--- title: "Check Out This Trio Of Special Operations Combatant Craft Tearing Across San Diego Bay" description: "Combatant Craft Assault boats have quickly become staples of the special warfare community, showing up at exercises and hot spots all over the globe." date: "2021-11-12" modified: "2021-11-12" authors: - name: "Tyler Rogoway" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway" url: "https://www.twz.com/43127/this-is-one-stunning-shot-of-a-trio-of-navy-special-ops-combatant-craft-tearing-across-san-diego-bay" categories: - "Americas" - "Around The Globe" - "Combat Craft Assault" - "Navies" - "Navy SEALs" - "News & Features" - "Sea" - "Small Boats" - "Special Warfare" - "U.S. Homeland" - "U.S. Navy" tags: - "boat" - "CCA" - "Combat Craft Assault" - "Combatant Craft Assault" - "Must Read Features" - "Naval Special Warfare" - "San Diego" - "SEALs" - "special operations" - "Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman" - "SWCC" --- # Check Out This Trio Of Special Operations Combatant Craft Tearing Across San Diego Bay ![]() *www.twz.com* Just a half-decade ago, the U.S. Navy's Special Warfare [Command's Combatant Craft Assault](), or CCAs, were very shy vessels. In recent years, they have become far more visible and really are a staple capability today, appearing at all types of exercises and operating areas around the globe. Now, thanks to our friends [@CJR1321]() and [@Warshipcam](), 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 CCAs 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 seagoing 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. https://youtube.com/embed/w-8IRTtp9aw 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 SOAR Night 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 CCAs [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. ![message-editor%2F1636761346779-febqh-jxeamugyz.jpeg]() **@CJR1321 via @Warshipcam** ![message-editor%2F1636761361277-febqh-hwuaiyd8u.jpeg]() **@CJR1321 via @Warshipcam** ![message-editor%2F1636761810563-dscn5515-2c-reduced.jpg]() **@CJR1321 via @Warshipcam** https://twitter.com/\_/status/1459254906330693632 So, here's to seeing triple and the SWCCs letting us get a good look at the CCAs working together en-force! *Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com* ## Author Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day. ### Author social links [Twitter]()