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...ease their antisubmarine reach, and can attack surface vessels, especially fast attack craft or small pirate vessels apt to be found in narrow waterways.

'''Fast attack craft (FAC)''' are naval vessels that have been termed "eggshells with sledgehamm

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*'''P''': [[Fast attack craft]], possibly other vessels for [[littoral (military)|littoral warfare]]

...damage after [[USS South Dakota]] was put out of action. When American [[fast attack craft|PT boats]] moved to attack the unidentified battleships, he radioed, ""This

...om above creates holes that let in air, while torpedo holes let in water. Fast attack craft were generally used for coastal defense and did not need to be able to cope

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...ith sledgehammers". These were the first example of what is now known as [[fast attack craft]], which may now be armed with [[guided missile]]s. Since [[battleship]]s a

...r]] and [[frigate]]. I haven't yet decided if there's a reasonable single "fast attack craft" to include classic torpedo and motor gunboats, as well as missile boats. I ...effort. I'll have to think about [[submarine]] and [[aircraft carrier]]. [[Fast attack craft]] needs a lot of work. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 16:

He also patrolled around [[Papua New Guinea]] in [[fast attack craft|motor torpedo (PT) boats]]. In the [[Guadalcanal Campaigh]], made three tri

...r]] and [[frigate]]. I haven't yet decided if there's a reasonable single "fast attack craft" to include classic torpedo and motor gunboats, as well as missile boats. I

In the First World War, he was a successful commander of gunboats and [[fast attack craft]]. <ref>{{citation

...orces in the [[Republic of Vietnam]] (South Vietnam). Two attacks by DRV [[fast attack craft]] were described to the Congress, one on the lone destroyer USS ''Maddox'', ...assumption of the incident were that North Vietnamese naval vessels of a [[fast attack craft]] type, had attacked U.S. [[destroyer]]s, in international waters of the Gu

...attleships, four heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, 29 destroyers and 39 fast attack craft|PT boats. To pass the strait and reach the landings, Nishimura had to run t

...the approval stage. Note that they are complemented by [[ocean escort]], [[fast attack craft]], and [[corvette]] to give perspective.

While aircraft attacked North Vietnamese fast attack craft in international waters, Operation PIERCE ARROW was the formal name for the

...AC), which is equivalent to a [[carrier-capable]] aircraft rather than a [[fast attack craft]] fight in hundreds or thousands, like the largest carrier battles of the [

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...to battleships began, in the early 20th century, with [[torpedo]]es from [[fast attack craft]] and [[mine (naval)|mines]]. These [[#The underwater threat|underwater thr ...s a tertiary battery of medium guns for such purposes as defense against [[fast attack craft]]. Some have suggested that the USS ''Monitor'' might have been the prototy

...er]] | [[Battleship]] | [[Cruiser]] | [[Destroyer]] | [[Ocean escort]] | [[Fast attack craft]] | [[Replenishment ship]] | [[Prepositioning ship]]