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Following World War II the US Navy had little use for fast attack craft, so almost all of the PT boats were scrapped at the end of the war in 1945. PT boats were not needed during the Korean War . But, as the United States involvement in the Vietnam grew, the Navy saw a need for small combatant boats for the US Navy's " brown water " river ...
This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. Vietnam War naval ships by country (3 C) A. Vietnam War aircraft carriers (1 C)
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. ... Vietnam War auxiliary ships of the United States (124 P) B. Vietnam War battleships of the United ...
Pages in category "Vietnam War ships" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 ...
Built in the late 1960s, these ships participated in the Vietnam War. Four of the five ships in the class had been transferred to the reserve fleet in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The need for additional sealift capacity resulted in all four being returned to the active fleet in 1982. They were among the first Navy ships to have a fully ...
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. ... Vietnam War ships of the United States (4 C, 2 P) V. Vietnam War ships of South Vietnam (1 C)
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 ...