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albacore

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5. I rode off the stern of a Landing Ship Dock several times...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Oct 17, 2020, 10:51 PM

Oct 2020

.. in the old AmTrac. In the 60's.

We all knew we could never get out if she went down. 30 guys in that 40 ton coffin.
That plunge... and rise to the surface...is the longest period of time in history.
High pucker-factor.

And crowded? That's the Marine way.

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Amphibious assault vehicles that sink are 'death traps' for the troops inside, Marine veterans say [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 OP

I watched video of those at way in the ocean. Boxerfan Oct 2020 #1

Recall the tourist duck boat sinking in a Lake last year or so? No Vested Interest Oct 2020 #2

Same could be said for submarines. Kaleva Oct 2020 #3

A swimming bulldozer keithbvadu2 Oct 2020 #4

I rode off the stern of a Landing Ship Dock several times... albacore Oct 2020 #5

My old amphib built in 1945 using in '66-71, our own set of hazards UTUSN Oct 2020 #6