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Coastal River Squadron -2 |
The Squadron was first
commissioned as Coastal River Squadron TWO on 10
July 1971 with headquarters at the U.S. Naval
Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Norfolk, Virginia.
This command is a component of Naval Warfare Group
TWO as part of the Special Operations Command.CRS-2 received part of
the PTFs and continued training on the East Coast.
They operated as Coastal River Divisions 20, 21, 22
and 24.
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10-09-02 - Russel Weeks - I was with RivDiv 554 in Rach Soi and Song On Doc in 1970. Went to Cos Riv Ron in 72. Went to Morgan City LA and brought the Mk II's
back and put the operational and technical
evaluation on them. More Here |
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03/31/01-Joe Lombardi I
served aboard PTF-23 at COSRIVRON 2 in 1974-5 at
Little Creek. I have a single picture of her pier
side painted in a camouflage scheme that we crudely
made; we even painted eyes on either sides of the
bow. More Here.
(This is a
link to www.ptfnasty.com) |
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03-21-02 - Lester Durst
I had first seen PTFs at
the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in the fall of
1972. I was in boot camp there and my company had
been given a day of liberty near the end of our then
7 weeks of recruit training. Myself and a buddy went
to the main base and for some reason wandered down
to the piers. That's when I first saw them. Green
boats. I asked the watch what they were and was told
PTFs. Being a young squid I never thought of asking
if we could come aboard, heck I wasn't in the real
navy yet just a boot camper. Those boats, I thought,
that's what this sailor wanted to serve on.
More Here.
(This is a
link to www.ptfnasty.com) |
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05-08-01 Don Murray
I found your page about pt boats and had to look at
it. I was surprised to find ptf 19 with pictures. I
was stationed on 19 in Little Creek, VA about the
time frame of Oct 70 - Nov 72. I was a second class
enginemen and helped to put the 19 boat into
service, at Little Creek. Thanks for the memories. |
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02/12/01- George R. Spadie
I originally was on PTF-12 for about 2 years.
Unfortunately, we wrecked it at Operation Solid
Shield in Morehead City. We were then given PTF-17
for a short period before it was decided to get rid
of all of them. We stripped them somewhat and took
them out of the water. They were in a field at
Little Creek the last time I saw them in 1977. It is
very distressing to me if it is true that they plan
to destroy them! I have always wished that I owned
one, even though it would be on land since it would
be way to costly to actually run it.
More Here.
(This is a
link to www.ptfnasty.com) |
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04-10-02 - John Watkins
A little history without firm dates, I entered the
USN in 1963, served on a Destroyer (DD805) then I
went to "A" school then to Gitmo then to NavSta
Aregentia, Newfoundland then to APA31 then my Four
years were up. I stayed in the Norfolk, VA area
working for the Dept of Navy and choose the Active
Reserves. As a EM1 I was part of the Res. Crew on
the Willard B. Kieth around 1970 and I heard they
were going to form a reserve compliment for PT
Boats. I grew up hearing stories of PT's in WWII
and, of course, I wanted in on this new Unit. More Here.
(This is a
link to www.ptfnasty.com) |
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