Just how many people dose a Swift Boat hold?

[liberal N proud]

It would appear they hold more people than a small ship, with all the people that are climing to have been there and all!

[underpants]

1. The crew is usually about 5

but they were used to transport troops up and down the waterways. That is part of the reason that so many people were on them. Also the casualty rate is 75-86% so there is quite a bit of "turnover".

[Blue Wally]

10. One officer and five enlisted sailors

plus they could carry up to twenty troops as passengers. There were three crews for every two boats in order to maintain an aggressive OPTEMPO.

[WoodrowFan]

2. judging from the Swiftboat vets for SLander

roughly the same as a WWII aircraft carrier.

[underpants]

3. Cordier was an AirForce pilot

and is a member of "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth"......uh yeah Cordier never got within 1,000 feet of a swift boat at best.

Apparently anyone who ever stepped foot in Vietnam is allowed to join.

[WoodrowFan]

5. or flew over it. (NT)

[blondeatlast]

9. I thought maybe the QE2. actually. nt

[Connie_Corleone]

4. Enough to change a lightbulb.

n/t

[liberal N proud]

6. How many members of the Bush admin does it take to change a light bulb?

The Answer is TEN:

1. one to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed,

2. one to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed,

3. one to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb,

4. one to tell the nations of the world that they are either for hanging the light bulb or for darkness,

5. one to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the new light bulb,

6. one to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner "Light bulb Change Accomplished",

7. one administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally "in the dark",

8. one to viciously smear #7,

9. one surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along,

10. and, finally one to confuse Americans about the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country.

[PopSixSquish]

8. LOL - I'm Going to Borrow That if You Don't Mind

:yourock:

[skip fox]

7. For all your Swift Boat questions:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x70318

[mbali]

11. Apparently holds more people than saw W in Alabama ANG

Isn't it interesting that legions of thousands not only remember seeing Kerry in Vietnam, but personally witnessed and fully understood the motivation behind every move he made while there, yet Bush still cannot come up with one single person who can say they saw him anywhere near the National Guard base in Alabama?