Multi Role Boats (and other small boats thread).

[Halifax Tar]

That's if one puts the emphasis simply on the sea patrol aspect. I look at the boats as also a means of transportation of land troops to a place of need coupled with the patrol function. Helicopters can do that as well but boats have a better, more persistent, physical presence. Presence matters when dealing with security.

I see no reason we couldn't to sea borne transport. But patrolling water should be a Navy job.

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

I see no reason we couldn't to sea borne transport. But patrolling water should be a Navy job.

I have no idea why the Army would even have that task? Riverine patrols and "brown water" operations should be a Navy mission.



Riverine Squadron of the US Navy patrolling the Haditha Dam.

Operation Game Warden - Wikipedia

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Operation Market Time - Wikipedia

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US Navy HAL-3 (Seawolves) attack helicopter patrolling the Mekong River Delta with US Navy Patrol Craft.

The US Navy contribution to the Vietnam War is understudied. Operation Game Warden was considered a highly successful operation though and some say the Navy's performance denying the NVA & Vietcong use of the waterways prevented a defeat during the Tet Offensive.