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Navy says it received second of two new landing craft at Haifa Naval Base
The Israeli Navy says it has received the second of two new landing craft, and a short while ago the vessel docked at the Haifa Naval Base. The US-built INS Komemiyut is the Navy’s second ...
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Australia And The U.S. Must Combine Their Heavy/Medium Landing Ship Programs
Last month, Australia just gave the mid-sized landing craft concept a great big boost ... A simple joint effort to build a modern LST would be an ideal testing ground to enhance joint Australia ...
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Landing craft tanks played ‘vital role’ in success of D-Day
A vital component in the success of the D-Day landings were the landing craft which carried the tanks and heavy guns across the Channel to back up the thousands of soldiers as they descended on ...
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How an often overlooked World War II-era shipbuilder designed the boat that Eisenhower said 'won the war for us'
A day after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, New Orleans-based shipbuilder Andrew Higgins filed an idea with the US Patent Office for a landing craft that could transport US soldiers from ...
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Last D-Day craft makes final journey after Portsmouth revamp
The last surviving D-Day tank landing craft has been moved on to dry land following its final journey on water. LCT 7074 was renovated with a National Heritage Lottery fund £4.7m grant ahead of ...
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Coronavirus: Delays add £75k to cost of D-Day landing craft work
Restrictions implemented in March prevented the landing craft being moved from Portsmouth Naval Base Delays to restoration work on the last surviving D-Day tank landing craft have added £75,000 ...