The Nasty class of fast patrol boats were a set of 20 vessels built for the United States Navy to a Norwegian design and purchased in the 1960s for covert operations during the Vietnam War. Following
Norwegian MTB Nasty
Two Nasty-class boats conduct high-speed trials in May 1963
Nasty-class patrol boats operated by MACV-SOG Detachment 2 return from the DMZ, 1971
Nasty-class PTF-6 at naval amphibious base, Little Creek, Virginia, December 1973
Tjeld-class patrol boat
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The Tjeld class was a class of twenty fast patrol boats designed and built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in the late 1950s. They were used as torpedo boats in Norway, where this type of vessel were cal
United States Nasty-class patrol boat
…approached the Norwegian Westermoen company, which had built a prototype fast attack boat, the Nasty, and was currently building a set of 12 vessels (the Tjeld-class patrol boats) for the Royal Norwegian Navy. The USN ordered two vessels, which were delivered in 1962 and were designated PTF 3 and PTF 4. This was…
Tjeld-class patrol boat HNoMS Gribb (P388)