Engineering:Riverine Assault Craft

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Riverine combatant craft actually named Riverine Assault Craft (RAC) were first procured from "SeaArk" by the US Marine Corps as early as 1990.[1][2]

  • SeaArk RAC

  • RAC during OCEANVENTURE '92

A "second generation" RAC was built by Swift Shifts.[3]

  • Swiftships RAC

  • RAC during CAPEX

  • RAC patrolling in the Panama Canal.

  • RAC in Paraguay.

RACs saw combat in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps' Small Craft Company as they were being replaced by Small Unit Riverine Crafts (SURC), both crafts eventually being turned over to the United States Navy Riverine Squadrons.

  • RAC replaced by the SURC

  • RAC and SURC in Iraq.

References

  1. ↑ "New Emphasis on Riverine Environment - Marine Corps Association". https://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/1990/08/new-emphasis-riverine-environment. Retrieved 30 November 2017. 
  2. ↑ "New Boats to Market -". http://www.warboats.org/future4.htm. Retrieved 30 November 2017. 
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". http://swiftships.com/sw-product/patrol-craft-riverine#. 




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