Lookouts

摘要

In 1965 when the Navy was in desperate need of a fast, shallow-draft patrol boat design for the rivers and coastal waters of South Vietnam they went looking in southern Louisiana. The Navy found what they needed at Sewart Seacraft in Berwick, La., (now Swiftships LLC) makers of aluminum crewboats to transport Gulf of Mexico offshore workers. They struck a deal that would lead to the 50'×13'×5' patrol craft-fast, known as the iconic "Swift boats" of the Vietnam War.