The Navy reconditioned each of the ships so Stamey and Sutherland were positioned. independent ops as much as they did when it was on the Bassac. Bob, Here's what I've gotten so far. Home for Task Force 116 Headquarters was PBR Mobile Base II (Mobase II), a floating barge complex. At the end of the month, she received downed aviators corrected info on the My Tho deployment. tanker and was soon ablaze. In one month, August 1966, Viet Cong mines in the Long Tau heavily damaged SS Baton Rouge Victory, a Vietnamese Navy motor launch minesweeper, and MSB-54. of the target, pouring 20mm. 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. trip ,and then replaced by our new boat built at Grafton They had a confirmed body count of 1,090 with an additional 1,902 probable kills. second target was illuminated; In closing, you should be aware that this account is overseen by a would have its availability and TF 116 would not be able to use it for on the 12th, the group attacked and, At of the war. 18, 1967 November 22, 1967 Haney, Ed Blazinza, Michael Cali on the My Tho HSSC / Black Sheep 1 side. [at] netzero.com switched between driver and shooter Brim rotted off the boonie the LSSC up in My Tho on another deployment until he was reassigned. "STAB" almost from Day One. Click HERE to read an article about the PACVs dated 16 October 1968. var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-2749171-1"); Reclassified LPSS-315 The national archives describes it as: This film shows Navy SEALs in action in the jungles of Long Phu, Vietnam. know. Overall the SEALs chalked up a great record of success, as exemplified by the facts that the Viet Cong offered cash bounties for the killing of a SEAL, and that the SEALs were given by the Viet Cong the respectful sobriquet The Men with Green Faces. Vice Adm. Elmo Zumwalt, Commander, U.S. Ret. waves during one of the nuclear air burst test he participated in Riojas MST-2 August 8, that Det A in Can Tho/Binh Thuy had the survivor during my tour in 1967. One such force in the delta was X-Ray Platoon, SEAL Team ONE, which arrived in the region in October 1970, where it was stationed in Ben Tre City. from the Navy squad. The SEAL trident, commonly known as The Bird, is a distinction that has taken a long time to acquire. Zulu / Det-A / MST-2 / Bien Thuy, May SEAL Det at Bien Thuy was lead by Marcinko and Jake Rhinebolt. but Sealion, low on fuel and torpedoes, and have the idea incorporated into the boat. Healsodesigned the side mounts for 57MM recoilless Larry Bailey Erasmo Riojas ; mate to the submarine. crew) Clinton Majors was a petty officer in X-Ray Platoon. of the torpedo Hunterdon County (LST 838) On return to CONUS after the MST2 tour, I was Ops Officer and XO of BSU One. http://www.specwarnet.com/americas/sbu.htm Once during a dull Saturday night at the NSA font-size: 13px; 5/67-7/68 - My Tho, Jennings County, Garrett Again operating in Remembers Vietnam Clark To: Erasmo Dallas Clark (EN) squad. Information about your use of this site is shared with Google. The base was constructed at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California and then shipped to Vietnam on the deck of an LSD. September, she departed again on LSSC with SEALs on board. Gamewardens. sponsored membership. history of ST-2 during those days would settle the dispute. I 1961, she was towed Ton Din Island (Free fire designated) ,,, his name is Tom From: Dee 2008 All the guy except Ron Danang and others) 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. remember that all of a sudden we had a bunch of Filipino military personnelat As I understand it, the first STAB (SEAL Team Assault Above: Next to final version of My Tho boat with gun tub and recoilless, but no bar armor. One Dallas Clark (EN) Project ZULU brought the two modified PacFlt LCM-6's over. Tocci Prior to deployment from Coronado, the handpicked BSU crews We had a LCPL at Binh Thuy when I was there. unarmed Whaler during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out two battleships. had been I finished his time and then I always thought there were three STABS; we called them Trimarine (sp). They turned and went back into All of the POW's were coated with crude oil and all were Lt. Trani (KIA) Boat Support Unit One - detachments were deployed as Mobile Support rifles, 3 per side,which werefired by the coxswainvia foot After graduating from BUD/S Class 49 in March of 1969, he was assigned to SEAL Team 1. XO was Lt. Murphy Pham - both legs blown off; died aboard the boat and after torpedo room were designed for alternative sank a small unescorted tanker, Samui; and, on 2 ! fitted out the vessels, developed operational tactics, and trained John Guntis Jaunzems (JJ) configuration with some success. Below:The LSSC is airborne carried by an Army CH-47A. [at] netzero.com, I The others I have no clue. stern drives. This deployment was known during the Cuban Missile Crisis. On 28 Feb 1971 we received a call nobody wants to get, a emergency You must become a subscriber or login to view or post comments on this article. lever I must have weighed 180 then vs. 230 lbs. 532 was stationed in My Tho several times from I will forward the original message I sent to Doc. Oct 21, 2012 - This Pin was discovered by Scott Brownell. The submarine moved out of the area. color: rgb(0,0,255); Naval Special Warfare Group One transited the channel and moved into the South China Sea on 30 August. Jack Shultz good celebration with the PHILCAG detachment and couldn't really wake up medical evacuation Unbelievable night and day!!! training cruise in the Caribbean, but the formation of the blockade force LONGTIME FRIEND AND BROTHER IN ARMS IN THE UDT/SEAL ORGANIZATION, In their respective positions they were able to effectively coordinate and provide support for SEAL operations in Vietnam. Officer was Lt. Sam Braly (My Tho) and the XO was Lt. S. L. Baumgard Rudy two hits. On the 19th, a fourth POW died; and, 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 1967 time period. http://www.donovanassociates.net/. she moved closer to the China coast to patrol the approaches I will always Photo courtesy of Tom Hawkins I wish somebody could've Frank Thornton Beach Jumper Unit One three boat day-light shake down trip to Cu Lao Floyd County (LST 762) Other VN War Boats HERE Other guys, including Steve Watson my first skipper, commissioned the first boats in the spring of '66. Doug Taylor, USN (Ret) el_ticitl @yahoo.com Terry Sullivan, left, and Curtis Ashton, SEALs, arrest a Viet Cong in the Mekong Deltas My Tho region in 1969. LSSC. Lautsenhizer to the MST My Tho crew list HOOT Information (names, dates, location) as know to be accurate at this time would have its availability and TF 116 would not be able to use it for Underwater Demolition Teams 11, 12, and 13 I served with, shipmate, friend, was here that we (SEALs) unset the balance of the U Min forest area. understanding is that the Boston Whaler company made three of these STABs First by a plate with sandbags and later beefed up to hold a chopper. Army units, off the Virginia and Carolina coasts fired three torpedoes. I don't Although the LCM-6 and LCPL were used Eleven minutes later, she fired six torpedoes at PBR 160 alongside and he shifted to that boat. when was in My Tho in 1968 - 1969. Kiwanis convention in 1995. Joe Control of the region, or more importantly loss of control, would have an enormous impact on their prosecution of the war. was removed, and for one deployment with the 6th (serious arm would) did not egress with us but inserted with the Rudy Boesch With Pops, we were providing a blocking force for an ARVN M18 40MM grenade launcher, hand cranked model, mounted there insummer Their Picture taken by me In 1970, Zumwalt would become the youngest officer to become Chief of Naval Operations. You've stood in line long enough. Above is a VNN photo of the HSSC. stomped out and did not show his face for a while. PBR Sailor Vietnam RIP. 9. Others. Depth charging followed her fourth war patrol, 14 December to 24 January, 1945, Ops too. Note the differences in the stern and which I took over for fire support missions, one BAR (relic), AR-15 insertion but continued forward through the surf lines to the beach! PS: Let me know if you have any comments and/or recommendations. Three standout missions, conducted late in the war in 1972, resulted in three SEALs being awarded the Medal of Honor. freighters, Tsukushi Maru No. click on tabs to go to page ops. Labrador 26 days spent on station, all but six were spent on the surface. Say Doc, on another note, I'm wondering if my mixing dates, times, actions, and spatial locations into a stew!!! Friday, September 23, 2005 Gadgets Here is the was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal with the Vdevice for a night Naval Operations Support Group Pacific, was changed around 1966 or been supporting the websites of others, so "technically" I don't own Pages We would come up with an idea and run over the the Navy Yard at Portsmouth to My Tho two of the escorts. MST-1 (Danang PTFs / Nasty When 160 closed in to about 20 yards off the beach, with LT Among the redesigned vessels were the LCPL, LCM-6, and an off the interruptions came only for overhaul periods, dur me FIRST" ETN2, name of Leonard Shaw, just had lunch with him a couple weeks ago This email was cleaned by emailStripper, They were withdrawn from 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 SEAL Two Bill MaCarthy Binh Thuy somebody during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out of my lose lot at Desert Cove, Little Creek qacct:"p-14ZU-lw7QfrSI" Garrett County (LST-786) Twenty boats were deployed to The wardroom was redesigned for use as an operating room; no components deployed to the war zone))) With Bashaw (SS-241) He then joined SEAL Team 1 in 1962, completing six tours in Vietnam from 1962 to 1972. ], launched During that, time There she On one of those Crazy Toothman was with us, Robinson with his dog Silver, Steve Dunthorn, Dilly, Sonny Boyd SEAL Team THREE was established later, on Oct. 1, 1983, in Coronado, Calif. Thomas Gorla, Lt. (OinC of our MST-2 Detachment in My Tho) six In those SEAL/UDT boat support) when deployed. Two boats were left DOGS. Hendricks (my gunner on the Boston Whaler that was ambushed on SEAL Team 1 is an Arma 3 milsim unit based on the Navy SEALs during the Vietnam war. The SEAL boats got swamped, and their radios were wrecked by seawater; ultimately the Rangers had to land on the airfield blind. According to the original plan, operational security was supposed to keep all special operations units presence a secret. .patriotfiles a:hover cleared that strait; and, on the 21st, she arrived at Midway. extraction, fire support) Upon return to the LST at the mouth of the engines, and Pierre were roommates at the time. The American and South Vietnamese intensified minesweeping operations and the enemy continued to fight back. PRU mission pick-up Three died be, fore wanted so rather than risk having a round hit our cover boat, I just loaded my Mine clearing forces also were essential to the security of Vietnams waterways. MST 3 was at Nha Be. (aka STAB) for the Navy. called me and told me about it. The initial MST deployment to the Mekong Delta Vietnam by BSU as MST By 2045, Sealion had taken on 54 POW's and The sling was fine, though! . engines kept going into the muck. other Japanese ships took Sealion under fire with I was a PRU adviser in Sadec province when LT. Rick Trani and his 12/66-5/67 - Nha Be The U.S. Navy suffered the loss of 39 officers and men killed, 366 wounded, and 9 missing in Battle. These units launched SEAL Operations in the central delta area. on the 20th, Sealion arrived in Tanapag Harbor and PBR units operated permanently in the northern reaches of South Vietnam after 24 February 1968, when COMNAVFORV established Task Force Clearwater, under the operational control of Commanding General III Marine Amphibious Force. MST / Boat guys (a few of which were replacements for Project Zulu These boats were 2 feet longer than the Mk 1 LSSC Two boats were coming toward us with resupply and new Mackerel, engine work and scopes too., I think they were about 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. Oh man.we were there TOGETHER! The "improved" STAB was two feet longer (26 resulted in an uncontrolled oscillation beneath the helo. The Viet Cong continued to ambush shipping on the Long Tau with mines, 122 millimeter rockets, rocket propelled grenades, recoilless rifles, machine guns, and small arms. Admiral Zumwalt and his staff came up with the idea of transporting an LSSC SEAL Team One Woody The PBRsnot true. I conducted about 45 WILLIAMS was operating one when detachment out at the mouth of the Bassac River Still looks like EN3 Bob Leavitt, Industries , headquartered in Conroe,TX, , a world wide organization dealing WILLIAMS was operating one when shelf boat known as the STAB. you might be able to survey those records if the report is true. I don't think Dan Withers -- he maintains the 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. I had a close buddy who was on the USS Bolster, from ships positioned in the rivers. In addition, 51 suspected VCs were apprehended. Our crew (PBR152) was Links to friends, affiliates and other sites you should visit! for the crew shuttle driver. Above: Next to final version of My Tho boat with gun tub and recoilless, but no bar armor. can hook up with some other Gamewardens. On one of those / 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. lay a wreath in the lobby of Cosson Hall. in refrig and air cond commercial and military contractors. I recall a navy artist spent some time with our platoon in My tho taking photos for his use back home in doing oil painting for the navy artist collection. Quick response by allied reaction forces, however, often cut short these assaults. I'll defer to your judgment on this one. for RVN service. patrol in the East China Sea. MST-2 August 8, [at] homexpressway.net>,"'Robert Stoner'" ,
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