Spruance (DD 963) - Naval Cruise Book

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Y 1 ' 4 Left: FC3 Berry and FC3 Weber seal offa hatch during training ev- olutions. Below: SM3 Williams tleftl and GMG2 Parker guard the lad- denvell to the bridge during the mock boarding. VM a I X 4, I . X i ,r Q1 N ,D 'ffm'-wa.. -was -.P . at ,, ,4 ., .pu ,gf ,S fra Above: GMM3 Chrones ileftl and W, . V all ff' 'l DCNSWJ Ballard take control of an entrance to CCS. ' Members ofthe SSDF team lllluously await the signal to board fT0lI1 SEAL DET members. L srzrur svowrlows .47 YYYl

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and Seals ervice in the Red Sea was focused on the interroga- tion, interception, search, and diversion of hostile mer- chant shipping. ln prepara- tion for this task, a group of sailors drawn from every de- partment was molded into a tightly-knit Ship's Self De- fense Force QSSDFJ. A SEAL team received from the USS JOHN RODGERS spent sev- eral weeks drilling the SSDF in small-arms techniques, take-down methods, and small-boat operations. On station in the Red Sea, the SSDF successfully boarded three ships, one of which was diverted to a neutral port. A' Above: LT Melling and DClfSWj Ballard receive instructions from a Seal Det member on how to pro- Vlde-cover for a partner during training. Above right: Seal team members assault SPRUANCE in a mock boafdillg HS part of the training scenario. Rlghtt Seal Det members set up to make C0l1If0l Of Spruance during mock boafdlllg- Once assembled On, dffckv they slowly secured the ship in stages. - 46 v SPECIAL EVOLUTIONS '

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