where it performed aids to navigation survey/inspection and search-and-rescue operations on Chesapeake Bay, while the third remained in San Francisco Bay. The Chesapeake ACV was found to be particularly valuable for search-and-rescue operations in marshy or shallow waters. In the final Coast Guard evaluation, Commander Thomas Lutton wrote that "The ACV has dramatically and repeatedly demonstrated its capability to effectively perform a wide range of Coast Guard missions." However, the Coast Guard was in the middle of a large upgrade of its other boats and cutters at the time and so did not have the money to acquire ACVs. As such, the two surviving ACVs were transferred to US Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on 25 April 1975. Survivors The sole surviving Army ACV (No. 903) was transferred to the U.S. Army Transportation Museum in Fort Eustis, Virginia, where it is still on display . The only surviving US Navy PACV (No. 004) is preserved at the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California. See also Hurricane Aircat LACV-30 Landing Craft Air Cushion Notes References External links Hovercraft Museum: SR.N5 Article with photos and videos Video Patrol Air Cushion Vehicles (PACV) used in Vietnam in conjunction with Bell UH-1 Iroquois Huey helicopters Military hovercraft Riverine warfare History of the United States Navy Vietnam War ships of the United States Amphibious warfare vessel classes Ships of the United States Army