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Special Boat Team 12 - NSW RHIBs
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam Henderson/Released
Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCCs) with Special Boat Team 12 (SBT-12) pilot Naval Special Warfare Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (NSW RHIBs) in support of a west coast SEAL team.
Note the M240 7.62mm x 51mm machine guns mounted fore and aft of the RHIBs.
Special Boat Team 12 is a component of Naval Special Warfare Group 4 and is based out of Coronado Amphibious Base, San Diego, California.
It operates fleets of NSW RHIBs and MK V Special Operations Craft and deploys special boat detachments to the Pacific & Middle East.
SBT-12 works with west coast SEAL teams ie SEAL Team 1, 3, 5 & 7 as well as other SOF units.
