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First Patrol Boat in Vietnam Swift Boats were first used in Operation Market Time to patrol the coastline of South Vietnam to prevent infiltration of soldiers, munitions and other supplies via the sea from North Vietnam. They were known as the workhorses of the US Navy’s Vietnam Coastal Surveillance Force: TASK FORCE 115. First Patrol Boat in Vietnam In late 1968, they joined with the PBRs (Patrol Boat River) and the Mobile Riverine Force in Admiral Elmo Zumwalt’s successful Mekong Delta riverways interdiction strategy: SEALORDS. First Patrol Boat in Vietnam Best estimates put the number of Swift personnel assigned as crew or in a support role to total between 3,000 and 3,500 from 1965 through 1973 when the last U.S. Naval Advisors left country.

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