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Swift

Fast Patrol Craft (PCF), also known as Swift boats, were small, shallow draft water vessels operated by the United States Navy for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations during the Vietnam War.

Their origins can be traced to a Naval Advisory Group, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (NAVADGRP MACV) staff study entitled "Naval Craft Requirements in a Counter Insurgency Environment," published 1 February 1965. It noted that "COIN water operations are difficult, demanding, and unique.

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