{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = 428-K-74894.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Navy SEALs board an LSSC in 1968 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/class overview | name = LSSC (Light SEAL Support Craft) | builders = Grafton Boatworks | operators = {{Navy|US}} | class_before = | class_after = | subclasses = | cost = | built_range = | in_service_range = | in_commission_range = | total_ships_building = | total_ships_planned = | total_ships_completed = 16 | total_ships_canceled = | total_ships_active = | total_ships_laid_up = | total_ships_lost = | total_ships_retired = | total_ships_preserved = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = riverine assault boat | displacement = | length = *{{convert|24|ft|m|abbr=on}} | beam = *{{convert|9.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} | draft = *{{convert|1.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} | depth = | power = | propulsion = 2 × 350hp Ford FE 427 inboard gasoline engines each driving a Jacuzzi water pump jet | speed = 30+ knots | range = | complement = 6, generally Navy SEAL team members | crew = 3, generally a coxswain, a gunner's mate and an engineman | armament = *two single M60 machine guns *one M2 Browning | armor = ceramic armor/woven nylon | notes = }} }}
The '''Light SEAL Support Craft (LSSC)''', was a fast riverine assault boat developed by the United States Navy for use by the United States Navy SEALs in the Vietnam War in 1968.
==History== In July 1968 the LSSC began replacing the Patrol Boat, River as the primary vessel for SEAL team riverine operations.<ref>{{cite journal|title=River Patrol Relearned|journal=U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings|first=S.A.|last=Swartztrauber|date=May 1970|page=143|url= https://vva.vietnam.ttu.edu/images.php?img=/images/1803/18030102005.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bNiwKXLUAuUC&q=light++SEAL+support+craft|title=The Element of Surprise: Navy SEALS in Vietnam|first=Darryl|last=Young|publisher=Random House|year=2011 |isbn=9780307784506|page=}}</ref>
The LSSC was later developed into the Strike Assault Boat which entered service in 1970.<ref>{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=U.S. Small Combatants, Including PT-boats, Subchasers, and the Brown-water Navy: An Illustrated Design History|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1987|isbn= 9780870217135|page=369}}</ref>
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Category:Riverine warfare Category:Vietnam War ships Category:Military boats