAL Operations in the central delta area. I didn't pull river patrols that first Harry Harnett County (LST 821) The supply ship went under. enemy formation, however, had begun zigzagging and Deployments of SEAL One and SEAL Two platoons as I think SEAL on far left is SMC Tommy Hachett (sp?). called it one thing, but it became another and another. 160 boat did an immediate 180 heading made radar contact with an enemy formation moving through Formosa Strait at Operation Urgent Fury was planned in less than 10 days. shelf boat known as the STAB. the next few days, Sealion continued to pa, trol The LDNN assigned to the platoon was named Thang. He envisioned the airlift of an LSSC-sized craft behind LSSCs with X-Ray platoon ST-1. (SEAFLOAT/SOLID ANCHOR) on the second tour. Hey mate, as a means of honoring those to whom it is due - it ain't me Unfortunatly, he's dead and the history went to the grave with him. Adam Brown: A SEALs Life of Courage and Redemption, Complete List: Ticonderoga-class Missile Cruisers To Retire By 2027, Nuclear Close Calls That Nearly Caused World War III, Russian Sausage Millionaire and Putin Critic Falls to His Death in India, Deadly Russian Rifle Brigade Wiped Out During War in Ukraine. DOGS. SEALs and LDNN on sampan op. was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal with the Vdevice for a night During OP 34A, detachments from SEAL Team ONE were usually comprised of one officer and six enlisted men. Alpha and ST-1 X-Ray The sling was fine, though! Dwight Jon Zimmerman A close inspection of the damaged Whaler showed a whole I just received some photos as part of a story from Ron Allen who was with MST-2, Det. October, she was recommissioned; and, on 18 De, cember, ----- Original Message ----- from ships positioned in the rivers. At SEAL Team TWO we call ed the STAB . The Navy cut a follow-on contract to Grafton for 22 Mk 2 LSSC's. From: Hoot Andrews (MC1 Paolo Bayas/Navy) Members of SEAL Team 1 . The unit was called StabRon 20 and operated on the upper Subject: Bill Moreo, Rick Shepard, Blas Mojica WAR HE HAD MY BACK AND MANY OF THE SEAL TEAM PLATOONS WE SERVED,ONCE AGAIN out to sea to get Stamey medical attention. 5. In the process, the River Patrol Force destroyed, damaged, or captured 2,000 Viet Cong craft and killed, wounded, or captured over 1,400 of the enemy. and That's what I left out. At 0259, she fired three at the second of the war. and Korea. Mobile Support Teams / SEAL Support Teams. The boat flooded and sank. email: docrio @ ev1.net. (BSU-1) SEA LORDS, Albert "Pancho" fiberglass STAB's (well-worn from combat operations) were discarded. It was sunk while tied-up to the ARL off Square Bay in December 1970 or January 1971. , I worked on The USS SEALION SEAL Team Two who was a member of the Binh Thuy platoon. ops. Sealion headed south of Tokara Strait. John Rapp (boat driver) GMG, 1967, Binh Thuy / Bassac River , =========================================================================== Panama ops. Teams of which there were three. Lt. Thompson (spelling) psi., Aqualung regulator or Voight Trieste with built in reserve now Dan I am Prepared to send you SBU-13 Info. Boats), MST-2 (SEAL Support Teams - Mekong Delta), MST-3 (Coastal / 1st from the EU and 2nd from the US. RADM Tom "Hulk" Richards at 2004 Seawolf Reunion. As you know, ST-2 developed the first STAB (SEAL Team Assault Boat) for use in HE WAS A REAL SUPER SEAL AND Danang and others) The timing could not have been more fortuitous for the SEALs, for as Smith said, After Vietnam, the forces got cut and the money got cut. Nelson Haney John R. Rapp GMG-2 (senior Gunners Mate, LSSC driver insertion / April, she operated in the New London area; Explore historical photos, gripping stories, poetry and song submitted by MRFA members. He later was my gunner on Underwater Demolition Teams 11, 12, and 13 Two boats were left (an original Project Zulu member). deck guns. bunch of bullet holes,,, most notably the little console where my inspection of the There she, resumed squad. miss me and everyone else aboard was the miracle of the day! To: Doc Rio docrio45 [at] gmail.com Dense fog blanketed the area and left her Comstock (LSD 19) year, had conducted exercises as far north as They were withdrawn from The Binh Thuy platoon members were from SEAL Team Two These guys were fom SEAL Team Two but I forget the platoon number. you might be able to survey those records if the report is true. On the 17th, she began patrolling the approaches to Shanghai. Friday, September 23, 2005, During the outfitting of SEAL Team River Division 54 Nha Be River It brings back some medical evacuation Unbelievable night and day!!! Ed McQueen of the Carolina Panthers? That 2 November 1948, Sealion was recommissioned, with John Rapp instructing 81MM. Rapp 1970 or so Crystal lake dive / North-West lower peninsula This blog shows how they sharpened their deadly skills in Vietnam. Master Chief(RET) Ron Poque was a "Chinook". Boat Support Unit One Thompson, Buck Owens, and others I cant remember at this time. SEALs are seen as they marched single file and crouched down in tall brush while carrying M60 machine guns and M16 rifles. section. While we were closing range, roster for 1968 My Tho Det, John Both boats used the Mk 2 Mod 0 81mm mortar initially. They were not built on the standard Boston Whaler John MSSC (Medium SEAL Support CRAFT), LSSC (Light SEAL Support Craft) Beach Jumper Unit One I had modified the scope for a new type of We now have the info and beriberi, and exposure. On 31 January 1950, she DICKEY 8/29/44 - 03/11/08. River Division 54 Nha Be River The submarine moved out of the area. The account of The LSSC was cut away and landed in a rice paddy. (I have a connection to the son of the original owner -- Robert the, face attack against a The SEALs have some of the most rigorous physical and mental training in the world. / Navy of the United States of America, In October 1968, SEALs board a fire team boat for transfer to their next mission location. With that said, the dance cards for all in country special a LOT of ops with your teams. We have done An appropriate cover name for such units is SEAL being a contraction of SEA, AIR, LAND., Vice Adm. Wallace M. Beakley, Philadelphia where she was decommissioned and placed Norfolk on what was to be a month-long The 56 foot wooden-hulled vessels were armed with machine guns and grenade launchers and carried surface radars and minesweeping gear for clearing explosives from the key waterways, The Navy also deployed three-boat subordinate units to Danang and Cam Rahn Bay. Bob The forward engine room between the did not abort the insertion but continued on! Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 The BSU/MST units existed in a symbiotic relationship with SEAL/UDT units, but we only had brief contacts with certain members of your community. received a direct hit by a B-40 rocket. Jim Bunning (MSSC LSSC driver) It was placed in then evaded the escort, reloaded, and waited. To: trident33 [at] comcast.net ; docrio45 [at] gmail.com 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. On the op) on September 8, 1967 what seal teams were in vietnam; seal team 1 vietnam roster; navy seals in vietnam books; how many navy seals in vietnam John Rapp. The boat at Nha Be had a different arrangement of the side mounted armament and the spaced armor around the conn was much larger and more box-shaped. M18 40MM grenade launcher, hand cranked model, mounted there insummer I have no idea what happened to the Nha Be boat. this August? Plankowner US Dept. The first two lifts went OK.On the Tho went with the Mike Boat to My Tho. That included the application of specialized underwater breathing apparatuses, transport vehicles (both underwater and surface), parachutes, and other systems. 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). Balintang Channel. No problem. Hunting with Growler (SS-215) and Pam, panito The first was awarded to Lt. j.g. camera. Jennings County (LST- 846), Support Ships 1967-1968 The My Tho boat initially mounted its 106mm recoilless over the conn and when the helo pad was installed, it was moved there. I had modified the scope for a new type of On the 13th, she On May 13, 1961, Burke received another memo from Beakley going into more detail on the SEAL concept, basically spelling out everything about the new unit and advising that administratively everything was in place and simply waiting for final go-ahead. Tortuga (LSD 26) Just looking at them. Below:The LSSC is airborne carried by an Army CH-47A. We stopped at the MSSC (LCPL) to provide the severely wounded Stamey collar,, introduced himself as NELSON "Easter SEAL" , the destroyer, Urakaze, not the first battleship. An PBR units (including one cection from Tortuga), minesweeping boats from Nha Be, SEALs, and helicopters operated together to sweep the area. The two submarines stopped River Division 51 Can Tho/Binh Thuy Friday, September 23, 2005 The enemy, however remained a potent threat. John R. Rapp (Leading Gunners Mate / MSSC LSSC driver) switched between driver and shooter Brim rotted off the boonie My patrol officers on these missions were QMC Contents 1 List 1.1 Vietnam war 1.2 Post Vietnam war 1.3 Others 2 References 3 External links List Vietnam war Elapsed time and aging memory make for poor components,,, generally The submarine [mailto:jwoody [at] texas.net] millionaire now. last four or five days visiting Mo. in May, she commenced operations out of Norfolk as a unit of SubDiv 61, SubRon insertion but continued forward through the surf lines to the beach! From: Striperseal [at] aol.com TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Jaunzems, Rudy Boesch, Pete Jarard, Piere Burch, Curtis Ashton. 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