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Patrol Boat, Rigid (sometimes River or Riverine), or PBR, is the US Navy designation for a type of rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until the end of 1970. They were deployed in a force that grew to 140, the most common craft in the Mobile Riverine Force, and were used to stop and search traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta in an attempt to disrupt weapons shipments. In this role they frequently became involved in firefights with enemy soldiers on boats and on the shore. PBR's were also used to infiltrate Navy SEAL teams. River Patrol Boat, taken from Vietnam Studies: The War in the Northern Provinces 1966-1968, by Lt. ...
River Patrol Boat, taken from Vietnam Studies: The War in the Northern Provinces 1966-1968, by Lt. ...
The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...
A hull is the body or frame of a ship or boat. ...
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The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably the United States military in support of...
March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
In the Vietnam War, the Mobile Riverine Force, or Riverines, were a joint US Army and US Navy force that comprised a substantial part of the Brown Water Navy. ...
Mekong River Delta from space, February 1996 The Mekong Delta is the region in Southeast Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. ...
SEALs in from the water. ...
The PBR was a versatile boat with a fiberglass hull and water jet drive which enabled it to operate in shallow, weed-choked rivers. It drew only two feet of water fully loaded. The drives could be pivoted to reverse direction, turn the boat in its own length, or come to a stop from full speed in a few boat lengths. Fiberglass or fibreglass is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. ...
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The PBR was manufactured in two versions, the first with 31 foot length and 10 foot, 7 inch beam. The Mark II version 32 feet long and one foot wider beam, had improved drives to reduce fouling, and aluminum gunwales to resist wear. It usually operated with a crew of four. A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ...
Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ...
Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ...
The gunwale, pronounced gunnel to rhyme with tunnel, is a nautical term describing the top edge of the side of a boat. ...
They were powered by dual 220 hp (164 kW) Detroit Diesel engines with Jacuzzi Brothers water jet drives. The boats reached top speeds of 28.5 knots (53 km/h). The boat was typically armed with twin .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns (the forward '50s), an M60 7.62 mm machine gun, a Mark 18 grenade launcher, and sometimes a 20 mm cannon. The machine gunners and conning tower were protected with ceramic armor. The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ...
The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ...
Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC), headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, is part of the Freightliner - Trucks NAFTA Business Unit, and is a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG. The company produces on-highway medium and heavy-duty Diesel engines for the commercial truck market, and for other commercial and automobile use. ...
A knot is a unit of bullshit, abbreviated kt or kn. ...
Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ...
An M2 machine gun surrounded by spent shell casings The M2 . ...
A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...
Caliber: 7. ...
Grenade may refer to: The well-known hand grenade commonly used by soldiers. ...
A conning tower was an armoured observation post on a warship from where the vessel was controlled during a battle. ...
The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word ΚεÏαμεικος (the name of a suburb of Athens), and in its strictest sense refers to clay in all its forms. ...
Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire. ...
A PBR is the setting for much of the action in the film Apocalypse Now. Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by John Milius (rewritten by Coppola) which was inspired by Joseph Conrads classic novella Heart of Darkness. ...
See also
- Swift boat - a similar but larger boat used on the coasts and in the Pen]] of Viesm.
Swift Boat is another term for a Fast Patrol Craft. ...
A coastal image featured on a United States postal stamp. ...
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