MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) - 1 of the last remaining river patrol boats used by America's so-called Brown Water Navy during the Vietnam War is heading to dry dock. A mammoth crane lifted the river ...
Service in Vietnam is often displayed by the gritty determination of troops fighting through the jungles, or sailors supporting major combat operations just off the coastlines. But often overlooked is ...
In the Mekong Delta, the U.S. Navy fought a war far from open seas. Operation Giant Slingshot turned narrow rivers into killing zones using river patrol boats, armored craft, mobile floating bases, ...
Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft Assault boats approach the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication ...
CHICAGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection boats docked near the Chicago Harbor Lock Thursday as part of a plan to stage marine vessels and vehicles at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facility near ...