A United States LST (landing ship-tank), its bow doors open, discharges an army vehicle over its short “drawbridge” ramp. The steel pontoon on the side of the landing craft can be used as a pier or roadway to the shore when rocks or shoals prevent its coming close up to the beach.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 13330, 17 December 1943, Page 5
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52A United States LST (landing ship-tank), its bow doors open, discharges an army vehicle over its short “drawbridge” ramp. The steel pontoon on the side of the landing craft can be used as a pier or roadway to the shore when rocks or shoals prevent its coming close up to the beach. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 13330, 17 December 1943, Page 5
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