www.warboats.org 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.  more...
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Warboat History

NSW Boat Units

Resources

Combatant Craft of America
Early Torpedo Boats Boat Support Units  

Visit our first boat. She is the ex Coast Guard Cutter 83527. She is a 1944, 83' Wheeler with a colorful history. Visit our progress @www.cg83527.org
World War I Coastal River Squadrons Quicklink to Boats
World War II Boats Special Boat Units Contact Us
Korean War Boats Special Boat Teams Modelers
Vietnam War Boats SWCC Links
      Vietnam Ordnance NSW Unit Alumni Roster Updates
Other Conflicts Other Stuff Books
Desert Storm Soviet Union Vessels Readers Questions
Iraqi Freedom New Vessels Donate to Website
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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The Boats of Warboats.org. This site is dedicated to displaying warboats new and old on Facebook.

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
   

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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  What's new at Warboats.org ?
● Added (1-06-2017)  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.
 ● On Dec 8 2012  the long discussed Combatant Craft Crewman Association was formed     More Details Here
● 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
●  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.
 ● Video clips of PTF-24 in San Diego.
 ● Declassified history of the PTF in Vietnam added to MST-1.
● Added new SBU-12 story from Steve Chance.
 ● Added new photos of PTF-22 on the rocks
● Added 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....

     

Robert H. Stoner
 September 11, 1946 - March 1, 2017
Robert "Bob" Stoner, GMCM(SW)(Ret.) was our  BSU and MST History Editor.   We are sad to report that Bob passed away on March 1, 2017  and will no longer be a contributing writer. Our Tribute Page to Bob is HERE.
 
James Sidney Thomas
December 8, 1939 - July 20 2017
James "Jim" Thomas, ENC (Ret.) was our Shipmate (alumni) names collector and and contributor of many historical tidbits:  Our obituary page to Jim is now HERE.
GMCM James "Jim" Gray (SWCC) Ret. for CRD, SBU & SWCC: jamesgray@warboats.org
Lee Wahler, Retired LCDR SWO and former PBR Patrol Officer for the NEW VESSELS section. (Shown here on a new Mini-ATC bound for Columbia)

Dan Withers, former ETN-3, USS Stoddard, DD-566 and warboats.org webmaster.

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At the
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