Patrol Craft Fast

	PCF-32 on patrol.
Class overview
Name	PCF (Patrol Craft Fast)
Builders	Sewart Seacraft (now Swiftships)
Operators	See Operators
Completed	193
Preserved	6
General characteristics
Type	Riverine patrol boat
Length	50 ft (15 m) (Mk I); 51 ft (16 m) (Mk II);
Beam	13 ft (4.0 m)
Draft	3 ft (0.91 m)
Propulsion	2x General Motors 12V71"N" Detroit marine diesels
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) (Mk I)
Armament	2x 0.50 caliber machine gun (top) (US-based) ; 1x 81mm mortar (US-based); 1x Mk 19 (US-based); 1x NSV (Vietnamese-based); 1x DsHK (Vietnamese-based); 1x AGS-17 (Vietnamese-based) ;
Armor	Quarter inch thick aluminum hull

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.

^ ^a ^b Sage, Darrell. "Remembering the 193 Swift Boats". Swiftships. Swiftships.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Boat Specifications". Archived from the original on 2019-12-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c "PATROL CRAFT FAST | Homeland Magazine".
^ Cite error: The named reference soha was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Việt Nam trang bị súng phóng lựu tự động AGS-17 cho giang thuyền". 16 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Photos of the Swift Boat at the US Navy Museum".
^ "WATCH: The Brown Water Navy and Swift Boats of Vietnam".

[Swiftships-1] Sage, Darrell. "Remembering the 193 Swift Boats". Swiftships. Swiftships.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.

[SBStats-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Boat Specifications". Archived from the original on 2019-12-30.

[PCFH-3] "PATROL CRAFT FAST | Homeland Magazine".

[soha-4] Cite error: The named reference soha was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Soha2-5] "Việt Nam trang bị súng phóng lựu tự động AGS-17 cho giang thuyền". 16 November 2015.

[WMSB-6] "Photos of the Swift Boat at the US Navy Museum".

[7] "WATCH: The Brown Water Navy and Swift Boats of Vietnam".

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Class overview
PCF-32 on patrol.
Name	PCF (Patrol Craft Fast)
Builders	Sewart Seacraft (now Swiftships)^[1]
Operators	See Operators
Completed	193^[1]
Preserved	6
General characteristics
Type	Riverine patrol boat
Length	50 ft (15 m) (Mk I)^[2] 51 ft (16 m) (Mk II)^[2]
Beam	13 ft (4.0 m)^[2]
Draft	3 ft (0.91 m)^[2]
Propulsion	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]