The Light SEAL Support Craft (LSSC), was a fast riverine assault boat developed by the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

for use by the United States Navy SEALs in the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...

in 1968.

History

In July 1968 the LSSC began replacing the

Patrol Boat, River Patrol Boat, Riverine, or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until 1975. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the ...

as the primary vessel for SEAL team riverine operations. The LSSC was later developed into the Strike Assault Boat which entered service in 1970.

References

{{reflist Riverine warfare Vietnam War ships Military boats