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Training. Ramp boats. A fifty-foot steel ramp boat capable of landing tanks and large forces of men at beach positions. The large gate-like section facing the beach is hinged to drop forward on the sand and form a ramp for the passage of men and equipment. The Southern shipyard that makes these boat
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Credit lineTraining. Ramp boats. A fifty-foot steel ramp boat capable of landing tanks and large forces of men at beach positions. The large gate-like section facing the beach is hinged to drop forward on the sa. 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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