The Swift Boats of the Brownwater Navy in Vietnam

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Swift Boat Patroling the Song Cua Long

Swift Boat Patroling the Song Cua Long near Seafloat

Swift Boat Patroling the Song Cua Long near Seafloat

This photo is courtesy of Ed Lefebvre
EMAIL: elefebv1[ at ]maine.rr.com

BOAT LINKS

MARK II PBR Boats
MARK I PBR Boats
35 River Patrol Boats

Swift Boats
Alpha Boats
Tangos, Monitors and CCB Boats
Zippo and Water Cannon Boats
Other Small Combat and Utility Boats
Death of PBR 750
Life on the River

Tug Boats of the Mekong Delta
River Craft in Vietnam
Junks and Sampans

PBR Guestbook
Swiftboat Guestbook
Assault Boat Guestbook
Alpha and Minesweeper Guestbook
Misc Boats Guestbook

REUNION LINKS

BROWNWATER NAVY REUNIONS

As Sponsored by

The Mobile Riverine Forces Association
PBR Forces Veterans Association
Gamewardens of Vietnam Association
Swift Boat Sailors Association SBSA
or
A Group of Vinh Long Veterans
or
Any Vietnam Brownwater Navy Group

Reunions Planned or Photos of Previous Reunions

Fast outboard motorboat

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SWIFT BOATS
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SWIFT BOATS

Swift Boat

PHOTO 2

Swift Boat on the Bassac River near Chou Doc

Swift Boat at Binh Thuy

PHOTO 3
Swift Boat at Binh Thuy
I had the experience of riding to Chou Doc on this one.

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE THE COURTESY OF CORPMAN BILL LUPPETI HM3 EMAIL: blupetti[ at ]pouch.com Rach Soi 1967-1970
PHOTO 20 Swift Boats docked on the APL21	PHOTO 21 Swift Boats docked on the APL21

Swift Boat

PHOTO 4

Swift Boat on a quiet day

Photo Courtesy of Tom Lefavour
EMAIL: THOMASL374[ at ]aol.com
Radio Repairman from Nha Be

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE THE COURTESY OF RICK ERWIN EMAIL: lrerwin50[ at ]aol.com
PHOTO 30 Swift Boats at Vinh Long	PHOTO 31 Swift Boat docked at Vinh Long

Swift Boats at Seafloat

PHOTO 5

Swift Boats docked at Seafloat

Photo Courtesy of Tom Byrnes
EMAIL: tombyrne[ at ]bellsouth.net

Swift Boat with combat damage

PHOTO 6

Swift Boat with combat damage
Someone is pointing at the impact point

Photo Courtesy of Mark Fontaine

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE THE COURTESY OF ED LEFEBVRE EMAIL: elefebv1[ at ]maine.rr.com
PHOTO 40 Swift Boat Operations on the Cau Lon River	PHOTO 41 Swift Boat 27 docked at Seafloat	PHOTO 42 Swift Boats docked ashore at Seafloat

BOAT LINKS

MARK II PBR Boats
MARK I PBR Boats
35 River Patrol Boats

Swift Boats
Alpha Boats
Tangos, Monitors and CCB Boats
Zippo and Water Cannon Boats
Other Small Combat and Utility Boats
Death of PBR 750
Life on the River

Tug Boats of the Mekong Delta
River Craft in Vietnam
Junks and Sampans

PBR Guestbook
Swiftboat Guestbook
Assault Boat Guestbook
Alpha and Minesweeper Guestbook
Misc Boats Guestbook

RIVERSHIP LINKS

River Support Ships in vietnam
Combat River Ships in Vietnam
River Craft in Vietnam
Gunboats on the Song Cua Lon
Dock at USS Satyr ARL-23
Tug Boats of the Mekong Delta
The Final Naval Exodus

Boat Page Created - January 1999
Swift Boat Page Split off - March 2002
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A 120 PLUS PAGE TOUR OF THE BROWNWATER NAVY IN THE MEKONG DELTA from 1966 - 1971

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MEMORIAL PAGE
The YRBM 16 Memorial Page
It recieved a National 1998 TOP GUN Bronze Award

MEMORIAL PAGE
PBR 750 Memorial Page

YRBMS
Cruise by the YRBM 16 in Chou Doc
Dock at the YRBM 17 in Dong Tam
Travel with the YRBM 18 in My Tho and Ben Tre
Visit the YRBM 20 in Chou Doc
Drop in on the YRBM 21 on the Mekong

SEA FLOAT AND THE SOUTHERN TIP
Fly down to SeaFloat
Step on to the Solid Anchor Site
Operations near the Song Cau Lon
Gunboats on the Song Cua Lon
Cruise into Song Ong Doc

REMOTE LOCATIONS
Travel the hazardous Vinh Te CANAL to Tien Bien
Observe Operations on the Vinh Te CANAL
View Cambodia from the Vinh Gia ATSB
Last Stop west on the Vinh Te is Ha Tien
Watch the Recovery of PBR 139 at Tra Cu

RIVERS AND SAMPANS
Tour the Banks of the Bassac River
Tour the Riverbanks of the Mekong River
Junks and Sampans
The View from above

VINH LONG
See the YRBM 20 in Vinh Long 1968-69
Dock at the APL 46 in Vinh Long
OR Dock at the YR 9 in Vinh Long
Stroll the docks at Vinh Long

BINH THUY, DONG TAM and MY THO
Float Down to Binh Thuy
Walk the Riverbanks of My Tho
See the Heavy Assualt Boat Base at Dong Tam

MAJOR BASES AND SAIGON
Visit the docks at Nha Be
Take Leave on Plantation Road in Saigon
Patrol the Harbor at Vung Tau
Visit the Naval Base at Cat Lo

RACH GIA and RACH SOI
Tour the advance base Rach Soi
Drive through Downtown Rach Gia

BOATS
PBR Boats
Swift Boats
Alpha Boats
Assualt Boats: Tangos Monitors CCB
Zippos And Water Cannon Boats
Other Combat and Utility Boats
Death of PBR 750
Life on the River

RIVER SHIPS
Combat River Ships in Vietnam
River Support Ships in vietnam
River Craft in Vietnam
Gunboats on the Song Cua Lon
Dock at USS Satyr ARL-23
Tug Boats of the Mekong Delta
The Final Naval Exodus

NORTH OF THE MEKONG DELTA

Go north to Denang and I Corps
Go north to Denang and I Corps Page 2

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The ARMYs Brownwater Fleet

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Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument

The Unit Memorial Monument is on the Coronado Naval Amphibious Base.
The Unit Memorial Monument will memorialize all the Naval personnel
who died or are missing in Vietnam. The names on the monument are organized by
unit complete with Unit insignia. Includes support and auxillary units.

Funds are needed to complete the Unit Memorial Monument and
restore the Command Control Boat, Swift Boat and PBR displayed there.
Your donations to this effort would be appreciated.

The Last known Command Control Boat (CCB-18) has arrived in San Diego
and is displayed at the Vietnam Navy Unit Memorial Monument Site
on the Coronado Naval Amphibious Base.
This was called by some a monitor boat.

CCB-18 Monitor

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