The Mark VI is A Class of Patrol Boat in Service With the U.S. Navy

The Mark VI is a Class of Patrol Boat in Service With the United States Navy. The Mark VI patrol boat is built by SAFE Boats International and is the first patrol boat delivered to the U.S. Navy since the 1980s. It represents a shift in Navy focus from Cold War-era blue water engagements to placing importance on brown water littoral zone operations. Designed to replace conventional brown water Navy legacy craft, the Mark VI is larger, more survivable, and better equipped with modernized weapons, communications, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. Despite the name the craft is not a replacement for the MKV SOC which was operated by Special Warfare Combatant Crewmen from 1998-2012 in a Special Operations role. The craft can perform missions including patrolling shallow areas, search-and-seizure operations, escort high-value shipping and fleet units in foreign ports, and support special operations forces. Safe Boats delivered the first of 12 Mark VI craft to the Navy in August 2014; the U.S. Navy may purchase up to 48 Mark VI boats. Potential customers from the Middle East and Central and South America have also made inquiries about the vessel. Coastal Riverine Group 2 took ownership of the first two of Mark VI patrol boats on 8 September 2015.[6] Two were first deployed to the Persian Gulf to support U.S. 5th Fleet operations out of Bahrain in April 2016, with four total to be allocated to the 5th Fleet. -like -comment -Subscribe Thanks you :-*