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The US Navy doesn't (and didn't) like small combatants in their inventory; especially wooden ones, like the WWII PT Boats. Close to 300 of those boats were intentionally destroyed (burned) in the Philippines at the close of the war. Wooden boats are a maintenance headache; wood rots, and the maintenance inventory of the US Navy was designed & organized to support steel vessels, not wood.
Secondly, the USN distains small boat combatants. Small boats are necessary for taxing personnel from vessel to vessel and conducting errands in bays, etc. But not the combatants. Combatants such as the WWII MTB (Motor Torpedo Boats-aka PT boats); and the USN's Brown Water Navy in Vietnam, which utilized a host of riverine craft such as the Swift Boats (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast), PBRs (Patrol Boat River), Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats), and the Monitors were only a "wartime necessity." And all save some PBRs and two Swift Boats were retained in the US (and the Swift Boats were salvaged from scrap yards by some veterans!).
There is no money in small combatants when defense budgets are rationed out to the military. The big money is in "big ticket items" such as warships for the navy, bombers for the air force and tanks for the army. That's where the big money is justified. The army, navy and air force fight for their share of the defense budget each year that it's being offered.
Only lately, since Operation Iraqi Freedom began it's campaign, and then only late in the game, has the US Navy become interested again in small patrol boats. So far, probably no more than a hundred such combatants have been placed into service with the USN. These are not the PTs & Swifts of days gone by, but in some cases inflatibles, and civilian appearing water craft painted up in military schemes. There is no more official Brown Water Navy, just some small patrolling in troubles regions over-seas. Coronado in California is training them, as they did during the Vietnam War; Mare Island used to used old Viet War PBRs (those were all fiberglass), but the Mare Island closed down in '95, and tranferred what they had left to Sacramento. Sacramento is surrounded by rivers.
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What was the brown water navy?
The US Navy's "Riverine Force" in the Vietnam War. The riverine force operated Monitors, Alpha boats, PBRs, and Swift Boats.
What was the athenian trireme?
They were boats. used by the Athenian navy.
What is a small navy boat?
Although US subs, such as the GATO class during WWII exceeded 300 feet in length, generally (among US Sailors) any surface vessel less than 200 feet was a boat, longer than that was a ship. For US Navy "small combatants", those are the Vietnam era riverine boats used by the USN's "Brown Water Navy" in the war (Riverine Forces). The US Navy Swift Boat (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast) was an all aluminum 50 foot "small navy boat." The all fiberglass PBR (Patrol Boat River) was a 32 foot "small navy boat."
Is there a Mexican navy?
Yes. Nowadays, Mexico has a Navy staffed with 56,000 people, and includes several frigates, destroyers, corvettes and patrol boats. Most ships were bought from the U.S., Spain and Israel with some patrol boats built in Mexico.
How many navy ships have been sunk?
Well over a dozen US Navy riverine boats were sunk in the Vietnam War; Swift Boats (PCF); PBRs (Patrol Boat River), Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats); unknown number of Monitors sunk, if any. The ex-USN Aircraft Carrier USS Card was sunk by communist sappers in harbor in South Vietnam.
How many ships are there in the Australian navy today?
As of September 2021, the Royal Australian Navy operates a fleet size of 45 commissioned vessels. This includes submarines, frigates, patrol boats, and support ships. The navy's inventory is continuously changing as older vessels are decommissioned and new ones are commissioned.
Does the US Navy still possess PT Boats?
Does the US Navy still hasve PT Boats
How many boats in the army fleet?
The Navy has the fleet & that will never be publicized for obvious security reasons.
How Vietnam use the ocean?
The North Vietnamese Navy had Patrol Torpedo Boats; the South Vietnamese Navy countered with (US) Swift Boats.
What were the Athenian navy boats called?
A trireme
What was the brown water navy?
The US Navy's "Riverine Force" in the Vietnam War. The riverine force operated Monitors, Alpha boats, PBRs, and Swift Boats.
How many boats are operated by the Mexican Navy?
The approximate inventory is as follows:2 destroyers6 frigates5 amphibious ships2 missile boats32 offshore patrol vessels30 coastal patrol ships60 patrol boats32 auxiliary ships40 assault boatsTotal figures: 209 ships (2011)
What was the athenian trireme?
They were boats. used by the Athenian navy.
Riverine forces in Vietnam?
The US Navy's Riverine Forces were part of the US Navy's Brown Water Navy; only the second time it was created. The first time was the US Civil War (1861-1865). The Brown Water Navy (Riverine Forces) used: Swift Boats (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast, all aluminum 50' foot long boats); PBR's (Patrol Boat River-fiberglass 32 foot long boats); Alpha boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats, all steel contructed boats); and Monitors (River Battleships).
Did Germans attack with the u-boats?
Yes, that was just about the only navy they had.
Do royal navy boats have weight training gyms on?
In sorts, yes.
What are the release dates for Navy Log - 1955 War of the Whale Boats 2-22?
Navy Log - 1955 War of the Whale Boats 2-22 was released on: USA: 13 March 1957
