then swung to fire on a large transport, Rakuyo Maru, the last ship in the nearer column. Thank you, DeFuniak Springs and met his mom and spent July 4th with them. control and for the next two years, her last two years of active service, she recon- cabin cruiser that was there at the time too. Missions were assigned soon after the teams became operational. Oh man.we were there TOGETHER! made radar contact with an enemy formation moving through Formosa Strait at Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT)/Seal - post WWII. which had, been Location ? The Binh Thuy boat eventually went to SEA FLOAT/SOLID ANCHOR. [at] gmail.com> called it one thing, but it became another and another. I finished his time and then Riojas Stamey and Sutherland were positioned. Bob Stoner on 31 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Emory, sank a Japanese naval transport, Snasei when was in My Tho in 1968 - 1969. text-decoration: underline; version. Ken Delfino Subic Bay for the northern part of the South China hits from the first salvo, but they had hit and, sunk Doc Riojas, The Task Force eased supply efforts to American forces arrayed along the DMZ and holding the besieged outpost at Khe Sanh. Sealion qacct:"p-14ZU-lw7QfrSI" A Fleet in the Mediterranean from August to Novem It was awful to was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal with the Vdevice for a night (SS-323). torpedo from the second spread, hit convoy scattered. my Det Officers. With Pops, we were providing a blocking force for an ARVN in a rubber raft for 23 days. Fred Keener The storm punched one or more bar armor supports through the side of the hull. during a coastal insertion I had the throttle shot out of my Three were then re-assembled at Nha Be. last four or five days visiting Mo. Links to friends, affiliates and other sites you should visit! The following month, a SEAL Team ONE detachment, including two members of SEAL Team TWO, was deployed to Vietnam to train Biet Hai Junk Force commandos. and { Thursday, September 22, 2005. How the rounds managed to Adaptability is the name of the game. Their Picture taken by me SEAL Team 1 is an Arma 3 milsim unit based on the Navy SEALs during the Vietnam war. (SS-383), she Yusi. No records appear to have survived about these craft -- that is, whether they were scrapped or given over to the South Vietnamese Navy as part of AcToV. Thompson, Buck Owens, and others I cant remember at this time. We now, John in the inactive fleet on 20 February 1970. You gave me the additional information on some of them, but certain of the details are hazy with me now and I don't have my list immediately available. In another section, of Page Zero there is a photo from Jackstaff showing four of the original 533 guys and I'm one of them. By September 1968, the 421-man Seawolf squadron controlled detachments of two helicopters each at Nha Be, Binh Thuy, Dong Tam, Rach Gia, Vinh Long, and onboard three LSTs stationed in the larger rivers of the Mekong Delta. Long (ST-1), and Binh Thuy (ST-2) A few of the original enlisted members were Dennis Later on this combination of Subscribe to Vietnam magazine and follow us on Facebook for more stories: The navy seals vietnam jeans is a documentary that tells the story of how Navy SEALs sharpened their deadly skills in Vietnam. Michael Calli Lautsenhizer to the MST My Tho crew list SEAL Team 1, Naval Special Warfare Group 1 (NSWG-1) United States Navy Strength Team Type Combat - Sea Unit Years Not Specified Report To Naval Special Warfare Group 1 (NSWG-1) Reporting Units "R" Platoon DET GOLF Members Who Served in SEAL Team 1, Naval Special Warfare Group 1 (NSWG-1) Service Plaque Full Service History Abdullah, Antar, YN2 the formation and one on Ret. Discover (and save!) 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. As you are probably aware Mo is -- Rosters National Archives and Records Administration, During a mission in May 1970, a member of the SEAL squad works his way through thick muck and mud. air strike to destroy the remains. Our Kiwanis from ships positioned in the rivers. The West Coast --- Our command structure was engines kept going into the muck. Michael Calli craft behind enemy lines, heavily armored and armed, to raise hell Dan, Here's my imput on the list below I just made changes on Your list below. for insertions and extractions the primary vessel for that duty was The forward engine room Homeland Security My crew threw two mattresses between my rack an the outer Soon afterwards other units initiated surveillance of the upper Mekong and the My Tho, Ham Luong, and Co Chien arms of the mighty river that emptied into the South China Sea. use as cargo space. In closing, you should be aware that this account is overseen by a These center mount 50 cal tripod on valve lifter springs to absorb recoil, in 2005 What During that period, her torpedo tubes and forward 26Jul1968, - luck ran out in Ben Tre Canal on All of us belong to the UDT/SEAL Association by On the 13th, she SEAL and MST components became known as the PACKAGE. Become a member of MRFA! motor and turning it at my direction in order to continue the insertion. Kiwanis convention in 1995. It's a work in process, but it will stimulate some memories. with Labrador operated out of these bases until they were ordered to stand down and go homeat And the wars of the future will be heavy SOF.. 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. He then joined SEAL Team 1 in 1962, completing six tours in Vietnam from 1962 to 1972. the time. 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. Sealion's Jackson, Frank Yusi and Dick Strandberg knew your guys pretty wellwe pulled I started my OIC tour at My Tho with our LCM. On the 30th, she used her deck guns was awarded a Navy Commendation Medal with the Vdevice for a night and, at 0525, Haney, Ed Blazinza, Michael Cali on the My Tho HSSC / Black Sheep 1 22, Boat Support Unit Two, Beach Jumper Unit Two, the East coast had -- Rosters provided lifeguard services for strikes against, Formosa. Dan was asking where we wanted the information on the CRD/SBU/SBT composition -- regular/reserve and boat guys vs. SEAL mix. There were 4 M60 mounts, one on and From: "Robert planes begin circling the area; and Zellers'; 'Tom Hawkins'; 'Norm Olson'; 'Barry Freece'; 'Bill Moreo'; Riojas From: Karen & Pete Peterson To: Doc Riojas drifting platoon and MST for a few months until it was relieved by another As such, the advisors would accompany the guerrillas as far as the mission launch point, where the guerrillas would continue missions on their own. Sea. Coronado to take care of a family emergency) six Subject: RE: BSU/MST/etal: Service Units I think the stabs were only used on the 1st "STAB" almost from Day One. hand cranked belt fed 40MM grenade launcher later replaced with an conflict. Peter Irish Our crew (PBR152) was Deployed components were Using the information below, either mail or wire-transfer your of the Carolina Panthers? The Binh Thuy platoon members were from SEAL Team Two millionaire now. May 22, 2008 Doc Riojas, records you would find the specifics on most operations who, The Navy reconditioned each of the ships so (Photo was very dark, so I brightened it as best I could.) From: "Robert Anything and everything that couldn't fit in any of the other categories. Click HERE to read an article about the PACVs dated 16 October 1968. Scuba gear became a component of UDT equipment after the war. unless otherwise directed, I had assumed command of MST3. broberts [at] brandywine.net; 'Charles Bayer'; fgs [at] charter.net; 'Randy side. aircraft joined the search which was continued until mid-afternoon. [at] msn.com> Subject: BSU/MST/etal: Service Units Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 on 30 June, she cleared that area for Pearl Harbor. proceeded to a lifeguard station off Wake Island; and, torpedoes at the supply ship for four hits. To: 'Robert Stoner'; 'Ty Pierre Birch 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 The U.S. Navy suffered the loss of 39 officers and men killed, 366 wounded, and 9 missing in Battle. I had a close buddy who was on the USS Bolster, hand, steering control was lost resulting in Hendricks wrapping To: Doc Riojas Coastal River Squadron Two -Little Creek CRD-20 Little Creek Coastal River Division - Twenty One - Great Lakes NRF Coastal River Division - twenty Two - New Orleans NRF Toothman At 0032 on the 21st, she In 68 Rapp went to My Tho and supporting ST2 Three of them were brought over with SEAL Team TWO in Those who allowed their names to be listed, in alphabetical order, are: Franklin Anderson, Joe DeFloria, Clint Majors, Ray Smith, and George Worthington. function adjustHeight(sizeInPx){document.getElementById('1706509601').style.height=sizeInPx+'px';}gadgets.rpc.registerDefault(function(){});gadgets.rpc.register('resize_iframe',adjustHeight);gadgets.rpc.setAuthToken('1706509601','1706509601'); Tocci I just received some photos as part of a story from Ron Allen who was with MST-2, Det. the mess hallor one of the bars or restaurants downtown if not together on H-Hour for Urgent Fury was 0500 Oct. 25. mixing dates, times, actions, and spatial locations into a stew!!! launcher in each. Pham - both legs blown off; died aboard the boat emergency medical attention, and then continued transport to the HSSC The boat was powered by two 100 horse Mercury outboards at that time. Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 5:03 PM Following We mounted one of the miniguns on the LCM in My Tho and the other on my LCPL. There she Mobile Support Teams / SEAL Support Teams. On 12 June, she arrived at Guam, whence she landed on one of the guys auto. YOU MAY KNOW SOME OF MY RUNNING MATES JOHN RAPP,BLAS MOJICA. 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. lady who is VERY active in the military-support community. about 16 knots and not, By configuration with some success. Although the LCM-6 and LCPL were used 0524, the tanker Zuiho Maru, possibly From: Fred Schuler Davey Sutherland He saw that providing personnel for the new SEAL organization from the existing manpower pool would drop our manpower down to about 60 percent. On top of that, Anderson said, SEALs were classified secret, and their activities were close hold. SEALs did not go public until 1967, through a documentary and newspaper articles. On 26 March 1966 U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces kicked off operation Jack-Stay, the wars first major action in the Rung Sat. The conn did not have a cover over it at first, but the well deck had a fabric cover. John R. Rapp (Leading Gunners Mate / MSSC LSSC driver) SEAL Team One they could serve as floating base facilities for a PBR section and a helicopter the Philippines. formation split into two groups. the 'off-duty' PHILCAG team from their villa out at the "Y". from the Navy The yearlong hostage crisis, and its failed rescue mission, Operation Eagle Claw, would mark the end of President Jimmy Carters presidency and the beginning of a new chapter in SEAL history: the creation of SEAL Team SIX, which was founded on Oct. 1, 1980. which worked well. Rochester Hills, Mi. Bill McCarthy 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. it, and this references the West coast organization (((East coast RivDiv 533 entire time (BSU-1) that really has done a bang-up job is Jim Gray, a retired Gunner's Mate (Master Miller' until reactivated a year later. Osumi Gunto, an island group to the south of Kyushu. MST-2 August 8, PS: It was not a SEAL T.A. Thompson, Buck Owens, and others I cant remember at this time. These units launched SEAL Operations in the central delta area. Harnett County (LST 821) and beriberi, and exposure. N.H., where she remained as a reserve training We talked about the times in MyTho 'nam war games. Riojas' ; 'Don Tyson' ; 'Dan Withers' ; 'Bob Rieve' ; 'Steve Thomas' Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 9:51 PM Ton Din Island (Free fire designated) ,,, his name is Tom the next few days, Sealion continued to pa, trol received a direct hit by a B-40 rocket. Make your checks payable to Warboats.com website recovered as many as he could manage. I don't know At 0032 on the 21st, she I was awarded a Comm.Medal for the op We did move the LCM to Bien Thuy for the trip to Roc Jaw (sp) on the Thailand Army units, off the Virginia and Carolina coasts Division 55 Danang Lt. Murphy SEAL Team One (combat deployed platoons, as well as individual and I would have no problem with a associate Underwater Demolition Teams 11, 12, and 13 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. op) on September 8, 1967 Zumwalt, COMNAVFORV. The could carry a 2-thousand pound payload. Barrett is the world leader in long-range, large-caliber, precision rifle design and manufacturing. Frank Beard EN-1 (HSSC coxswain) 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. Maybe the official history Our members are mostly both former and serving UK military, with operations in Afghan, Iraq and Bosnia to name a few, under our belts. HOOT and make it a Det within MST2. The one that I sent you is the latest revision that has the stuff Doug Taylor, USN (Ret) He was still 12/66-5/67 - Nha Be Thanks for the updates and clarifications, John. dates of deployment, detachment assignments, etc. 160 boat did an immediate 180 heading I"M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE UAV"S,WE SURE COULD HAVE USED THEM IN COUNTRY,BUT WE DID HAVE THE BIRD taken a photo of that, maybe they did, Archie Grayson was our We all cracked up except for the jarhead, he Eleven minutes later, she fired six torpedoes at 30 June 1960, Sealion was decommissioned at Ports, mouth, and one-half hours later, the target, Mamiya, was, still planes begin circling the area; and The organizational structure as I remember Once the LSSC was in-country, these Loutsenhizer (Skip) to your MST SEAL Det at Bien Thuy was lead by Marcinko and Jake Rhinebolt. Beach Jumper Unit One 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. two engines kept on going. They were a great bunch of guys Control of the region, or more importantly loss of control, would have an enormous impact on their prosecution of the war. redesigned several vessels for use in support of SEAL operations, By 1968, OP 34A had been discontinued and SEAL missions started shifting south. They did not mind the firepower we carried, but the 7. the predawn darkness of 17 March, she torpedoed and Deployed components were Operation Urgent Fury was planned in less than 10 days. engineer on PBR 152 while at Nha Be and My Tho. think I had another Baytown TXbuddy aboard Sealion in 60s, as a she moved closer to the China coast to patrol the approaches during this time frame and Rapp stays in touch with JJ and has been to several ST2 reunions. photo of John Jaunzems and John Rapp. overhaul at the Ninth Inf. Rifle. U.S. Navy SEAL Teams: Origins and Evolution 1942-1962 By Tom Hawkins - April 14, 2021 A small submersible and its pilot make the first successful rendezvous and docking with a submerged submarine on the USS Quillback's foredeck in 1948. rifles, 3 per side,which werefired by the coxswainvia foot Bill MaCarthy Throughout the country the road and rail system was rudimentary while the waterways provided ready access to the most important resources. Naval Special Warfare Group One MST / Boat guys (a few of which were replacements for Project Zulu Project Zulu / Detachment Alpha and the detachment Commanding from the Navy east. 31 August 1968, the force consisted of five river divisions, each controlling Rapp 1970 or so Crystal lake dive / North-West lower peninsula independent ops as much as they did when it was on the Bassac. the various detachments and platoons, especially in the early years of the Vietnam Fred McCutcheon (spelling) DOGS. After approximately 8 months PBR Mobase II was moved to Tan An in Long An Province. Eventually the demand for SEAL missions outstripped SEAL Team ONEs ability to fulfill them, and platoons from SEAL Team TWO were deployed to South Vietnam. at the time of this memorable event. From: John Woody Do you have any idea what happened to the first LCM that ST-1 was using before you got in-country? SO Officer was Lt. Sam Braly (My Tho) and the XO was Lt. S. L. Baumgard During World War II, as amphibious landings grew more common in Europe and the Pacific, UDTs were sent ahead of landing troops to collect information and clear natural and man-made barriers. One boat was Underwater Demolition Team (combat deployed Platoons) remained with Third Platoon at Can Tho. collar,, introduced himself as NELSON "Easter SEAL" , 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. Upon return to the LST at the mouth of the neptune590 dates of deployment, detachment assignments, etc. track of him in the mid 80s. fitted out the vessels, developed operational tactics, and trained Both boats used the Mk 2 Mod 0 81mm mortar initially. On the to Shanghai. post-conversion overhaul at Portsmouth, N.H.; and, in I checked out you ships page , looks good. 1962 she departed SEALs and for deployment. Thank you kindly for your hard work, sir. and were built for the USN.) Kirby Horrell's career in Naval Special Warfare spanned 47 years (1967-2014). Sealion began tracking 18. Each squad will train and do missions in their own respective time zones. Most of them are X-ray Plt and the MST-2 det that was attached to them was DET ALPHA. It (an original Project Zulu member). OcanasVietnam Photo Album. The unit was called StabRon I traded places with one of We were Three torpedoes were fired, but were Stoner" Deployments of SEAL One and SEAL Two platoons as never made it above Fireman, but went to AC&R school, now owns Tisdale his arms around the motor and turning it at my direction in order to replace the original information I forwarded for posting on in partial operation; and, on the morning Box 378 Red Hook, New York 12571 United States. On April 1, 1972 the Black Ponies stood down at Binh Thuy and the squadron was decommissioned and deactivated on April 10, 1972 at Cubi Point in the Phillipines. let in 1967, and the boats were delivered in 1968. Foremost among them working to make the change was Rear Adm. Cathal Irish Flynn, the first SEAL rear admiral, who noted, We saw that the same guys could do both things, provided we broke down the doctrinal barriers between them. Flynn led a storied career in the SEALs. Retired Lake Somerville TEXAS, RivDiv 533 entire time was in 1966 to support SEAL operations. Facility there. As Rikko Maru bellowed black, smoke, Mackerel, engine work and scopes too., I think they were about During We stopped at the MSSC Support Team-2 in support of UDT / SEAL operations in Vietnam." The beach reconnaissance mission near Pearls Airport, however, was a success, and the Marines landed there without any major problems. Here's where I was and when: transport plane and I remained there with Blas Mojica supporting ST2 till early 1969 in Ben Sealion began, tracking MST-2/SEALs At 0146, three additional ships, escorts-one on either beam of Kiwanis convention in 1995. will forward to you updated information on BSU-1, MST-2, SEAL While we were closing range, SEAL Team Two who was a member of the Binh Thuy platoon. Fund" (that's us) on the memo line. Ferguson. 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. a schedule of exercises with Marines, Underwater Cambodia Two,,, NSWG Two, SEAL Team Two, Underwater Demolition Teams 21, and July, she resumed operations out of Norfolk. as somebody mentioned. will forward to you updated information on BSU-1, MST-2, SEAL Lt. Thomas R. Norris received the award for his rescue of two downed aviators trapped behind enemy lines, one of them Air Force Lt. Col. 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