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Enjoy this comprehensive collection of information on the
combatant craft or "Warboats" serving from before WW1 to
the present day around the world. Sponsored by
Combatant Craft of America,
This project started in late 2000 in a conversation about how to
capture the history of the boats and the men that served aboard
them around the world.
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Your service as Combatant Craft
Crewman in Naval Special Warfare was
indeed special. Do you miss the
comradeship and sense of belonging? |
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On
Dec 8 2012 at Coronado NAB a small group of Boatguys and
three advisors gathered to form the long
talked about Combatant Craft Crewman Association
or CCCA. The
NEW website is hosted
HERE
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Warboats.org Forum |
Added with the purpose to
reveal the
history of small military boats in actions around
the world. We discuss
their past use and future selection.
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Special Announcement
Were you awarded The
Bronze Star Medal, in country, Read
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Cool Picture of the Month -
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What's new at Warboats.org
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●
Warboats Editor, Bob Stoner passed away March 1, 2017.
Tribute Here.
●Witmeyer discovers he was awarded the BSU-1 Meritorious Unit Citation. ●Joe Witmeyer trip back to DaNang 50 years
later. More DaNang Here
● Added
Leon Mansi Memorial and History ● Added
history of the Graymarine 6-71 engine ●
Read Pacific NW Warboat history in the
Puget Sound Maritime SEACHEST. ● EN2 Ed Mann -The Detachment that did two Conflicts in one
Deployment. or SBU-24 ● Added Jim Thomas - The First 3 Swiftboats in Vietnam. ● Added
Bill Hansen SBU-13 Kuwait Memories. ● Added
huge Dennis Brown MST-2 photo collection. ● Added
The Boats of
Warboats.org Facebook page link. ● Added
Link to
new
CCCA Website
● Added a STABRON20 History Video
● Added the History of STABRON20.
● Photos
from
EN3
Ray Golden MST-2 Det
Delta
● EN1 William S. Redmond -
History and photos.
● Special Announcement
from James Born.
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On Dec 8 2012 the long discussed Combatant Craft Crewman Association
was formed More
Details Here
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SUDDEN IMPACT INJURIES
- documents on the effects of
impact injuries from High Speed Boats.
● Added
Elcie Luckett -
1970 STAB photos
● Added
Mac Barrow - Early Junk Patrols
● Added
Facebook link
● Tim
Sammons CRD-21/PTF-17 link
added HERE
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Added the Mal Fisk
copper coated SEAFOX story.
● HUGE
SBU-26/HPU photo collection
from
Ray Ashcraf
● Capt.
Pete Wikul SEAL Ret. speaks out about 1987 operations during
Operation Ernest Will and the attack on
the Barge Hercules by Iran.
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Video clips of PTF-24 in San Diego.
● Declassified history of the PTF in
Vietnam added to MST-1.
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Added new SBU-12 story from Steve
Chance.
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Added new photos of PTF-22 on the rocks
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50 new SBU-12 photo
from Tim
Sanchez.
● SBU-XI
Reunion info added HERE
● Added
a huge list of VA related contact and
website information.
● Added
new Vietnam Page and 4 new Stoner
Brown Water Navy articles
● Added
"The Best Kept Secret" by Tom
Stanley, GMG-2, SBU-20
● Added photos and
notes from Rodger Berley EN1
and
Jack Birge from BSU-1
● Many
new photos added see UPDATES
●SBT-22 story in Popular
Mechanics, Smoke on the
Water
●SBU-11
legend "Doc" O'Boyle on Last Patrol
● NSWC-4
adds NAVSCIATTS
● SBU-12
photos Tim Curry, GMC, SWCC.
● CRD-13
photo from Big SKI.
● Naval
Special Warfare Operational Support Group redesignated.
● BSU-1
Weapons Test, David Goff, BSU-1
● The
Beginning, Life
in the Locks,
Why SBU-26 was the Best Howie Nash, SBU-26
●Bill Sherrill CDR USN, Retired
- article on
SBU-12
Maintenance and Handling
●The Maritime
Executive - Patrol Boats: Plugging the Smallest Holes in Port
Security
● SWCC PHOTO
ESSAY #2
● John Staehle, MST-2 Letter
● PTF-13
Weapons Test update - BSU-1
more of this list
moved to updates....
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Robert H. Stoner
September 11, 1946 - March 1, 2017 |
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Become a
donor to the
Vietnam Unit Memorial
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At the
Naval Amphibious Base ,
Coronado, CA. |
Designate
your donation to
"Maintain the Boats".
Lets help keep them looking sharp.
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