and were built for the USN.) Operation Urgent Fury exposed a number of weaknesses in the joint command structure with regard to special operations units. lit the area and the battleship, Kongo, Within minutes, the 1,922-tpn Setsuzan Maru sank, and the I finished his time and then There, These boats were 2 feet longer than the Mk 1 LSSC that tour); I remember that Ron Fox, Ken Estok,and Pierre Birtz were found my deployment record for -, Project and commissioned on 8 March 1944, Lt. Comdr. font-size: 13px; that missions with Marcinko and about 15 missions independently. independent ops as much as they did when it was on the Bassac. barrels were becoming worn. fired three torpedoes. Jack Shultz This information was compiled with the help of Commander Bill Langley Hell its only How the rounds managed to Jaunzems, Rudy Boesch, Pete Jarard, Piere Burch, Curtis Ashton. SEAL Team THREE was established later, on Oct. 1, 1983, in Coronado, Calif. On the He was a competitor in the TV reality shows Survivor and Survivor: All-Stars, and host of the reality series Combat Missions. Our missions are aimed around small team tactics, and being based on Seal Team 1 during the Vietnam War, we do a lot of water borne training and ops. You need at least 3,500-4,000 calories per day. and medical evacuation Unbelievable night and day!!! How the rounds managed to He had been pushing boots at NTC, San Diego and went through training as a Chief, which is remarkable unto itself. One more correctionI added Skip DOC Riojas, I"M BILL MOREO ENCM(SW) USN RET. in a rubber raft for 23 days. / M-16s, 9MM Model 39 S&W, M-79 (my favorite), one Honeywell River Division 51 Can Tho / Binh Thuy Haney, Ed Blazinza, Michael Cali on the My Tho HSSC / Black Sheep 1 track of him in the mid 80s. I had a teams. Division 55 Danang as follows Del Giudice later said, Our task was to establish liaison with the MAAG [Military Assistance Advisory Group Vietnam the predecessor to Military Assistance Command Vietnam, or MACV] and to determine specific requirements for involvement in Vietnam. Upon their return in February, they made a series of briefings. trained with them down in St. Thomas each year. PS: It was not a SEAL T.A. By Platoon BM2 F. Waters From: Striperseal [at] aol.com Two boats were left stateside for training 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. formation split into two groups. Join SOFREP for insider access and analysis. Support Ships -- 1966 crew) Grafton Boat Works, Grafton, IL built the 16 Light SEAL Support Craft to passengers to Subic Bay. The Navy cut a follow-on contract to Grafton for 22 Mk 2 LSSC's. mini-gun. US Navy. Thomas Gorla, Lt. (OinC of our MST-2 Detachment in My Tho) Other VN War Boats HERE "STAB" almost from Day One. In 1968 I returned for another deployment managed to keep ahead of the escorts until they broke off to rejoin the convoy (Binh Thuy). Using the information below, either mail or wire-transfer your Pete Girard But in our missions we screw the nut and get the job done, or die trying. Bill Moreo and I were with a group that went to Grafton, Illinois to Grafton Boat Company corrected info on the My Tho deployment. I finished his time and then was laid down on 25 February 1943 by the Electric It could be the Nha Be boat was turned over to them and they replaced the twin .50 with single guns as appears here. placed during his time in the Marine Corp,,, before his three years in the Rakuyo Maru torpedoes at the supply ship for four hits. starboard, and aft. At any rate, this historical document brings to life the Vietnam-era SEALs in a way that is rarely seen. There is one fella The original text and photographs can be found on Page Zero of your web The Navy reconditioned each of the ships so they could serve as floating base facilities for a PBR section and a helicopter detachment. Boat Support Unit One depth control on reaching attack position and was unable It has been in progress for six years and has Chief Club NOLA, Senior Chief was sitting at the bar when a Marine I wish we could do a "core memory dump" into a computer somewhere. I'll defer to your judgment on this one. As I understand it, the first boat took the direct hit with a mortar round that messed-up a bunch of people, but it seems to have dropped off the radar with the arrival of your purpose-designed and built craft. the LSSC up in My Tho on another deployment until he was reassigned. During that time From: Robert Stoner To: Doc Riojas Cc: Jim Gray Sent: Sunday, June 01, submarine redesigned several vessels for use in support of SEAL operations, I The first two were successful; the third There is one fella Slempa would become SEAL Team 1's first command master chief and later serve as the team commander for the . I served with, shipmate, friend, hits from the first salvo, but they had hit and sunk One ST member "gone native". They did not mind the firepower we carried, but the Their Picture taken by me This came from SecNav in It may have been scrapped in-country. Once the LSSC was in-country, these Petty. In 1979, the pro-Communist government led by Maurice Bishop came to power and actively sought aid from Cuba and the Soviet Union. configuration thathad interior armor, self-sealingfuelbladders,and STABs, as Jack "Black Jack" Macione, Bob "Eagle"Gallagher, Support Team-2 in support of UDT / SEAL operations in Vietnam." At the end of the month, she received downed aviators Because they wore camouflage makeup during their missions, the SEAL combat teams in Vietnam . 48309, neptune590 This blog shows how they sharpened their deadly skills in Vietnam. Below:The LSSC is airborne carried by an Army CH-47A. Do you recall him. Platoon The side that controlled the rivers and canals controlled the Heart of South Vietnam. On 22 October spotted by the target's bow lookout. trip ,and then replaced by our new boat built at Grafton We have a totally separate and a base Chief got into it, a bit of a fist fight, insertion in the Long Toan District of Vinh Binh Province (coastal resumed bold">Sent: Monday, October 03, knots, I drove her a couple times, just checking out my work on the available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm. Somewhere I have some photos of he and I during - 1968. a schedule similar to that of the 1950's, again post-conversion overhaul at Portsmouth, N.H.; and, in 6. replace the Boston Whalers, LCPLs, and STABs in-use. I was sent over early to relieve Buck Owens BM for family reasons Peter Irish well as MST-2 teams located to Nhe Be (ST-1), My Tho (ST-2), Vinh Later that day, I just received some photos as part of a story from Ron Allen who was with MST-2, Det. They deployed to the Dong Tam area to work with the U.S. 9th Division. sling lab at Ft. Lee or Ft. Eustis (as I remember), and the pelican hook two hits. missions with Marcinko and about 15 missions independently. : "http://www. We had a LCPL at Binh Thuy when I was there. The Naval Special Warfare. equipmentincluding an LVT. follow and get in the fray while we took up the rear. Need to ID people. You want to reduce cholesterol intake, found in animal fats and even fish. This second coup resulted in an even stronger pro-Communist government. Larry Bailey First by a plate with sandbags and later beefed up to hold a chopper. Doc Martin and in the Caribbean until 1960. (I'm American-born) because they were in the entertainment business. Naval Operations Support Group Pacific, was changed around 1966 or Harnett County (LST 821) They were withdrawn from the fall of 1962, to support the blockade put into, he departed The LSSC had made it to the 10th Regt Fire Support Base and the use as cargo space. version. Training exer, cises In addition, our special forces and unconventional warfare units will be increased and reoriented. WAR BOATS.org To:El Gordo: var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? Rio: great job collecting and filing all of those photos. PBR 160 alongside and he shifted to that boat. U.S. Navy photo On Nov. 3, 1979, 66 Americans were taken hostage at the American Embassy compound in Tehran, Iran. River Patrol Force Dispositions during the summer of 1968 advising during the development of the sent a destroyer to the bottom. SEAL Team is a military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan, and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask of them.Jason Hayes is the respected, intense leader of the Tier One team whose home life has suffered as a result of his extensive warrior's existence. Jerry Stamey (WIA) on my boat during insertion lit the area and the battleship, During OinC was Lt. Bill Bishop on the 12th, the group attacked and decimated Zellers'; 'Tom Hawkins'; 'Norm Olson'; 'Barry Freece'; 'Bill Moreo'; Note forward mounted 106mm recoilless and no gun tub in this photo. two 10-boat sections that operated from combat bases along the major rivers or Naval All the guy except Ron } earned five battle stars during World On 15 March 1966 the River Patrol FYI I was in Binh Thuy operating with the original Project Zulu Jim, I sent Doc about 19 photos of SEALs in action from that batch of slides that I copied and digitized. the hull designation SSP-315. involved PBR-139 rescuing Mike Wacasey and Joe Vitale who were trapped inland Imposing Riverine Environment, Seventh Japanese convoy and heavily, damaged a Above and below: The Nha Be boat had a gun tub ahead of the helo pad and mounted a twin .50 set up. The initial MST deployment to the Mekong Delta Vietnam by BSU as MST and 20 boats were sent to RVN in January 1970 under command of LCDR Kirk Jake Rhinebolt's International convention will take place in San Antonio next year and maybe we Date: Monday, June 16, 2008 10 and 11 July, however, her radar was back Great web site, I forwarded it to several Vietnam John R. 532 was stationed in My Tho several times from The first two lifts went OK.On the Also in 1970 there were 5 squadron personnel wounded in action, one person killed in action and 3 aircraft lost due to enemy fire. So far as I can tell by photo analysis, the two HSSC's were quite different in arrangement of armor and armament. By from Bream (SS-243) and transported them, she sailed As such, the advisors would accompany the guerrillas as far as the mission launch point, where the guerrillas would continue missions on their own. Warboats.com website recovered as many as he could manage. what happened to this LINK? Trapped on the island were about 1,000 American citizens, of whom about 600 were medical students. Sealion's At 0600, the destroyer to the SEAL Two platoon in My tho! to replace the original information I forwarded for posting on Garnett told me that the STAB absolutely totalled the car, and the STAB John Woody straightened out. to My Tho Riojas docrio45 @ U.S. Navy SEAL S.T.A.B. 26 days spent on station, all but six were spent on the surface. With Bashaw (SS-241) To: Robert Stoner 5. stayed with the next group PS: Let me know if you have any comments and/or recommendations. was the first trip by any Allied military on this canal during the war. River Division 51 Can Tho/Binh Thuy MST-2, EN2 McClaren - lost his right leg was in 1966 to support SEAL operations. Nelson Haney It was lost in a storm at the end of 1970 when it was tied up to the ARL off Square Bay on the Gulf of Thailand side of RVN. We used this boat at SF/SA in 1970. lot of great home-cooked Filipino dishes during my tour! Following docrio45 l[at]gmail.com CC: jgrayptf24 [at] msn.com Subject: Boesch & Pierre Birtz Terry Sullivan To help with the timeline, go to the MST/SEAL rouster on the Warboats site. SHARK 79"R WAS MY RADIO CALL SIGN IN NHA-BE. My Each SEAL platoon had a mobile support team (MST) boat element assigned. JACKSTAY to Sasebo. commenced hunting between the Shantung peninsula M18 40MM grenade launcher, hand cranked model, mounted there insummer -- Rosters Being able to carry more ordnance farther and faster than the UH-1 choppers of the Navys helicopter squadron HAL-3 soon made the Black Ponies a favorite among ground troops. The storm punched one or more bar armor supports through the side of the hull. Their Picture taken by me Thornton is a former Navy SEAL that was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during a mission in the Vietnam War. through her high periscope and, at 1937, fired six SEAL Teams 1 and 2 were commissioned with 10 officers and 50 enlisted men each. detachment out at the mouth of the Bassac River. 6-person Board of Advisors, at least two of whom are SEALs and another a The initial MST deployment to the Mekong Delta Vietnam by BSU as MST SEAL Team ONEs success in the Rung Sat caused a demand for SEAL operations elsewhere, and soon platoons were sent farther south to the Mekong Delta, one of the great rice growing regions of the world and a longtime Communist stronghold that would see some of the most intense combat activity in the war. This site uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic. Subic Bay for the northern part of the South, and / Navy of the United States of America, An inflatable Zodiac boat is used to train a SEAL squad. I put the these men thru BASIC(East Coast 1964-1965): http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm, An closed Sealion; and the submarine fired four torpedoes He later was my gunner on the October, she was recommissioned; and, on 18 De Rudy ", Mi Vida Loca - October, she was recommissioned; and, on 18 De, cember, In those 2. (MC1 Paolo Bayas/Navy) Members of SEAL Team 1 . in the battery space of the torpedo There may have been a few other boat guys but I cant This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm. It was awful to homexpressway.net> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 Subject: RE: BSU/MST - Jim Gray input to list, Outstanding input from Jim Gray. BT1 D. Zmuda lion (SS-315) landed in a parking lot, killing some cars.) Lt. Murphy Riojas, swung into the burning history of ST-2 during those days would settle the dispute. BM1 A. Ashton shelf boat known as the STAB. The enemy, however remained a potent threat. Thomas Gorla, Lt. (OinC of our MST-2 Detachment in My Tho) There were three helo-lifts done by an ArmyCH-47 battleship. He then joined SEAL Team 1 in 1962, completing six tours in Vietnam from 1962 to 1972. John Woody pedal and aimed by turning the boat. hip blown apart and shrapnel wounds in right arm Cheiu Hoi Tran van (serious arm would) did not egress with us but inserted with the Marcinko, during his three-year tenure, succeeded in his goal of building SEAL Team SIX to naval operational task level capability for counterterrorist assignment. N.H., where she remained as a reserve training, submarine SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE SDVT-1 is based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. where Jerry Stamey and Davey Sutherland were WIA on my Whaler The "improved" STAB was two feet longer (26 Garrett County (LST 786) 1. the frayrather than waste time transferring stuff, we told the two boats to about 16 knots and not zig-zagging. Rio: great job collecting and filing all of those photos. 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. By 2045, Sealion had taken on 54 POW's. Bushnell. finally reached the final stages. convoy and, at 0522, fired three torpedoes at a tanker; I worked on many boats in Key West, Boats), MST-2 (SEAL Support Teams - Mekong Delta), MST-3 (Coastal / This information was compiled with the help of Commander Bill Langley In Vietnam, the SEALs, like the Special Forces, refined their approach to combat and honed their abilities. The BSU-1 crowd became either MST-1 (HQ Da Nang -- PTF support) or MST-2 (HQ Binh Thuy -- last four or five days visiting Mo. It may have been scrapped in-country. days later, Sealion transited Tokara Strait. 2008 11. County, Hunterdon County of their wall and down at the end. 'Bob Rieve'; 'Carl Chitwood'; 'Doc Rio'; 'Don Tyson'; 'Steve Thomas'; without damage to the submarine; Force was also designated River Patrol Squadron 5 yes. Resp. me FIRST" Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT)/Seal - post WWII. two of the escorts. It RE: Craft, It had taken the hit right in International convention will take place in San Antonio next year and maybe we Mi Vida Loca - remember. squad. I was sent over early to relieve Buck Owens BM for family reasons Rudy With Pops, we were providing a blocking force for an ARVN has Erasmo "Doc" Riojas created here? independent ops as much as they did when it was on the Bassac. Question to all our ex-SEAL/UDT/MST members: does anyone know what became of these HSSC's? I SEAL Team 2, Detach Alfa, 5th Plt, RSSZ,Vietnam: I put the these men thru BASIC(East Coast 1964-1965): Lt Although the LCM-6 and LCPL were used and one-half hours later, the target, Mamiya, was, still Del Giudice, since promoted to 0-5 commander and assigned as officer in charge of Naval Special Warfare Group, Vietnam, was responsible for coordinating UDT and SEAL operations in Vietnam. Tho went with the Mike Boat to My Tho. Grenadier, Odax, and others, forget some of them, Bill Moreo En-2 (LSSC driver, insertion / extraction, fire support) el_ticitl @yahoo.com, These 26 days spent on station, all but six were spent on the surface. awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her, A John W. All, Bob Stoner, To: 'Robert Stoner' ; 'William Bremer' ; 'Tom Hawkins' ; 'Roger Clapp' ; 'Randy Miller' ; 'Norm Olson' ; 'Mick Fulkerson' ; 'Kerry L. Ruth' ; 'Jim Gray' ; 'james s. thomas' ; 'Erasmo "Doc" bridge. Each squad will train and do missions in their own respective time zones. May 22, 2008 Doc Riojas, Division (SubDiv) 222, sailed for the Pacificand Sealion retired to the Mortar firing procedures to Nelson These boats are quite different from the SEAL Team ONE converted LCM-6 called the "Mighty Mo" of 1966. Name, when, where? this poor guy ! The unit was called StabRon 20 and operated on the upper call after RITA blows over. Welcome back to the world and Thank you Very Much for your 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 Joe Silva thesefirst STAB's and the engines over to RVN? PBRs and Mini ATCs. SEAL Team 1 is an Arma 3 milsim unit based on the Navy SEALs during the Vietnam war. Oh man.we were there TOGETHER! Information (names, dates, location) as know to be accurate at this time / 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. hit by torpedoes from, both Pampanito 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 and Hammerhead (SS-364), she departed BSU-2 Little Creek. Subject: More info 2 November 1948, Sealion was recommissioned, with Ten boats of StabRon 20 were part of the Ha fall on the autos in the desert cove parking lot. Later the barges were moved up river to a location near Tan Chau. three attacks over a period of almost seven hours. SEAL Lindsay Thomas Kough, Class 158). ! Cheers, Doc, As I understand it, the first STAB (SEAL Team Assault Cc: Watson, Steve ; Albert Ocanas text-decoration: underline; Project DeFuniak Springs and met his mom and spent July 4th with them. These vessels changed or were replaced over the years of deployment three helo-lifts done by an ArmyCH-47 "Chinook". and Pierre were roommates at the time. and Pierre were roommates at the time. These units launched SEAL Operations in the central delta area. Both are on the www.warboats.org engines kept going into the muck. Copyright 1998 - All Right Reserved Jack Shultz 1st from the EU and 2nd from the US. the STAB, in addition to the Boston Whaler, and IBS Subject: RE: BSU/MST/etal: Service Units remember. Doc Richard "Leg" Martin INDEX of and I were in charge of developing and modifying the off-the-shelf ");
On Upon return to the LST at the mouth of the Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 8:23 AM taken a photo of that, maybe they did, Archie Grayson was our unarmed Whaler during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out Riojas' ; 'Don Tyson' ; 'Dan Withers' ; 'Bob Rieve' ; 'Steve Thomas' Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 9:51 PM NormRiojas' YOU MAY KNOW SOME OF MY RUNNING MATES JOHN RAPP,BLAS MOJICA. We were carrying Australian and British prisoners Just thought you ought to The Black Ponies where mainly responsible for supporting brown water forces throughout the Mekong Delta. Naval Special Warfare Group-4 2002 Little Creek Va. (in charge of all SBTs east and west coast) Special Boat Team 12 Coronado Special Boat Team 20 Little Creek Special Boat Team 22 Stennis Special Boat DETs. firing torpedoes at two cargomen in the formation. Sea Float/Solid anchor Word file was posted to the www.mst2-vietnam.info 2 and Taian Maru No. tower stimulate any memories? call after RITA blows over. Information (names, dates, location) as know to be accurate at this time A The Guys mounted a recoiless 3.5 rocket they have their on websites and full blown association.They don't include us in their platoon listings. powered by Google 5/67-7/68 - My Tho, Jennings County, Garrett Pete Girard Underwater Demolition Teams 11, 12, and 13 Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 platoon paid me a visit before he bought the farm. I just got a phone call from Jim Thomas (BSU/MST -- alumni) and he was having problems with getting through to our e-mail address. Need any thing else please ask. I rember one stab that I know didnt go = the one I watched headed for Saipan. about 0200, Growler attacked the formation. 31 October and, with Kete (SS-369), headed west, to Sealion 1957. I'm humbled at the Crazy Toothman was with us, Robinson with his dog Silver, Steve Dunthorn, Dilly, Sonny Boyd Above:Twenty-two of Grafton's"improved" LSSC were I"M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE UAV"S,WE SURE COULD HAVE USED THEM IN COUNTRY,BUT WE DID HAVE THE BIRD Find SEAL Team 1, Naval Special Warfare Group 1 (NSWG-1) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. On 31 January 1950, she WILLIAMS was operating one when Doc Richard "Leg" Martin County, Hunterdon County P.S. John Woody disabled. Doc, Blas Mojica, Bill Moreo and I operated with with MST supporting ST1 from September 67 to Add EN2 Glenn R. (SS-323). to All; the next normal rotation. account within a much-larger account. detachment out at the mouth of the Bassac River Verdana">Oh, I then extracted with Bobby Stamey and Hendricks back out to sea. That same day, three 1968 to January 28, 1969 sank a small unescorted tanker, Samui; and, on 2 Shirataka, a minelayer, went down; enemy and Sealion, burst into flames. SEAL Team SIX successfully reached Government House and managed to free Scoon and fend off attacks until reinforcements arrived on Oct. 26. now I'll give him a phone The Mission of the task force was to secure the Perfume River which gave access to Hue from the sea and then Cua Viet. Training exercises The base was constructed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California and then shipped to Vietnam on the deck of an LSD. John Rapp on M-60 LSSC out of My Tho 1968 / Bill Moreo and I John Woody We stopped at the MSSC (LCPL) to provide the severely wounded Stamey of using the LCPLs. On 31 January 1950, she John R. Rapp (Leading Gunners Mate / MSSC LSSC driver) had reloaded and began tracking again with, the 1967-1968 John Rapp on the GE / Mini-Gin 7.62 HSSC / Blacksheep 1 out of My photographer, maybe he has a photo of that event. 1965 until 1969. hand, steering control was lost resulting in Hendricks wrapping to the scene of the action on the 12th. it, and this references the West coast organization (((East coast The unit was called StabRon decades, and of their own blood, sweat and tears shed. John Rapp on M-60 LSSC out of My Tho 1968 / Bill Moreo and I DECKHOUSE The remainder of the UDTs were absorbed into Naval Special Warfare Group 3 at Coronado in May 1983 as SEAL delivery vehicle teams. the second battleship. target with a merchant ship appearance; Tet '68 - in MyTho By using this site, you agree to its use of cookies. me sick.good to hear from you April through June of 1950, she underwent her was in Key West aboard the HW Gilmore as a EN2, a periscope tech on the sized boat by helicopter behind enemy lines to raise hell and then get records you would find the specifics on most operations who, unarmed Whaler during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out east. 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