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Mark V transitioning from 500 mph to 50 mph.
(displaces 57 tons)
Posted on 05/18/2006 9:00:18 PM PDT by SuzyQ2
All sailors are not created equal. And in the purest sense of the word, the best-trained “sailors” in the world may well-be the U.S. Navy’s Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC). They are certainly some of the most skilled seaborne warriors in the U.S. Special Operations Command. Yet few outside of military circles have heard of them, and those who have, see them only as post-9/11 bluejackets driving fast boats in dangerous waters.
They are much more.
(Excerpt) Read more at navyseals.com ...
I glad I read the article, these are some high speed guys.
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Mark V transitioning from 500 mph to 50 mph.
(displaces 57 tons)
Ah--lovely boat! Now all they have to do is find some way to add four torpedo launchers and they will have re-invented the PT Boat!
Why do the military services have to keep reinventing the wheel?
VietVet
Here's a link to the original navy special forces unit:
http://www.specialboatservice.co.uk/
Forgot to mention, click on:
http://www.specialboatservice.co.uk/qala-i-janghi.html
To see how the SBS won the congressional Medal of Honor in Afghanistan rescueing the CIA and preventing the american taleban from escaping.
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