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Commissioning article with 13 insignia |
1986-Active & Reserve, Officers and
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Plankowner's certificate |
1984 - Active and Reserve, Officers and
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1981 - Doc's guys.. Lt Bennett, Doc
Greenough next to LT Pryor, Ltjg Eberling can you ID
the rest of the guys??
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SBU-13 command history |
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Rosters |
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Seven Man Teams for SBU-13 |
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SBU-13 Seafox
Crews, 1985. |
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Low Res |
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Whatever the
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Det Kodiak |
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This cartoon represents when we did SHOBA
Range Patrol at San Clemente Island. The patrols were long
and boring and lasted 1 week at a time, Monday - Friday. The
Uniform of the Day was shorts, boots and hats. We did lots
of fishing and trading with the local fishermen. |
Seafox Drawing |
Seafox Cartoon |
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Boat Pictures |
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Deployment training for
Persian Gulf, 1988. En2 McKinney, ET2 Hunter, GMG2 Eschbaugh. |
PB MKIII & SWCC tied to pier at N.A.B.,
Coronado |
UDT-12 frogmen cast from SBU-13 PB MKIII
off San Clementi Is. |
"Big Ski", GMC Leroy Gerzkowski, later
Command Master Chief |
Lt. Phil Garn |
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GMG1 Gray, EN2 McKinney, OS2
"Mad Dog" Evanouski. |
1990- Lt Phil Garn, GM Brian Eschbaugh,
Robin McKinney, Tom Folkeson. |
LT Greybill |
PCF Swift Boats, MKII828, Mk1 104. |
Lt Brian Herring. |
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GMG Gray, preps fuses on 81mm
illumination round for night gunshot on MKIII PB. |
Seafox SWCC at speed 1987. |
SBU-13 and SBU-X1 deploys boats to
Washington for OP Northern Hawk aboard USS Fort Fisher. Note
SBU-13 Sea Foxes, SBU-X1 PBR's. In well deck SBUX1 MiniATCs. |
Mad Dog Evanouski finishes a sardine
breakfast while OIC up chucks breakfast. |
PB MKIII, note SBU-13 insignia and CO's
pennent. 25mm chain gun on bow. |
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Heading out for a gunshoot.
SBU-13 reserves spent much of their weekend drills at San
Clemente Is doing gunshoots, seal support and FXP-6
drills.qA |
MKIII PB at speed. Note SBU-13 CO Pennant
flying . That means Commanding Officer on board. |
20mm Mk16 Cannon on PB MKIII, 850 rounds
per min. |
Operation Earnest Will, Persian Gulf
1988. SBU-13 MKIII. Pouncer Intercepts Dhow, getting too
close to Bangi. |
GMG Bill Danforth off San Clementi Is.
60mm Mortar MK4 (Naval) being fired by trigger.Note
aimsights , lightweight and fits into a tripod. |
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Gun Tub Wimbrown VII 1988 Persian Gulf SBU-13htm |
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Persian Gulf - 1988
"Operation Earnest Will". Wimbrown 7, NSWTU(PAC)MEF Home to
SEALS, Spec Boat Dets, Marines, Army & Air Force and one
serious deterrent to Iran. Note one PB on barge
undergoing maintenance. SBU-12 & 13 provided the MKIII PBs
and crews. |
GMCS Jim Gray on Kuwaiti Navy Boat, 1993. |
PB753 "Dragon Boat" on Day Patrol,
Persian Gulf 1988. |
This is 1992 and it is an
Iranian Boghammer brought back to Coronado after being sunk
during Operation Earnest Will. Special Boat Unit-13 had two
and they were used as “aggressor boats” against the fleet in
exercises. |
Persian Gulf 1988 -Mines
were a big threat in the Gulf to tankers and even "Boats" if
it was a floater. The joe was "anybody could be mine sweeper
ONCE!" |
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Iranian
Boghamer from "Operation Earnst Will." Note on the bow the
box is 107mm rocket launchers and also carried 51 cal on
stern, plus RPGs & SAAM missles. |
SBU-13 24'
Willard RIB 1990 Support Combat Swimmer Ops. |
SBU-13 Op Earnst Will PB753, 1988 |
Jeff Hunter
Photo - SEAFOX at sunset on OP NORTHERN HAWK.
I remember we were going out to do a night mission, but
don't remember exactly what that mission was. Maybe it was
to find LT Stans infamous "Lost Platoon" from SEAL Team
Three, remember that one ? |
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PB & SeaFoxes at Wilson Cove, SCI |
GMG2 Brian Eschbaugh on a hot day in Persian Gulf 1988 with his " M-60
Back Pack" 600rds 7.62 mm ready to go. |
Brain Ekberg on MTT with Kuwaiti Navy Jan.1993, on board
Kuwaiti navy boat, a modified civilian speed boat as most of
their navy was lost during1990-91War. Note Kuwaiti Navy
crewman on lookout.....and its close to lunch time. |
Gunner engages "moving" targets on SCI with his 20mm Mk16.
Note expended brass being ejected and on deck. Photo credit
ENC Ed Bermender |
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Post OP Desert Storm SBU-13 ARG Rib det works with
Kuwaiti Navy 1992 |
SBU-13 SEAFOX Boyz 1984 |
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PHOTO CREDIT RICK DOUGHMAN
more photos here. |
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GMG1 JIMMY PENDERGRASS ARMORER AND MAA FOR
SBU-13 |
GMC BILL DANFORTH SBU-13 OUTSIDE CORONADO
BASE ARMORY |
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YN1
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Tommy Cappell |
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More
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EMC John Reyes |
SBU-13 Quarter deck Chain of Command circa 1985 |
Petty Officer Scarber |
Perry Marler and Tommy Capell |
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PHOTO CREDIT LT PHIL GARN |
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LTJG Garn with captured AK-47 |
Prepping for night op in Puget Sound. SBU-13
ACDUTRA Lt. Randy Morgani Platoon |
.50 cal shoot of PB MKIII |
Lowering SBU-13 SWCL into water at Vallejo
(SBU-11) for ACDUTRA |
SeaFox gunshoot, M-60 & .50 cal at SCI |
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SBU-13 ACDUTRA SeaFox Sacramento River Delta,
Jay Duenas |
EN2 McKinney, GMC Gray, HMC Greenough sitting
on a SeaFox. |
Lt Garn shoots .50 cal from SeaFox |
ASDV PB and Fountain Speedboat off SCI 1990
SBU-12 & SBR-1 ex. Lt Jack Spratt SBU-12 |
SWCls Vallejo SBU-13 ACDUTRA |
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SBU-13 SWCLs and PBs with SBU-11 Minis in
Vallejo. |
PBR in Mike Boat SBU-11 Puget Sound ACDUTRA |
SBU-13 SWCL Crew ACDUTRA Sacramento River. b. Hackett, T.
Folkesson, J. Duenas, P. Garn. |
PB Sacramento River Delta SBU-13 ACDUTRA |
Off loading SBU-13 SWCL at Vallejo for ACTDUTRA |
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SBU-12 PB's op at Vallejo ACDUTRA |
Infamous gunshoot at SCI.50cals away |
TOC crew Mission Bay, Brian Eschbaugh, Phil Farn, Jeff
Hunter, Robin "Rob" McKinney |
TOC prepping for kayak ops. 1990. Hackert &
Doc Kyle |
Castle Rock gunshoot. ET2 Hunter, LT Ostrich |
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Garn & Eschbaugh canoe pair Mission Bay |
TOC Canoe pairs, Garn, Eschbaugh, Hunter, McKinney |
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06-23-07
Rory Towne Here are some more pic's. There are
some of San Clemente Island and when I was Squadron Sailor
of the Quarter. They had the base photographer take the pic's
of the engine room of the 736. I had it looking great. It
also ran great. The guy reading the book is Brian Larence.
(Other Rory Towne photos HERE) |
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Rory Towne shooting twin M-60s off PB MKIII |
Foal
Eagle exercise in 1985. |
news paper photo |
SBU-13
SEAFOX |
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Troy Boone, 1984-87 |
Troy helo transfer |
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1993 SBU-13's Iranian Gunboat, a
"prize" from Op.Earnst Will inserts "Agents" onto a
hostile Golf course in Coronado.
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After insertion the "Agents" watch
the Iran Gunboat withdraw, Note the Coronado
Apartments in Background. SBU-13 also had a Iranian
Boghammer. |
The Iranian Gun Boat AKA "the Flying
Bathtub" on its trailer. a 40 knot boat powered by
twin volvo penta engines check out those outdrives. |
SBU-13 Gunboat loading out for a ship
attack, note 50calMG with BFA
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The second Iranian Gunboat, a
Boghammer, here captured by a SBUXI PBR in a wargame
in 1991 |
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SBU-13 24' Willard RHIBs frozen in
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Newly minted LCDR Bob Koerber
Training Officer and 24'Hurricane RHIB
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SEAL Combat Swimmers in SWCL swimmers
compartment check their dreggers before dive. |
1993 awards ceremony at SBU-13 |
SEAFOX receives IBS squad of SEALs at
San Clementi Is.
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Familiar faces in 1992 Klein and
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SBU-13 Practice water survival and
IBS Training. 1984
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Even SCPO Big Ski can find time for a
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SCPO Big Ski pauses in thought before
addressing his remarks to the troops |
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Pulling the increment bags off 81mm
HE round |
Loading a 81mm mortar |
Loader just dropped in a 81mm mortar
round down the tube.
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81mm Mortar round going down the
tube, the loader quickly ducks to avoid the muzzle
blast |
81mm Mortar and 50cal MG on stern of
PBMKIII LT Herring and GMG1 Gray |
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An old MK67 mount firing, note ammo
stowage box built into mount. |
Lt. Bare firing M-79 |
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13 boys fun on 24ft Willards 1991,
note new Squadron building being built.
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McKinney, Hale, Murrain, Marler,
Hunter Back turned unknown
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Gary Hunt on SEAFOX |
SEAFOX on step |
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SBU-13 milling about smartly before
Blues Inspection 1981
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SBU-13 forming up for Inspection. No
those aren't all CPOs, those are the enlisted Zuwalt
Dress Uniforms which were not Popular |
Addressing the Command |
Awards Ceremony, but note the
crackerjack uniform making its comeback into the
1981.
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Doc's guys.. Lt Bennett, Doc
Greenough next to LT Pryor, Ltjg Eberling can you ID
the rest of the guys??
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Ray Evanouski and John Nickols. |
PB753 off San Clementi Is, I.D'd
Norris, Greenough, Berry, possibly Lipe on helm. |
Sea Specter PB MKIII note SBU-13
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50cal gunshoot |
Gun run on beach SCI, Doc in the
casual attire.
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SBU-13, 1981 photo. Note the Zumwalt
enlisted uniforms. |
BM1 Al Stroup in the GULF during
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BM2 Perry Marler, SBU-13 1984-1986,
retired BMC 1999, NAC Recruiter
'When I was at SBU-13 I was sent on a Exercise
called Allied Special Warfare JTX, Tandem Orbit-85.
The Command sent a seven man detachment and SEAFOX
8212. We were to operate out of Kaneohe Bay Hawaii.
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PBMKIII set up their 20mm cannnons
for gun run on San Clementi Is. |
MK67 Mount for 20mm Cannon on PBMKIII |
Off San Clementi Is. at Night |
SBU-13 PBs after a gunshoot at SCI |
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Sundown and now the Night work
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Don Gardner SBU-13 1986-1989 |
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PB MKIII steaming towards San Francisco |
Believe this was PB755 from From San Francisco trip |
PB755 |
Skipper Elson on 757 heading towards San
Francisco... Ohhhh what a Trip! |
SBU-XI's PBRs They were in Bahrain too.. we teased
them calling them Bahrain Taxis |
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Final Game between SBU-12 and SBU-13 prior to our
deployment to Middle East. SBU-12 Robbed 13 of
victory due to a Ref calling Back a Touchdown due to
Showboating!!!!???? That's what we did best
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SBU-13 side lines Skipper Elson, Lt Meyer.....
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heading to Gulf stopover in Philly and Jones by one
of the good things in Philly |
East Coast PBMKIII at Piers in Bahrain
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What do you do first Day in Middle East? Haki Sak |
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Wimbrown VII we were First Dets on Her. |
Harry Lowery one hell of a engineer ..at least he
kept us afloat and alive |
Boat Captain BMC Dave Calfey "where my coffee and
damn Cigarettes!" |
Jones and Quinn and???? |
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Is that Damn thing sending IFF or not??? |
Relaxed Battle Stations |
Maintenance Day on Barge. |
Harry Lowery somewhere in Gulf. |
PBMKIII alongside an FFG. Note size difference. We
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Bruce M. Cooley Jr, QM3 - I was a QM3 in SBU-13 from 1992
until it was Decomm'ed in 1993, just getting back into the Navy
after spending a year and a half as an Army Officer (I resigned
after the L.A. Riots). When I first got there I was assigned to
SoCal Det 1 under LT's Scoggin (I think) and Harding. I drove the
SeaFox's, the 24' Willard Rhib's (with ET3 Malloy), and was
navigator for PB 755. We participated in several "ship attack"
scenarios with the Coast Guard WHEC's and was the M-60 gunner on two
of those, and also did a couple of ops up at San Clemente Island
doing guard exercises for the SEALs doing a night fire out to sea. I
did most of those exercises on PB 755 except the ship attacks, which
were on the Rhib's. We also did several rendezvous ops on PB 755. I
was part of the last group to get their 9533 prior to
decommissioning the unit. On a land Nav exercise I borrowed Chief
Alvarado's compass but didn't check the deviation setting, so my
group was way lost. LT Harding then announced to the entire bus that
I was no longer QM3 but a BM3.....everybody got a laugh about
it.....!
My best memories were when I would come in during the week to get
some boat time with the active duty. After they learned to trust my
abilities they gave me more responsibility and I credit that with
helping me stay in the Navy and teaching me about real
leadership....something I have striven to provide for my sailors
since then. I really enjoyed the team atmosphere and camaraderie
that we had at Special Boat Unit 13, and took that with me to the
MIUW/Naval Coastal Warfare community, and now as a LCDR with the 5th
Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment.
By the way, I ran into now CAPT Maxim (Spelling??) at the NOSC San
Diego!!! He spoke to my "new" CAPT at the time and paved the way for
me at that unit, so I guess the camaraderie doesn't expire!!
I could go on but those were the most rewarding and memorable.
Nice to hear from you!
LCDR Bruce M. Cooley Jr. -
bruce.cooley@navy.mil
Fuels Readiness Officer
5th Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment
526 Laguna Road, Building 632
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In 1983 Naval Special Warfare was discreetly
involved in El Salvador trying to stop the spread of
a communist threat by El Salvador's Neighboring
countries. Spanish Speaking NSW advisors were added
help build the small boat navy of El Salvador. Their
Senior Naval Advisor was LCMDR Albert A.
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On May 25 1983 Schaufelberger was Killed in a ambush
in his car by F.P.L. terrorists. His body was return
to the USA and his family had him cremated, the
family requested his ashes be spread at sea. Tasking
was given to Special Boat Unit 13. |
Two PBMKIIIs were stripped of weapons and cleaned
spick and span and Crews and OICs and the C.O. of
the Unit in Dress Whites recieved the The ASHES and
Chaplin and SEAL Officer Escorts and Albert
Schaufelberger's Family. The PBs got underway from
Coronado NAB and slowly with Flags at Halfmast made
their way to sea. At the chosen Point a somber
simple ceremony was held and his ASHES were given to
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"Hulk" Richards would leave his Command at take
Schaufelbereger's Place as Senior Naval Advisor in
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Peter Prince HTFN Jim, I
wanted to take a minute to thank you for your
website, I've already met some of the guys I served
with and look forward to meeting & talking with
other brown Navy sailors, My name is Pete Prince, I
went to N.A.B. Coronado in Sept. 81 and left in 83.
I was fresh out of boot & everyone from my company
went straight to the fleet. I got my orders for
SBU-13 Coronado San Diego. After getting off the
plane I was confused, when I got to the base I was
shocked. I realized I wasn't in the Navy, it was the
beach, I was amazed. The guy's were having a cookout
and beer party when I showed up. Everyone was in
shorts & tees and that was the beginning of my fun
there. After tearing my ACL I was on crutches for 2
months and assigned to the HT shop where i met a
bunch of "cool dudes", Chuck Smith, Randy (cant
remember last name) and Lane, all Hts. Eventually I
got on the 753 and then moved to the 736 for a major
overhaul. It was a piece of junk, but with 3 guys
and lots of hard work we put it together again.. I
had a lot of good times on the Silver Strand beach &
the Gator Club. I lived on the top floor of the
spec. war barracks and I remember there was a beer
machine on the first floor and lots of cool guys..
I'm pretty sure that me and the guys that came at
the same time, were there to replace the women in
the unit. That didn't go over to well I guess. I'm
starting to put names to faces, but it was so long
ago.
I
would appreciate anything you can do, to help me get
in touch with the kids and men I was there with, and
meet more guys like you, who were there for the long
haul. I went to the USS New Orleans LPH-11 after the
boats, I didn't know a thing about ships and was
lost. I heard they were gonna make it a closed
community.. but I missed it.
I
thank you in advance for your time and effort, I
feel like a kid again talking about the old days.
You have helped me to re-live some great memories.
Your shipmate, Peter Prince HTFN
Missing San
Diego, Stuck in Boston Mass
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Peter Prince Part 2 -
I
wanted to tell you a couple SCI stories. During the
summer of "82" we were pulling weekend duty and tied
up to the pier at SCI. It was a boring day with no
shooting. I was fishing with a line, sinker and a
can of jack mackerel. This one fish kept coming up
closer and closer. My buddy on the boat had scuba
gear, rocket fins etc.. so I got out his self
release spear and waiting for this fish. I let the
spear go and it sank to the bottom, about 25 ft, it
was about dusk, and we had seen seals all day and
sea lions migrating to the isle. My Bro was not in
the best of moods to put on all his gear to retrieve
the spear I lost, so he said grab my fins strip down
and dive in and get the spear. I was down 20-25 ft
and could see the spear right in front of me,
reaching for it, and something big and dark swam
right past me. I almost had a heart attack. I'm not
sure it was a g. white or a sea lion. I wasn't
hanging around to find out. It's really gloomy at
that depth at dusk with not much light. I got to the
surface and SCRAMBLED on the boat. The next day on
Sunday my buddy put on his gear laughing at me
saying it was just a sea lion, when he came up an
hour later, after the dive, he said I was right. the
was a big fish down there, and not a sea lion. I
never jumped off the boat again!!!
Another
time in the SD bay we were following an SDV across
the bay to 32nd St Navsta. on a mock mine planting
op. It was scorching hot, the sun coming up of the
water was burning my eyes. I was following the
"little orange ball" staying a little behind, making
sure no other boats are in the area, etc. I'm on the
bow of the PL, bored shitless, but it was kind of
cool knowing what the SEALs were doing. The ship
they were using was the New Orleans, LPH-11. When we
got back over to NAB the guys said one of the divers
got stuck under the ship for awhile. I thought they
were joking, He went too near an intake and the had
to yank him out. I don't see how those guys do all
there underwater ops so fearlessly. I myself am now
scared of deep water.. funny being a Navy Guy, rough
tough HT. Later on I was stationed on the same ship,
and underway for OPPE or REFTRA. After we had a swim
call I jumped in, swam a few minutes and climbed
back up the cargo net. I had to put aside my fear as
I was thinking of the guys who do the real deal and
all the risks they take on ops..
Pete Prince, Htfn Boston, Mass. NAB
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Brenda Walker - I'm one of the few women at SBU-13. I
was there from 1979 to 1981 as a HT3. I rode PLs and
later the PB753 |
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Boatcaptain, later I worked in the MAA shack. It was
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Seafox with Green Berets at Camp Pendleton |
SWCLs and PB 1986 NAB Coronado |
PB 753 Dragon Boat in Persian Gulf 1988 |
SCPO Gray and the ugliest Oakley sunglasses ever
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SBU-13 PBMKIIIs with SBUXI during Specter Strike EX
1982. Guns stowed so not to offend civilians while anchored
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SBU-13 Seafoxes on LPD heading to EX Northern Hawk
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Burning Trash in the GULF .. entertainment |
PB DET CHARLIE1988 Wimbrown 7 |
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