Mobile Riverine Force
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In the Vietnam War, the Mobile Riverine Force, initially designated Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force, and later the Riverines, were a joint US Army and US Navy force that comprised a substantial part
A Mobile Riverine Force monitor using napalm in the Vietnam War.
STCAN operated by the Republic of Vietnam Navy
USS Benewah and MRF boats at My Tho, 1967
Mobile Riverine Base II with PBRs and UH-1B of HA(L)-3
Brown-water navy
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A brown-water navy or riverine navy, in the broadest sense, is a naval force capable of military operations in inland waters and nearshores. Brown-water navies have existed since the ancient era, sinc
Mobile Riverine Force
…designated Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force, and later the Riverines, were a joint US Army and US Navy force that comprised a substantial part of the brown-water navy. It was modeled after lessons learned by the French experience in the First Indochina War of Dinassaut and had the task of both transport (of soldiers…
Barroso, a Brazilian ironclad of the central casemate type, the first vessel to dash past the Fortress of Humaitá on the River Paraguay
The large landing craft NRP Alfange supplying the garrison of Bambadinca, Portuguese Guinea, in the early 1970s.
Swift Boat in Vietnam