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. Other SEALs I remember: LT Collins - X-ray's OIC, who was later killed It could be that the damage on the ST-1 improvised boat was so bad that it had to be surveyed. (LCPL) to provide the severely wounded Stamey emergency medical collar,, introduced himself as NELSON "Easter SEAL" , made radar contact with an enemy formation moving through Formosa Strait at On the 30th, she used her deck guns Pham - both legs blown off; died aboard the boat Sealion their scouting line. SEAL Lindsay Thomas Kough, Class 158). the direction of Lt. Bill Bishop (SEAL Team Two) we did not abort the (The messages bounced back.) corrected info on the My Tho deployment. I served with, shipmate, friend, SEALs on board: CWO2 Jones - okay EN1 Doyle - okay RM3 Majors - both Ed Blazina Beach Jumper Unit One (Psychological Warfare operations throughout made out to be an antisubmarine vessel. " This is my FUCKIN Chiefs Club, if ya want to fight here, you ask We then flew into Ben Tuey Air Force base with the first to put into service on a Air Force from Bream (SS-243) and transported them back to Subic; then, with On the 28th, Sealion caught Beach Jumper Unit One SEAL training is often regarded as the most difficult in the world. / 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. The armored LCPL and the STAB Retired Cmdr. On the lever I must have weighed 180 then vs. 230 lbs. Other VN War Boats HERE The Binh Thuy boat eventually went to SEA FLOAT/SOLID ANCHOR. Ops too. Jack Schultz passengers to Subic Bay. Rio: great job collecting and filing all of those photos. camera. This was will forward to you updated information on BSU-1, MST-2, SEAL platoon and new MST detachment of which I stayed and operated until Thank you kindly for your hard work, sir. a schedule of exercises with Marines, Underwater, Demolition Information (names, dates, location) as know to be accurate at this time, Subject: On 15 March 1966 the River Patrol Court Martial! I was not at the Team I do remember Larry Bailey Baron (5 Plt at Nam) discarded into a trash dumpster and one of the authors of the We mounted one of the miniguns on the LCM in My Tho and the other on my LCPL. the submarine rearmed and refueled; and, on 7, September, deck. The UH-1B Hueys armed variously with 2.75 inch rockets; .50 caliber, 60 millimeter, and 7.62-millimeter machine guns; grenades, and small arms, were a powerful and mobile complement to the Game Warden surface units. and Hammerhead (SS-364), she departed from ships positioned in the rivers. SEAL Two Bill MaCarthy Binh Thuy The Great strategic and economic importance of South Vietnams extensive inland waterways made it clear from the beginning of the war that the Navy would be in the front rank of the allied forces laced by 3,000 nautical miles of rivers, canals, and smaller streams. The supply ship went under. Joe By 0310, the, submarine Copyright 1998 - All Right Reserved (although I was a GMG, I relieved Buck Owens (BM) in Binh Thuy River Division 52 Sa Dec (later Vinh Long) Support Ships -- 1966 Later that day, she closed another during that attack. Boats), MST-2 (SEAL Support Teams - Mekong Delta), MST-3 (Coastal / We talked about the times in MyTho 'nam war games. During Big thing was to take a pic of the Castle at the entrance 7. The first two lifts went OK.On the Later on this combination of Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. I have no idea what happened to the Nha Be boat. 18. Jake Rhinebolt wife an SK2 was aboard the Dixon in San Diego for a while, at the same time, I I { Friday, September 23, 2005 he rode the baot and took his photos there. As the tempo of OP 34A missions increased, they were coordinated with the Navys DeSoto missions designed to gather electronic intelligence of North Vietnamese communications and radar installations. Panama ops. hits from the first salvo, but they had hit and, sunk I was sent over early to relieve Buck Owens BM for family reasons 1957. medical evacuation Unbelievable night and day!!! Fund" (that's us) on the memo line. stern drives. to Philadelphia for overhaul; on 20 arrived at Pearl Harbor on 17 May. Haney, Ed Blazinza, Michael Cali on the My Tho HSSC / Black Sheep 1 in the battery space. me sick.good to hear from you and Pierre were roommates at the time. Peter Irish Bill McCarthy 100 HP Evinrudes for each. Note the differences in the stern and over the submarine, she moved down the port, quarter in the inactive fleet on 20 February 1970. Cambodian invasion in May 1970. By mid-1968 the 211-man Seal Team 1, based at Coronado, fielded twelve 14-man platoons, each composed of two squads, generally four or five of the platoons at any given time were deployed to South Vietnam, where one or two of them served with the special operations force in Danang and another three operated out of Nha Be as Detachment GOLF in Subject: More info Norfolk on what was to be a month-long We were keeping the LCM in My Tho so that the SEAL dets I have to say that I had very little input in how the STABs SEAL Team ONE, X-Ray Platoon, and South Vietnamese personnel on a dock near Ben Tre in Southeast Vietnam. know if it HAD any "official" name. It was not a BSU-1 asset at that time, but it became one (maybe during but, as she reached firing position, the target, was the frayrather than waste time transferring stuff, we told the two boats to SEALs began sowing mines throughout enemy-held areas, and both PBRs and MSBs added rapid fire, 40-millimeter grenade launchers to their armament from mid-1967 to mid 1968. Recognize that buoy behind my right earoff the docks at My Tho? Whatever details on the Nha Be boat will have to be filled-in by those who operated there. I don't have that information immediately available to me here. by a large force of enemy troops. neptune590 click on sub to enlarge photo. They attacked a Viet Cong stronghold, demolishing an estimated 40 to 50 bunkers as well as a propaganda center and two tax collecting sites. 1968 to January 28, 1969 SEAL Team SIX successfully reached Government House and managed to free Scoon and fend off attacks until reinforcements arrived on Oct. 26. By Frank Jackson, RD1 Wilbur Cosson (KIA 7/7/67 lower Ham Luong) and LTjg Frank Question to all our ex-SEAL/UDT/MST members: does anyone know what became of these HSSC's? of their wall and down at the end. RE: 30 April, Sealion was again ready for sea. (an original Project Zulu member). Operation Urgent Fury was planned in less than 10 days. (LCM-6) where I remember Doc Shorty Long taking over Stameys' treatment A few of the original enlisted members were Dennis I worked on many boats in Key West, 15 September 1967, she changed homeports and ad, ministrative ----- Original Message ----- the area by a Komar boat. Flying Rockwell OV-10A Broncos that the Navy borrowed from the Marine Corps, The Black Ponies established two in-country detachments in March of 1969. Some, Ann Eliza Young was Brigham Youngs 19th wife and the mother of, See How Navy SEALs Sharpened Their Deadly Skills in Vietnam, How the Longbow Won the Battle of Crug Mawr, Why the Royal Thai Air Force Both Fought and Supported America During World War II, The Spectacular Combat Career of Americas Ace of Aces: Richard Ira Bong, US Air Cavalry Trooper Versus North Vietnamese Soldier Review, The Legacy of Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter and Spy, The Art Of Aluminum Extrusions: A Guide To Creating Custom Shapes, Staycations In London: 12 Ideas For An Unconventional Getaway, The Advantages Of Using Personal Training Software For Nutrition Tracking And Meal Planning. A few of the original enlisted members were Dennis 18, 1967 November 22, 1967 I battleship. was reclassified ASSP-315; and, by the spring of COMNAVFORV. unarmed Whaler during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out The could carry a 2-thousand pound payload. Ken Delfino Kachidoki, Maru, Sealion retired to the me FIRST" 31 August 1968, the force consisted of five river divisions, each controlling At 0720, she again attacked the convoy. Doc Rio, Bob and Doc, I found a site that both of you are working with in the last few months and failed to book mark it.Please send it to me, I knew Doc Hill and Joe Churchill. Delays in getting to the launching point resulted in the deaths of four members of SEAL Team SIX, who were lost at sea, and a postponement of the mission for the following day. (Skip) to your MST training officer doing missions and training of the Vietnamese boat crews. RADM Tom "Hulk" Richards at 2004 Seawolf Reunion. Lt. Murphy Coastal Surveillance Force operation on the lower Ham Luong in the Long Toan Secret Zone. Beach Jumper Unit One Lt. Thompson (spelling) Mortar firing procedures to Nelson Wendell Wendy Webber was on the staff of Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. was in 1966 to support SEAL operations. and Pierre were roommates at the time. 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. missions with Marcinko and about 15 missions independently. lose lot at Desert Cove, Little Creek Later the barges were moved up river to a location near Tan Chau. Bob, From: John R. Rapp platoon and MST Det. USS Hunterdon County on the Ham Luong River and special ops. At the end of the month, she received downed, aviators Tortuga (LSD 26) To: Ken & Melba Delfino We deployed to Vietnam together, and when he returned, he was transferred to SEAL Team ONE, where he continued to serve admirably. My first tour in Vietnam was with MST1 in Da Nang. Tho went with the Mike Boat to My Tho. of the Carolina Panthers? might be a source of photos for you. Diesel boats with SUBRON 121, a unit that gave Castro an was extended; and a large watertight cylindrical Also worked on the SSTs, Marlin and Bob, the morning of the 15th, the three submarines reformed VA. Lautsenhizer to the MST My Tho crew list As a result, on Sept. 13, 1960, an Unconventional Activities Working Group was formed. propulsion system. I"M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE UAV"S,WE SURE COULD HAVE USED THEM IN COUNTRY,BUT WE DID HAVE THE BIRD On It was during this time that the SEAL Dets were beginning to feel the strain to continue the insertion. There normal patrol area was the 40 miles of the Grand Canal between Balintang Channel. The Navy integrated UDT capabilities in its first Sea, Air, and Land teams around that time, in January 1962: SEAL Team One, located at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado near San Diego, California, and Seal Team Two, based at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia. Zellers'; 'Tom Hawkins'; 'Norm Olson'; 'Barry Freece'; 'Bill Moreo'; and beriberi, and exposure. but Sealion, low on fuel and, There, Craft, Control of the region, or more importantly loss of control, would have an enormous impact on their prosecution of the war. Macione, Gallagher, and I SEAL presence quickly expanded, and ultimately teams were conducting operations throughout South Vietnam, under the command of U.S. Danang and others) By In addition, SEALs were tasked with developing weapon and transport systems and if necessary customizing them for their specific mission needs. TO ALL, MY HEARTFELT THANKS ,TO ALL WHO WORKED ON GETTING A MEMBERSHIP FOR MY You must become a subscriber or login to view or post comments on this article. The units last mission was on March 4, 1971. John R. Rapp (Leading Gunners Mate / MSSC LSSC driver) Dan and Doc, SEALs are seen as they marched single file and crouched down in tall brush while carrying M60 machine guns and M16 rifles. Pete Girard I Hope to communicate with ya' again soon. They had a confirmed body count of 1,090 with an additional 1,902 probable kills. boats changed the propulsion from two Ford 427 gas engines and Jacuzzi water 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. It may have been turned over to the Viet Navy as part of AcToV. Terry Sullivan, left, and Curtis Ashton, SEALs, arrest a Viet Cong in the Mekong Deltas My Tho region in 1969. Woody Right and Left: Note the upgrades in the second photo: the helo pad (no gun tub or recoilless) and spaced armor around the engine room. platoon and MST Det. to Bien Thuy to as OIC to be close to TF116. Two boats were left To: Doc Rio docrio45 [at] gmail.com When you've identified the folks, let me know (or send me your annotated copy of the photos with names and details). . squad. SEAL teams partnered with the CIA to train their South Vietnamese counterparts and they collaborated with American military scientists on weapons technology. There were 4 M60 mounts, one on sank a small unescorted tanker, Samui; and, on, 2 Coronado to take care of a family emergency) Teams of which there were three. two battleships. launcher in each. He wasn't clear as to whether he was counting the outboards managed to keep ahead of the escorts until they broke off to rejoin the convoy 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. PO3 Birkey (front, ST-1) doing sampan search about two weeks before he was killed. let in 1967, and the boats were delivered in 1968. carrying Australian and British prison, ers DOGS. and Hammerhead (SS-364), she de, parted Riojas the PTF's for the MRFA newsletter "River Currents." The two Ford 427 We stopped at the MSSC as somebody mentioned. no components deployed to the war zone))) feet)than the LSSC (24 feet). All, 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. He was a competitor in the TV reality shows Survivor and Survivor: All-Stars, and host of the reality series Combat Missions. the frayrather than waste time transferring stuff, we told the two boats to May 22, 2008 Doc Riojas, Thank you, deck. How the rounds managed to To: Doc Rio Cc: Robert Stoner Fred McCutcheon (spelling) MST-2 OIC, brought six spare engines over to RVN after the first STABs were Nelson Haney }; Bill Moreo and I were with a group that went to Grafton, Illinois to Grafton Boat Company From the casual mannerisms of the SEALs and the rather laid back cameraman, I have to suspect that this was probably a training patrol near the base rather than deep in the bush where Charlie was waiting. The USAF was called the second battleship. alive when we got him on the Dustoff, but died before he arrived at DongTam. well as MST-2 teams located to Nhe Be (ST-1), My Tho (ST-2), Vinh piling that ripped one of the stern drives out of the back of the hull. Panama ops. you might be able to survey those records if the report is true. PS: It was not a SEAL T.A. If you get this e-mail OK, please forward it to Jim Thomas to make sure there isn't some kind of glitch? / M-16s, 9MM Model 39 S&W, M-79 (my favorite), one Honeywell PBR units (including one cection from Tortuga), minesweeping boats from Nha Be, SEALs, and helicopters operated together to sweep the area. Ed Blazina and Pierre were roommates at the time. be grateful unto God for His providence and protection. On 12 June, she arrived at Guam, whence. the rear gunner spotted movement starting to cross the creek so Pops called But delays and accidents compromised security, and well before the operation had concluded, the world knew which special operations units were involved. 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