Patrol Boat, River
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Patrol Boat, River / PBR or Pibber, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until 1975. They were deployed in a force that gr
Preserved PBR 6829 in Kenner, Louisiana.
PBR Mark II
Special Operations Craft – Riverine is a boat used by the United States Navy to perform short-range insertion and extraction of special operations forces in river and near-shore environments. It repla
Patrol Boat, River
…Mekong Delta. The PBR continued to see use after the Vietnam War by several navies. The U.S. retired it in the 90s, after which it was replaced by the Special Operations Craft – Riverine (SOC-R). To meet the demand for new riverine craft, the Bureau of Naval Weapons issued a set of requirements for a shallow-water hull made of aluminum or…
SOC-R transiting the Salt River in northern Kentucky during pre-deployment training
US Navy 070824 N 4500G 189 A Special Operations Craft Riverine cruises along the Salt River during live fire training
US Navy 090805 N 4205W 142 Romanian Chief of Staff Adm. Gheorge Marin and members of his staff ride in a special operations craft riverine during a visit to the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School
US Navy 070825 N 9769P 317 A Special Warfare Combatant craft crewman mans his GAU 17 minigun during live fire patrol training along the Salt River in northern Kentucky