The Patrol Craft Fast (PCF), [7] also known as Swift Boat, [7] were all-aluminum, 50-foot (15 m) long, shallow-draft vessels operated by the United States Navy, initially to patrol the coastal areas and later for work in the interior waterways as part of the brown-water navy [8] to interdict Vietcong movement of arms and munitions, transport ...

2023年4月3日 · The first Swift Boats arrived in South Vietnam in October 1965. The boats were initially used as coastal patrol craft in Operation Market Time, interdicting seaborne supplies on their way to the Viet Cong (VC) and People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces in South Vietnam.

On Dec. 18, 1965 the U.S. Navy formalized a Brown Water Navy, commissioning the water taxis as Patrol Craft, Fast, or swift boats. From the Cau Mau peninsula in South Vietnam to the western inland waters at the border of Cambodia, the Sailors patrolled the brown water.

The 50 foot long 25 knot quarter inch thick aluminum hull Swift Boats had twin 50 caliber machine guns above the pilot house and a single 50 over an 81 mm mortar aft. Swift Boats quickly proved to be the perfect fit for the type of warfare underway on the rivers and along the coast.

Swift Boats at War in Vietnam can be purchased online, and in the Museum Gift Shop aboard the Ferryboat Berkeley. All proceeds of sales will be donated to benefit the Museum’s Swift Boat 816. Click here for tickets and more information. Click Here to …

Swift Boats were first used in Operation Market Time to patrol the coastline of South Vietnam to prevent infiltration of soldiers, munitions and other supplies via the sea from North Vietnam. They were known as the workhorses of the US Navy’s Vietnam Coastal Surveillance Force: …

Based on the book Swift Boats at War in Vietnam, this immersive new exhibit lets you experience their courage under fire. Six-man crews aboard 51-foot unarmored aluminum vessels journeyed upriver facing the constant threat of naval mines, ambush and rocket fire from an enemy bunkered on riverbanks just 30 feet away.

I started writing in 1979 to counter the despicable depiction of the actions of sailors on Swift Boats and River Patrol Boats in the Vietnam War in the movie, Apocalypse Now. It was my attempt to tell about the Vietnam War that I knew, while serving at …

2017年7月27日 · "Over 100 PCF Swift Boat vessels served with the United States Navy in the Vietnam War, conducting a variety of operations concerning riverine warfare."

2021年10月28日 · From 1965 to 1972, Swift Boats based all along the coast of the Republic of Vietnam searched for North Vietnamese steel-hulled ships, junks and other craft attempting to deliver arms and munitions to enemy forces ashore.