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2. Mark V Special Operations Craft - Wikipedia

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   On 11 January 2008 the U.S. Navy unveiled an experimental version of the Mark V Special Operations Craft, designated the Mk V.1, designed to reduce the number of injuries sustained by sailors and SEALs during the operation of the aluminum version of the vessel.

3. Pontoon bridge - Wikipedia

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   A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. The buoyancy of the supports limits the maximum load that they can carry. Most pontoon bridges are temporary and used in wartime and civil emergencies.

4. Medium Girder Bridge - Wikipedia

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   The MGB Pontoon is fabricated from marine grade aluminum alloy. Two pontoons are coupled back to back to create each pontoon pier. Three such piers make up one landing bay raft. Powered pontoons are driven by a 75 hp (56 kW) diesel engine with a water jet propulsion unit. Fully laden pontoons can operate in currents up to 2.5 m/s (4.9 knots).

5. List of pontoon bridges - Wikipedia

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   Pontoon bridges have been constructed over the Zhang and Gong rivers since the Song dynasty (960–1279). One of the bridges, the Dongjin Bridge , can still be seen. It is 400 metres long, made up of wooden planks placed on around 100 wooden boats linked together with iron chains.

6. Aluminaut - Wikipedia

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   Aluminum's strength-to-weight ratio exceeds that of steel, so Aluminaut 's 6.5-inch-thick (170 mm) shell could withstand pressures of 7,500 pounds per square inch (52 MPa) at the sub's 17,000 ft (5,200 m) maximum diving range. [3] The Aluminaut was designed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. A full-scale ...

7. Outboard Marine Corporation - Wikipedia

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   The sales netted a much needed $248 million in cash for OMC. One portion of the money was used for capital improvements for its boatbuilding facilities while another portion was invested in building a new Suncruiser aluminum pontoon boat. Despite the large expenditures, OMC's decision to focus on boatbuilding proved to be a good one.