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Coastal Division 13, Located
Coronado NAB was an all active duty unit. Many ex brown water
sailors. This unit was the deployable assets, they had PTFs, PCF,
MSSCs, PLs as well as Coastal PGs and two Hydrofoils, the Flagstaff
and Tucumcari. Craft and personnel were deployed on Amph Ship
deployments with UDT, and MST-3. These were usually a six months
overseas deployment. In Conus they conducted Komar-exs for fleet and
Primary mission SEAL/UDT support ops.
At direction of CRS-1 Craft assets
and personnel were shared with CRD-12 both units wore CRS-1 patches.
In 1978 CRD-13 would become Special Boat Unit 12 both units would no
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06-2006 - Historical
Notes from Jim Mitchell, Capt, USNR-TAR, Retired -
I was
assigned to Coastal River Squadron ONE, RIVDIVs 12 & 13
from Oct 1972 to May 1977. I served as: OIC, MST-2; AOIC,
PTF-21; OIC, MST-3; and OIC, PTF-20.
One of our assignments
on PTF-21 was Harpoon Missile Guidance System target
platform, where a Harpoon radar system.
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PTF-24 just starting to pick up
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Coming
along side a Trumpy PTF in Neutral |
PTFs
conducting towing exercise |
Bow view of a Osprey
PTF, note set up of towing bridal |
the Bow
of an Osprey and a Trumpy PTF on Step making a run
down the Calif. coastline |
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From
GMCM (CC) SKI (Big Ski)
The names of the crew as I remember them
(remember that picture was taken over 30 years ago.)
Top left to right EM1 ?, EN1 Heitzenrighter, the
next two I don't remember their names next was LT.
Bennet, BM1 Gayloard, Me (SKI) Bottom Row Left to
Right ET1 Bancroft, the next three I don't remember
the last one I think was EN3 Packmyer |
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CRD-13 took the PTFs on a recruiting
run all the way up to Washington State and back.
Here PTF-24 goes under the Golden Gate bridge in San
Francisco |
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