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