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Swift Boat PCF71 in Vietnam, showing forward twin .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns directed upward in their secured position.

Patrol Craft Fast (PCF), also known as Swift Boats, were all-aluminum, long, shallow-draft vessels operated by the U.S. Navy, initially to patrol the coastal areas and later for work in the interior waterways as part of the Brown Water Navy to interdict Vietcong movement of arms and munitions, transport Vietnamese forces and insert SEAL teams for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations during the Vietnam War.

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• Related: Patrol Boat, River, Mobile Riverine Force, Brown-water navy, Littoral combat ship, Boghammar, Harbour Defence Motor Launch, Small unit riverine craft

PCF-45 story, by Robert Shirley PCF-45 story, by Robert Shirley www.pcf45.com - Web

Swiftboat development Swiftboat development www.swiftboats.net/extras/boat_background.htm - Web

Swiftboat specifications Swiftboat specifications www.swiftboats.net/extras/boat_specifications.htm - Web

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