D-Day 80th Anniversary: Looking back at how boats designed for Louisiana marshes made the invasion possible
The US Navy used some of these early ‘Eureka Boats’ boats. After adding a front ramp to the design, the famed LCVP “Higgins ...
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How an often overlooked World War II-era shipbuilder designed the boat that Eisenhower said 'won the war for us'
Within a month of beginning work on the new boat, tests on Lake Pontchartrain showed its design was viable. Each LCVP could carry 36 combat troops or 8,000 pounds of cargo, and 23,000 were built ...