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2. LCPL - Wikipedia

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   Such boats should be able to achieve 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h), and to be hoisted on the US Navy's standard davits. [5] The general lines of the boat were accepted by the USMC, and in September 1940 Andrew J. Higgins , president of the Eureka Tug-Boat Company, was contracted to build a slightly larger craft to carry 24 fully equipped troops ...

3. Light SEAL Support Craft - Wikipedia

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   United States Navy: Completed: 16: General characteristics; Type: riverine assault boat: Length: 24 ft (7.3 m) Beam: 9.5 ft (2.9 m) Draft: 1.5 ft (0.46 m) Propulsion: 2 × 350hp Ford FE 427 inboard gasoline engines each driving a Jacuzzi water pump jet: Speed: 30+ knots: Complement: 6, generally Navy SEAL team members: Crew

4. List of yard and district craft of the United States Navy

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   It covers the various types of craft and ships that support the bases and harbors of the United States Navy. The hull classification symbols for these craft begin with (Y). Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P].

5. Operation Stable Door - Wikipedia

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   During August forces rose, with the arrival of 34 boat crew personnel, to 23 officers and 231 enlisted men. The construction of semi-permanent facilities, including barracks and mess halls, continued during the month. Eight of the eleven boats assigned to Stable Door were operational. Eight junks and 80 persons were detained by patrol units. [5]

6. Landing craft - Wikipedia

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   The United States revived and experimented in their approach to amphibious warfare between 1913 and mid-1930s, when the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps became interested in setting up advanced bases in opposing countries during wartime; the prototype advanced base force officially evolved into the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) in 1933.

7. See inside a WWII-era U-boat, the only submarine that the US ...

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   In 1944, a US Navy task group hunted a Nazi U-boat in a top-secret operation that was only made public after the war ended, marking the first time the service captured an enemy vessel since 1812 ...