2007, Atish Sinha, Madhup Mohta, Indian Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities, page 953:
[…]brown-water ships and this is the factor that leads to the mismatch between ideas and practice. The other parameters of a blue - water force are better.
2011, Committee on Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure, Institute of Medicine, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure:
[…] ships [...] that served [...] primarily or exclusively in inland waterways, [...] categorized as brown-water ships or [personnel] who served on such ships before or after the designated period of brown water activity are not eligible [...]
