Now thanks to our friends at CJR-1321 and at warship cam, we get to see
them like never before. The image above looks like a scene out
of some remake or miami vice or thunder
in paradise with three CCA's racing in
near perfect formation across a
glistening San Diego bay. The special warfare combatant craft
crewmen better known as swccs helm these
fast boats which provide a multi-purpose
platform for special operations in
medium-risk environments.
This primarily includes acting as a
sea-going chariot for navy seals and
other special operators from across the
services. They have stealthy features like their
retractable low observable sensor and
communications masts and can be
configured in different ways to
accomplish their varied missions. This
includes having machine guns and grenade
launchers installed or armor plating
flipped into place.
Maybe what's most interesting about the CCA is all the ways it can be deployed. We have seen these boats dropped out of C-17s carried off to parts unknown
aboard special operations command's
shadowy mothership and sling loaded into
action by MH-47 chinooks flown by the
160th sore knight stalkers.
They operate from the well decks of
amphibious assault ships. So we are
talking about some very versatile boats
here you can read much more about the CCA's in this past piece of ours. Compared to the far less hospitable
neighborhoods they frequent, zipping
around San Diego's picturesque bay is
quite a perk for the SWCCs that some of
them get to enjoy often as they are
based right there on coronado. So here's to seeing triple and the SWCCs letting us get a good look at the ccas
working together and force.
