Swift Boats, Home and Friend to Their Six Man Crew
Historical marker location:
Navy Yard, District of Columbia
( Memorial is on Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, 0.1 miles east of 11th Street Southeast, on the left when traveling east.)
Manned by an Officer-In-Charge (Ensign to Lieutenant), and five crew. Quartermaster, Gunner's Mate, Engineman, Radarman, and Seaman
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The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.