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  2. Patrol Craft Fast - Wikipedia

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    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 South Vietnamese forces and insert SEAL teams for ...

  3. An Thoi Naval Base - Wikipedia

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    Following the withdrawal of US forces from South Vietnam, the RVNN 4th Coastal Flotilla with 26 patrol craft based at An Thoi was responsible for coastal waters down to the border of An Xuyen Province. [6] The base remains in use by the Vietnam People's Navy as Cổng Quân Đội Nhân Dân - Vùng 5 (5th Regional Command (E Regional Command)).

  4. PTF boat - Wikipedia

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    Both arrived in Da Nang, Vietnam in April 1964. In 1965 after a year of service, the two PTF Boats were 14 years old, with no spare parts, and outdated, they were replaced by newer PTF and PCF boats. Both boats were removed from service and used as US Navy targets. PTC-1 was sunk off Vietnam and PTC-2 was sunk off the Hawaiian Islands. [4] [9]

  5. List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    USS PGM-59 to South Vietnam as Kim Qui (HQ 605) USS PGM-60 to South Vietnam as May Rut (HQ 606) USS PGM-61 to South Vietnam as Nam Du (HQ 607) USS PGM-62 to South Vietnam as Hoa Lu (HQ 608) USS PGM-63 to South Vietnam as To Yen (HQ 609) USS PGM-64 to South Vietnam as Phu Du (HQ 600) USS PGM-65 to South Vietnam as Tien Moi (HQ 601)

  6. 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 ...

  7. Action of 1 March 1968 - Wikipedia

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    Assisted by a U.S. Air Force AC-47 gunship, swift boats PCF-42, PCF-43, PCF-46, PCF-47, PCF-48 and two SVN junks sortied to help the patrol craft chase the trawler to a cove where it ran aground in the Hon Heo Secret Zone [1] [10] [13] At 0230, 1 March, five 81-millimeter mortar rounds from PCF-47 were direct hits and the trawler exploded with ...

  8. Military career of John Kerry - Wikipedia

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    PCF 43, 51, and 23 all assisted in suppression of automatic weapons and small arms fire, evacuation of wounded in action, and damage control effort on PCF 3. [12] After the dazed and injured crew of PCF-3 had been rescued, PCFs 43 and 23 left the scene to evacuate the four most seriously wounded sailors.

  9. List of equipment of the Vietnam People's Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnam People's Navy has itself built six Tarantul-class corvettes (Molniya class) with Russian supervision and has designed and built the first warships of the TT-400TP gunboat class. [95] Vietnam also purchased two Pohang-class corvettes were purchased from South Korea, one in 2017 and