Quantcast
Channel: WAR HISTORY ONLINE
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 517

For sale: Vietnam Patrol Boat for restoration

$
0
0

This is one of the PBR-2s as made famous by the 1979 Blockbuster Movie ( APOCALYPSE NOW ) starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall, Made in 1979 and was a testimonial to the insanity of the Vietnam War. Patrol Boat, River or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until the end of 1971. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, and were used to stop and search river traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta, the Rung Sat Special Zone, the Saigon River and in I Corps, in the area assigned to Task Force Clearwater, in an attempt to disrupt weapons shipments. In this role they frequently became involved in firefights with enemy soldiers on boats and on the shore, were used to insert and extract Navy SEAL teams, and were employed by the United States Army’s 458th Transportation Company, known as the 458th Seatigers    

The post For sale: Vietnam Patrol Boat for restoration appeared first on WAR HISTORY ONLINE.


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 517

Trending Articles