2x General Motors 12V71"N" Detroit marine diesels[2]
Speed
32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (Mk I)[2]
Armament
2x 0.50 caliber machine gun (top) (US-based)[3]
1x 81mm mortar (US-based)[3]
1x Mk 19 (US-based)[2]
1x NSV (Vietnamese-based)[4]
1x DsHK (Vietnamese-based)[5]
1x AGS-17 (Vietnamese-based) [5]
Armor
Quarter inch thick aluminum hull[3]
The Patrol Craft Fast (PCF),[6] also known as Swift Boat,[6] 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[7] to interdict Vietcong movement of arms and munitions, transport South Vietnamese forces and insert SEAL teams for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations during the Vietnam War.
^ abSage, Darrell. "Remembering the 193 Swift Boats". Swiftships. Swiftships.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ abcdefg"Boat Specifications". Archived from the original on 2019-12-30.
^ abc"PATROL CRAFT FAST | Homeland Magazine".
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^ ab"Việt Nam trang bị súng phóng lựu tự động AGS-17 cho giang thuyền". 16 November 2015.
^ ab"Photos of the Swift Boat at the US Navy Museum".
^"WATCH: The Brown Water Navy and Swift Boats of Vietnam".
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