The 31-foot river patrol boats with a fiberglass hulls were a military mainstay in the U.S. conflict in Vietnam for halting movement of Vietcong troops and supplies.

The jet propulsion system wasn’t exactly what you’d find in an F-4 Phantom II fighter plane. ... A U.S. Navy Bell UH-1E Huey flies over a PBR boat in Vietnam, circa 1967.

Vietnam-era boat returns to duty ... The river patrol boats were 31 feet long and drew only 18 inches of water. A water-jet propulsion system (think Jet Ski) could move them along at 25 knots.

VANCOUVER — Decades after patrolling the Mekong Delta, the Gamewardens are back on the river. This time it’s the Willamette, where a group of veterans and their restored patrol boat are taking ...

The Vietnam War-era U.S. Navy craft, built in 1972, is similar to the boats featured in the epic war movie "Apocalypse Now." Posted January 31, 2023 Updated February 1, 2023 ...

HANOI, VIETNAM (AP) – Vietnam sent four aircraft and dozens of vessels to search for a jet fighter carrying two pilots that went missing Tuesday on a training flight. The last contact with the ...

The fate of the Malaysian Airlines jet with its 239 passengers, missing since it departed Kuala Lumpur for Beijing on March 8, and speculated to be anywhere in a two million square mile area, that ...