"Keeping Watch"

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Swift Training at the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in 1966

PCF-30 Arrives at NAB Coronado 1966	PCF-30 Moves to Pierside Coronado 1966	Joining Other Training Swifts Coronado 1966
Ron Meets Swift Boat	PBR Meets Swift Boat	Ma Duece Meets Swift Boat

Some Swifts cycled through Coronado before going to Vietnam Even though their service life when they reached country could be very short Read the account of the loss of PCF-41: Operation Jackstay

Deployment to Subic then Da Nang and Cat Lo in early spring of 1966

Flora and Cannons Subic Bay Philippines	Noah's Ark {APL5} Anchored in Chu lai	"Home Sweet Home" Barracks at Cat Lo
PCF-40 Underway to Cat Lo From Da Nang	Pilot House Interior Circa 1966	Rung Sat Special Zone Circa 1966
Cat Lo Swift Pier Early 1966	Cat Lo Chu Luc Pier Early 1966	Cat Lo Bunkers and Quonsets Early 1966
Bruce Carde Inspects the Ammo Belts	Frank Stolz Inspects the Head Spacing	Bos'n Mate Adamson Inspects a Sandwich
The Guys Inspect the Guard Rail Hey Boats! Clean up yer crumbs!	The OinC Inspects a Bow Wave How far forward can YOU go?	Swift Boat Inspects a Junk Wonder what they got to eat?
Lobster Sounds Pretty Good	Or Perhaps a Juicy Squid	Let's Have a Beach Picnic!

Man! Those PACV's were NOISY Suckers!

Much Better to be Stealthy in a Swift Boat ...... Yeah! Right!