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With the recent cristining of the new littoral combat ship I thought I'd post some pics of traditional litoral combat craft ie the brown water navy from vietnam.







YRBM 16 in 1970 - Bassac River (Yard, Repair, Berthing and Messing)



These were non-probelled barges put at strategic locations in the areas the brown water navy operated.







A PBR being lifted by the YRBM 16 Crane







YRBM 16 on fire after a bombing







Mobile Advanced Tactical Support Base (MATSB) "Seafloat" on the Song Cau Lon in Ca Mau Province.







PBR (Patrol Boat - Riverine) MkII







MkII PBR









PBR .50cal gunners position











VN rangers aboard a US PBR on the Vinh Te Canal







PBR 110 of RivDiv 531











Landing Craft, Personnel, Large (LCPL) Mk IV. The boat shown belongs to Mobile Support Team TWO. The boat nesting by the bow is a light SEAL support craft (LSSC). These boats were used to insert and extract SEAL teams.







Swift Boat Patroling the Song Cua Long near Seafloat















A Vietnamese Alpha Boat heading down the Bassac river near Chou Doc







Alpha Boat MSR-7







A-111-3







Alpha boat wreack near Vinh Te Canal







Command and Communications Boat (CCB)







Monitor on left, CCB boat on right (The command center is directly behind the 40 mm turret on the CCB)







A monitor boat passes the YRBM 20







M-112-2 alongside the USS Colleton (APB 36) in 1968











A Zippo starts firing Napalm to provoke a response







Zippo boat flame















Zippo buisness end







Watercannon boat, used to wash away earthen bunkers







Tango boat







Tango boat







STAB - Seal Team Assault Boat







MSSC Medium Seal Support Craft







Inside the MSSC







Swamp boats











PACV-3 (OinC Roy Adair) operating out of Cat Lo in June 1966 - Air cussion boat