Equipped with an innovative ramp design, two .30-caliber machine guns, and room for some 36 infantrymen, "Higgins Boats" proved instrumental on D-Day. Those landings, still the largest seaborne ...
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D-Day 80th Anniversary: Looking back at how boats designed for Louisiana marshes made the invasion possibleThe US Navy used some of these early ‘Eureka Boats’ boats. After adding a front ramp to the design, the famed LCVP “Higgins Boat” was born. Higgins’ amphibious boat designs allowed for ...
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