Editing Patrol Craft Fast (section)

{{Short description|Type of coastal and riverine patrol boat}}

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|Ship image=Fast Patrol Craft (Swift boat) PCF-32 patrols the Rung Sat Special Zone off the coast of South Vietnam, 13 April 1966 (K-31140).jpg
|Ship image size=300px
|Ship caption=''PCF-32'' on patrol.
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=PCF (Patrol Craft Fast)
|Builders= Sewart Seacraft (now Swiftships)<ref name="Swiftships">{{cite web|last=Sage|first=Darrell|title=Remembering the 193 Swift Boats |url=https://swiftships.com/news/remembering-the-193-swift-boats/ |website=Swiftships |publisher=Swiftships.com |access-date=29 May 2024}}</ref> 
|Operators= See ''[[Patrol Craft Fast#Operators|Operators]]''
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|Total ships completed=193<ref name="Swiftships" />
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|Total ships preserved=6
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Ship type= Riverine [[patrol boat]]
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|Ship length=* {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} (Mk I)<ref name="SBStats">{{cite web | url=http://www.swiftboats.net/extras/boat_specifications.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230084110/http://www.swiftboats.net/extras/boat_specifications.htm | archive-date=2019-12-30 | title=Boat Specifications }}</ref>
* {{convert|51|ft|m|abbr=on}} (Mk II)<ref name="SBStats"/>
* {{convert|94.5|ft|abbr=on}} ([[Osprey-Class PTF|Osprey-Class]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_sc_ptf23.htm|title="Osprey" patrol boats (PTF23) (1968)|website=www.navypedia.org}}</ref>
|Ship beam= {{convert|13|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="SBStats"/>
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|Ship draft={{convert|3|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="SBStats"/>
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|Ship propulsion=2x General Motors 12V71"N" Detroit marine diesels<ref name="SBStats"/>
|Ship speed= {{convert|32|kn|km/h mph}} (Mk I)<ref name="SBStats"/>
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|Ship armament= * 2x 0.50 caliber machine gun (top) (US-based)<ref name="PCFH">{{cite web | url=https://homelandmagazine.com/patrol-craft-fast/ | title=PATROL CRAFT FAST &#124; Homeland Magazine }}</ref> 
*  1x 81mm mortar (US-based)<ref name="PCFH"/>
*  1x Mk 19 (US-based)<ref name="SBStats"/>
*  1x NSV (Vietnamese-based)<ref name = "soha"/>
*  1x DsHK (Vietnamese-based)<ref name="Soha2">{{cite web | url=https://soha.vn/quan-su/viet-nam-trang-bi-sung-phong-luu-tu-dong-ags-17-cho-giang-thuyen-20151115171953842.htm | title=Việt Nam trang bị súng phóng lựu tự động AGS-17 cho giang thuyền | date=16 November 2015 }}</ref>
*  1x AGS-17 (Vietnamese-based) <ref name="Soha2"/>
|Ship armor= Quarter inch thick aluminum hull<ref name="PCFH"/>
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The '''Patrol Craft Fast''' ('''PCF'''),<ref name="WMSB">{{cite web | url=https://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/USNavyMuseum/SwiftBoat/index.htm | title=Photos of the Swift Boat at the US Navy Museum }}</ref> also known as '''Swift Boat''',<ref name="WMSB"/> were all-aluminum, {{convert|50|ft|m|adj=on}} long, shallow-[[Draft (hull)|draft]] vessels operated by the [[United States Navy]], initially to patrol the coastal areas and later for work in the interior waterways as part of the [[brown-water navy]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://coffeeordie.com/brown-water-navy/ | title=WATCH: The Brown Water Navy and Swift Boats of Vietnam }}</ref> to interdict Vietcong movement of arms and munitions, transport South Vietnamese forces and insert SEAL teams for [[counterinsurgency]] (COIN) operations during the [[Vietnam War]].