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2. A-3 lifeboat - Wikipedia

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   Like previous airborne lifeboat designs, it was self-righting. The boat had a boarding ladder, and carried food and water for the rescued people. In March 1951, Time magazine reported that the USAF was testing a radio controlled steering device for the A-3 lifeboat. After the boat dropped into the sea, a radio operator aboard the rescue ...

3. Dive boat - Wikipedia

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   Boarding aids range in cost, complexity, safety, and ease of use, from a boarding stirrup or a rope ladder, through rigid ladders and stairs with handrails, christmas tree ladders which allow the diver to climb while wearing fins, to temporary and fixed stern dive platforms, lifting platforms, diver lifts, and passerelles. [7]: 12–13

4. Pilot ladder - Wikipedia

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   Unsafe pilot ladders or pilot boarding arrangements not in compliance with regulation have resulted in numerous injuries or deaths of marine pilots and other persons at sea. [3] In January 2023, a pilot died on the River Humber while boarding via pilot ladder. [4] In May 2023, a Japanese pilot died in a pilot ladder incident in the port of ...

5. Jacob's ladder (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   It is the use of spreaders (long treads that extend well past the vertical ropes) in a pilot ladder that distinguishes it from a Jacob's ladder. When not being used, the ladder is stowed away, usually rolled up, rather than left hanging. On late 19th-century warships, this kind of ladder would replace the normal fixed ladders on deck during battle.

6. Lifeboat (shipboard) - Wikipedia

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   Partially enclosed lifeboats on a passenger liner Proactive lifeboat-safety dinghy for recreational cruisers Lifeboats at shore shortly after the Costa Concordia capsized on the coast of Isola del Giglio. A lifeboat or liferaft is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship.

7. How 2 elite Navy SEALs drowned in plain sight in anti-terror ...

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   Pulling up alongside the smuggling boat, a light tactical ladder padded with grip tape was thrown over the ship's railing, with one member declaring a "perfect hook," according to the report.