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2. Engineer Light Ponton Company - Wikipedia

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   Combat engineers ferried infantry and special forces troops in craft such as this M2 assault boat. Company capabilities included, but were not limited to: [2] Bridge construction (mobile, floating, fixed) Conducting river crossings by ponton/raft, motor-powered assault boats; Demolition; Placing/de-arming munitions, including mines

3. Combat rubber raiding craft - Wikipedia

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   The boat can be used for over-the-horizon transportation, inserting lightly armed raiding parties or reconnaissance teams onto beaches, piers, offshore facilities and larger vessels. The CRRC can be inflated in minutes by foot pump, compressor or CO 2 tank and can be deployed from shore and a variety of vessels.

4. Inflatable boat - Wikipedia

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   Inflatable boats with transoms have an inflatable keel that creates a slight V-bottom along the line of the hull to improve the hull's seakeeping and directional stability. These vessels are very light, so if powered with an engine, it is best to put weight in the bow area to keep the bow from rising while the boat is going up on plane.

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6. Steamboats of the Colorado River - Wikipedia

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   Colorado, the second stern-wheel steamboat of that name running on the Colorado River for the George A. Johnson & Company and Colorado Steam Navigation Company between 1862 and 1878. After the rival boats were sidelined Johnson & Company had no further competition. Port Isabel Slough was found by Captain W. H. Pierson of the schooner Isabel in ...

7. Rigid inflatable boat - Wikipedia

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   RNLI inshore rescue boat during Falmouth Lifeboat Day, August 2006. A rigid inflatable boat (RIB), also rigid-hull inflatable boat or rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB), is a lightweight but high-performance and high-capacity boat constructed with a rigid hull bottom joined to side-forming air tubes that are inflated with air to a high pressure so as to give the sides resilient rigidity along ...