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Training. Ramp boats. The Marines prepare to set a truck ashore from a fifty-foot ramp boat at a Navy school conducted by the Southern shipyard at which the boat was made. When the ramp is raised it closes tightly against the boat, making it entirely seaworthy. Higgins Industries
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Credit lineTraining. Ramp boats. The Marines prepare to set a truck ashore from a fifty-foot ramp boat at a Navy school conducted by the Southern shipyard at which the boat was made. When the ramp is raised it c. 1942-01-01. Hollem, Howard R., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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