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2. Assault Support Patrol Boat - Wikipedia

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   ASPB on patrol during Operation Coronado IX, November 1967. The ASPB was approximately 50 feet (15 m) long, its hull was constructed of 7 ⁄ 32 inch (5.6 mm) steel, from the gunwale 2 inches (51 mm) up it was 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.2 mm) steel, its superstructure was 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.4 mm) aluminum which provided protection against 57mm recoilless rifle rounds and armor-piercing bullets up to .50 ...

3. USS Grand Rapids (PG-98) - Wikipedia

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   The second USS Grand Rapids (PGM-98/PG-98) was an Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.. On 13 June 1968, the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington laid down Grand Rapids, the eleventh Asheville-class gunboat built by Tacoma.

4. USS Crockett (PG-88) - Wikipedia

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   The second USS Crockett (PGM-88/PG-88) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. Crockett was laid down by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington, and commissioned 24 June 1967. Homeported in San Diego, Crockett served off the coast of Vietnam as part of Operation Market Time.

5. Patrol Boat, River - Wikipedia

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   Patrol Boat, Riverine, or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until 1975. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, and were used to stop and search river traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta, the Rung Sat Special Zone, the Saigon ...

6. Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle - Wikipedia

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   The Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV), also known as the Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV) in Army and Coast Guard service, was a United States Navy and Army hovercraft used as a patrol boat in marshy and riverine areas during the Vietnam War between 1966 and 1970.

7. Monitor (Vietnam War) - Wikipedia

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   Zippo Monitor in action in Vietnam. In mid-1967, when the Vietcong constructed bunkers capable of withstanding 40mm rounds, RIVFLOT 1 began exploring the idea of deploying flamethrowers on riverboats as a potential bunker buster. On 4 October, the M132A1, an Army flamethrower vehicle, was shoehorned into an ATC. Commanders hoped the M132A1’s ...

8. USS Canon (PG-90) - Wikipedia

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   The first USS Canon (PGM-90/PG-90) was a Asheville-class gunboat in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. She is currently on donation hold. [1] Canon was laid down by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington on 28 June 1966, and commissioned 24 June 1967. Canon served off the coast of Vietnam as part of Operation Market ...

9. TT-400TP gunboat - Wikipedia

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   Vietnam People's Navy: 274: TT-400TP gunboat Z173 Shipyard: 10.2012 03.2014 28.05.2014 2nd Regional Command, Vietnam People's Navy: active Vietnam People's Navy: 275: TT-400TP gunboat Z173 Shipyard: 25.09.2014 2nd Regional Command, Vietnam People's Navy: active Vietnam People's Navy: 276: TT-400TP gunboat Z173 Shipyard: 2nd Regional Command ...