Special Boat Unit - 24
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Special Boat Unit 24
is located at Naval Amphibious Base, Little
Creek, Virginia. It is similar to Special
Boat Unit 22, it is also a Naval Reserve Unit with a small cadre of
active duty personnel. Special Boat mission is the support of
special warfare forces as well as patrol
boat tactics. Special Boat Unit 24's craft include two MKIll's and
ten SWCL's (SEAFOX).
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Provided by Frank Cumberland, written by the first
CO - SBU 24 was established as a Naval Reserve Force special
warfare boat unit composed of reserve and active duty personnel at
Little Creek, VA in late October 1978 from the riverine and some of
the coastal assets of Coastal River Squadron TWO at that location.
SBU 24's collocated sister unit, SBU 20 was formed from the
remainder of the active duty coastal and SEAL support assets of the
squadron. The reserve/active duty Coastal Squadron TWO riverine unit
based at New Orleans, LA was redesignated as SBU 22 under the
command of CDR John Foster. Naval Reserve CDR Wayne Cowie Clarke, a
non-active duty drilling reserve officer, was designated as the
first commanding officer of SBU 24 in October 1978. CDR Clarke, a
veteran of command as Commander River Division 511 and OIC Duffle
Bag Unit, Ba Xoai in South Vietnam spent the next four months along
with the sailors and officers of the newly named SBU 24 developing
the organizational structure and table of organization that would
lead to SBU 24's commissioning. In March 1979, SBU 24 was
commissioned as a naval special boat unit with CDR Clarke as its
first commanding officer, LT Michael Gorman (an active duty officer)
was the unit's Officer-in-Charge in the absence of CDR Clarke. Naval
Reserve LCDR Carrol N. Harris was the second senior officer in the
unit's chain of command and Naval Reserve LCDR Richard Fraser Moran
was the senior SEAL officer of the unit. [more follows later] |
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Capt. Peter Wikul, SEAL
is a NSW legend starting as a Enlisted and
retiring as a Full Captain. He started out
in the UDTs and Seal Teams and served also
in Special Boat Units 12 and 20 and
commanding SDV Team 2. He held the Rare
Title of "Bull Frog" The longest serving
SEAL in the Teams at the Time of retirement
of 39 years service.
The following is his point
paper he wrote based on his experience on
the Barge Hercules 1987.
Read Here |
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(04-06-2011) Pete said: Jim, Great to
see you're still going strong, I have been
busy with a number of projects. You can use
anything I have written. If I get more time
I will send more stuff on the Barges and
Boats.
I want
to say CMDR Paul Evancoe was the first C.O.
of barge Hercules 1987.
My Best
Pete.. Bullfrog 13 |
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Magazine article from Full Mission Profile - Fall
1993 - Last Call for PB MKIII by Lt Cmdr Jeffrey P.
Stratton, USN, CO, SBU-24. Unlike the west coast Special Boat Units,
SBU-20 and SBU-24 were realigned in 1991 to be craft specific. . .
Read More Here.
(Require Adobe Acrobat)
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(12-08-07) Paul Holloway,
Norfolk, Va. When I got to SBU24
they had two PB MK1, two PB MKIII, a LCM-8, six MATC,
and two LCPL.. About four months later we turned the
MKIIIs over to SBU-20. The MK1 was ok but
not a MKIII if you get my drift.
Read More Here. |
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(05-05-07) Ted Walthers
I enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 3
September 1984, for the specific purpose of being in the
reserve and still going to college. Upon graduation from
boot camp (Co 313, 1984 Great Lakes), I decided to return to
my college, Wesley College in Dover, Del. to pursue my
Business Administration degree.
Read More Here. |
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03-06-07 ETC (CC) Bill
Adkins, USNR-Ret I was
stationed at Special Boat Unit (SBU) 24 at NAB Little Creek from
1983 till 1985. Our command was a Naval Reserve Facility (NRF). We
had about 60 active duty personnel but we swelled to about 240 one
weekend a month with Reservists. I was there as an active duty
sailor. My first CO was LCDR (SEAL) Tom Truxell. I was trained as
a 9533 NEC Electronics Technician on both Seafox . . .
Read More Here |
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01/08/07
Michael Farnham On the whole [SBU-] 24
at the time was setup to be more coastal, shallow water than
riverine. I say that but know going into the early to mid 80's they
may have well made some shifts back to riverine, due to our working
in Central America, which was in direct support of SEAL efforts.
read more here |
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Frank Cumberland - Do
you have any idea where all these boats can be found today? I served
at COSRIVRON2 and then at SBU 24 from 78-81 as a GMG. My first
assignment at the COS was aboard PTF-23 which was an Osprey class.
After about 3 months of work on the gun mounts and getting all the
deck stuff in order (and shooting) the decision came down to get rid
of the boat. I was then put on PBRs and such as well as Mark 1 PBs
and Mark IIIs
Read More Here.
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(Added 05-30-2012)
Jim Vann photos |
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SBU-24 living the Good life. |
SBU-24 PBMKIIIs underway. |
PBMKIIIs and a Pirate ship. |
A little choppy. |
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(Added 06-25-2012)
Ted Walther Photos |
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SBU-24's halter HSB in Boat bay 1993 |
Ted Walther stands beside H-17 Halter HSB |
SBU-24's Halter HSB 1993 |
Stern view of the Halter HSB |
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(added 10-29-2012)
Johnny Talton, ET2, May 1991 to 1993 at SBU-24 and
Oct 1993 to 1995 at SBU-20 |
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SBU-24MKIII underway |
Zodiac on bow of MKIII PB |
20mm firing on underway gunshoot |
50 cal shoot |
The GUYZ - Mac, Me Rhett in Antigua |
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Rhett DeMille on 731 boat |
Gunshoot with M-60-E3 |
LCDR A. B, Farmer our C.O. riding along. Note 60mm
mortar |
Boatguys hanging out at Land Rail PT Crooked Is, |
Fred Stublette BBQin' |
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Doc Etheridge Engineman god |
Michael Cassion and Rick Taylor under chute Canopy
for shade on Boat |
Forgot
name and trailing PB |
"Pappa" Chuck Steffy going to war |
"Suzy Homemakers" cooking on PB for Papas boyz |
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Nobody
forgets the the cramped forward birthing on PBs |
Paul Hutson |
Kindrick McFadden doing laundry in Trinidad |
M-16...Can we shoot now??? |
Standing
watch on the Boat |
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Engine
room patch off. Bolder and Jones working on engine. |
Johnny Talton |
PB 731 crew |
At
NSWU-4 Puerto Rico with Cecil Lee, Brian Forey, Jeff
Stratton |
Clowning
around in PB after OP with Coast Guard. |
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Note
the SBU-24 T-shirt. |
Derrick Wooden and Robert Kelly Post Op |
Underway
shoot note the HKG3 |
Fred Sublette shooting M-60E3 |
Feeding and shooting M-60E |
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Fred Sublette in Locks of Panama Canal |
The 24 BOYZ at SBU-26 after the Infamous "Sinking" |
Underway again with Jim Vann, Kurt Potter, Robert
Kelly, Brian Flory, Rhette DeMillie |
Dave Eldridge Guns, Guns, Guns.. Good as it gets! |
"Pappa Chuck" shows his appriciation for the Suzy
Homemakers |
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Pistols shot as well underway |
Calvin Campbell and Cris Tunner Land Gunshoot at
range at Fort Pickett |
Adam Hunt note 60mortar in Background |
SBU-24 PBMKIII underway |
After SBU24 was Disestablished in 1993 I rode 30' I
Ribs at SBU-20 |
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(added 04-22-2013)
Photos from Allen Smith |
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