Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle
The Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV), also known as the Air Cushion Vehicle (ACV) in Army and Coast Guard service, was a United States Navy and Army hovercraft used as a patrol boat in marshy and riverine areas during the Vietnam War between 1966 and 1970. Six hovercraft were built, three for the Army and three for the Navy.
A Navy PACV in Vietnam
Army ACV 903 undergoing pre-deployment testing shortly after being built
Dock Landing Ship USS Gunston Hall launches a PACV in 1967
PACV cruising full speed through a swamp
A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces.
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SR.N4 hovercraft arriving in Dover on its last commercial route across the English Channel (1 October 2000)
U.S. Navy LCAC
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