THE SMALL BOAT NAVY | Patrol Craft Fast (PCF) | Swift Boats | Vietnam. AN UP-TO-DATE REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. NAVYS SMALL BOATS IN VIETNAM. UNIQUELY DESIGNED TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF RIVER AND COASTAL WARFARE, THESE BOATS - SWIFT BOATS, PBRS, MSBS, LCPLS, ARMORED TROOP CARRIERS, MONITORS - ALONG WITH SEAWOLF HELICOPTERS ARE DEPICTED ON COASTAL AND RIVER PATROLS UNDER ENEMY FIRE OR SPEARHEADING INVASIONS IN ENEMY-HELD RIVER TERRITORY. Credit: Uploaded by Public.Resource.Org Department of Defense. Department of the Army. United States Navy. navy.mil navytimes Wikipedia To combat the Vietcong guerillas disrupting communications and supplies in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy utilized small fiberglass hull boats designated Patrol Boat, Riverine (PBR).  The boats began operations in March 1966 with Operation Game Warden  and were used for stop and search inspections for junks and sampans in the river traffic and to assist the U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Division to search out and destroy large formations of Viet Cong operations.   The PBR was the first jet-propelled watercraft used in combat, and it became an integral element of the “Brown Water Navy.” The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam  and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other  anti-communist allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975. Welcome to my Channel, Head2toe Photo. Thanks for Watching this Video. Please Subscribe, Share, Like and Comment. Also, please hit the Notification Bell to receive all my newly Published videos. This Channel' covers mostly Historical Events on all subjects.

• published: 05 Sep 2022
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