Some 104-foot boats worked in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands; these had cold weather options installed. Enlisted personnel consists of marine divers and divers' attendants. Arriving on 15 June, she debarked troops and cargo; and then embarked a large group of casualties on the 18th. During her service, U-51 sank five merchant ships for a loss of 26,296GRT and one auxiliary warship of 4,724GRT. The Sea Raider Six engine was used in 42-foot boats, this is straight six with four overhead valves per cylinder and overhead cam. The Landing Craft, Personnel (Ramped) could take 30 to 36 troops or 6,700 to Or 8,100lb. Power was from either a Hall Scott Model 168 270hp V6s, 300hp Sterling Dolphins, Murray, and Tregurtha 325s, or a 225hp Kermath engine. LCP(L) were carried to the combat zone by large ships and lowered into the water. Air Force Reserve Airmen from the 304th Rescue Squadron, on P-520 a Crash Boat on the Willamette River in Portland, Ore. They were built for the Army Air Forces and the US Navy, while some were transferred to the Allies. After the war, most were abandoned or destroyed, though a few served in the Korean war (with United States Air Force), while some sold to private and some donated to Sea Scouts. Other steel-hulled Net laying ships were built. Its work is performed in conjunction with engineer port repair ship operations offshore. The US built 136 of the 70-foot Vosper for the Royal Navy. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US Navy leased many California tuna boats, most having refrigerated cargo holds were valuable assets for the Navy to deliver fresh goods to troops. Range of 68 miles at 9 knots top speed or 120 miles at 7 knots. The flat bottom and skegs between and on either side of the twin screws allowed the ships to safely beach. During World War I there was a debate as to if wooden boats and ships should be used in war time. MTB 275 to MTB 378 were built by Annapolis Yacht Yard in Annapolis, Maryland. These could also be used as harbor tugs. The T-14 torpedo boat was a torpedo boat (PT boat) deployed by the Imperial Japanese Navy in WW2 (The hull was built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding) It was planned to be built in large numbers during the WW2, but due to delays in the production of special engines, it was equipped with a variety of aviation engines and many types of boats existed. Stopping at Maui, T.H., just long enough to fuel, she arrived off the beaches of Kwajalein Atoll on 31 January. [28][29]They were powered by three Packard V1-12 marine engines. John & Associates built 72 Q HQ boats in 1943. [57][58]The 83-foot patrol had two 600-horsepower "Viking 2nd" Model TCG-8 inline eight-cylinder gasoline engines built by Sterling Engine Company. She sailed from San Diego on 11 January and arrived at Mobile, Alabama, on 1 February for deactivation. Was assigned to the Panama Sea Frontier in December of 1941. Arriving at San Diego on the 23d, she commenced a period of overhaul; but, on 7 January 1946, she was released from Magic Carpet duty and designated for disposal. They had a crew of 10 men, armed with one 3 or 4-pounder gun and four .303 AA guns. The 85-foot crash boats are known as the ASR-85s or Class II boats. Sold by the Maritime Commission to the United States Lines on 24 October 1947, she was briefly named Pioneer Sun and then served as American Scientist from 1947 until damaged by an explosion in July 1969 and scrapped. Built in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard in 1941. The craft could carry 20 troops with a range of 112 miles at the top speed of 7 knots loaded. [49][50][51][52], Kermath Engines built two engines the Sea Raider Special that is a V12 engine the original one used in 104-Foot boats, Sea Raider Special have four overhead valves per cylinder, overhead cams and two spark plugs per cylinder. It may be assigned to and carried on a ship as a ship's boat or assigned to a shore station or a fleet operating unit. These used two Hall-Scott / Hudson Invader Marine Engine or a Kermath Sea Ranger 6 Marine engine. She remained at Taku from 30 September to 6 October and then sailed to the Philippines to embark a marine air group which she delivered at Taku on 14 November. Air Force Reserve Airmen from the 304th Rescue Squadron, on P-520 a Crash Boat on the Willamette River in Portland, Ore. Higgins PT Boats in City Park, New Orleans in 1943, Mark 13 torpedo launched from PT boat in 1943, 83-foot patrol boats, USCG-20 and USCG-21 off Normandy, USS APc-46 APc-1-class small coastal transport, US Army Motor Towing Launch (MTL) Tugs in 1944, Beach landing of a LCVP-1 at Bougainville campaign, Marines load in LCP(L) off Fiji Islands on 26 July 1942, Navy shore launch Boat with marines in 1941, Wooden boat builters of World War II:[112]. The vessels may either be riding offshore at anchor in the open sea or more likely, anchored in a harbor. 63-foot ASR 313 built in 1943 with Reserve Officers' Training Corps in 1984, Stephens Bros. Boat Builders in Stockton, California, with 63-foot in 1944, Model 293 transferring to the USSR as a patrol vessel in 1942, US Air Force 85-foot crash rescue boat in Korea. The engine had a four-stroke, 60-degree V-12 with a 6.40-inch bore and a 6.50-inch stroke. Landing Craft Support Small is 36 feet long, had a beam of 11 feet, and had a draft of 3 feet and 6 inches, they displaced 20,000lb lite. The three high HP engines used a high amount of fuel and the boats were deemed not usable anymore. Just as China is rolling out its big new multi-role amphibian, the largest flying boats ever flown operationallythe World War II-era Martin JRM Marsare being put up for sale.The aircraft . The first run of 1996 CID had 575hp, while the next run was supercharged and bored and had 700hp. [20][21][22]The boats were powered with three Packard 4M-2500 and later 5M-2500 supercharged gasoline-fueled, liquid-cooled V-12 marine engines. With the shortage of steel, a fleet of wood barges was built. Auxiliary ATR-1-class rescue tug was a wooden-hulled rescue tug at 1,315 tons fully loaded. The ship entered Tokyo Bay as the surrender document was being signed on board battleship USSMissouri(BB-63), and offloaded her troops on 3 September. [19][20][21], Cargo ships moved freight around the world. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. engine to a single screw. MTB RON 2 (1) Commissioned 8,November 1940 LCDR Earl S. Caldwell Decommissioned 11,November 1943 LT Alvin P. Cluster PT 20-26, 28,30,32,34,36-40,42-48, 59-61 Operated the 70' Scott-Paines until xfr to Britian in April & July of 1941. [6], Operated in the Southwest Pacific Area. A wood hull boat was preferred for minesweepers, as some mines were magnetically activated. Outputting 450 to 550hp each. Most also had four depth charges. [5] Most were used in the Pacific war across the vast South Pacific, primarily in island hopping. The ship had a crew of: Two officers and 15 men with housing. [3] In addition to the mine planters, there were distribution box boats, used for servicing the mine-cable distribution boxes and rugged utility boats called motor mine yawls. The main wartime production boats, the S-100 class, were very . The 63-foot (19m) crash boat had two main models: the 314 design and the 168 design. The oldest boat was built in 1991 and the newest model is Of those available, we have 3 new and The National WWII Museum, Gift of Mary Noble, 2010.130.063. Converted to Motor Torpedo Boat Tender AGP-2: PG-55: Jamestown: 1941 1943 Converted to Motor Torpedo Boat Tender AGP-3: PG-52: Niagara: . Powered by two Ford V -8 Scripps gasoline engines with 65hp each. Examples: USSAPc-15, built by Camden Ship Building, USSAPc-21, built by Hodgdon Brothers, sank December 17, 1943 during landing in the Battle of Arawe, was struck by a bomb during an enemy air attack off Arawe, New Britain, USSAPc-25, built by Fulton Shipyard, renamed Cape Scott then Cape Cross. They were 158 ft 6 in (48.31 m) long, displaced 250 long tons (250 t), 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) wide and drew 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) when fully loaded. received 29 and U.S. Army Air Force received 54. The craft had a shallow draft and a solid bow so it can be grounded safely on beaches. [4], Army communications ships in the South West Pacific theater of World War II provided radio relay services and acted as command posts for forward elements ashore. US Army received 6 of the V-12 Defender engine. By the end of the war, 740 of the 63-foot boats were built by 15 shipyards. The 104-foot boats were built by Dooley's Basin & Dry Dock; Casey Boat Builders in Fairhaven, MA; Ventnor Boat Works of Atlantic City, NJ; Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding, Benton Harbor, MI; Brownsville Boat of Brownsville, TX; Sagstad Shipyard, Seattle, WA. The boat departed Kiel on 9 August 1940. The Model 293s were PTC, or SC for Small Sub Chaser. The wooden hull design is like the LCS(L). Australia was sent 20. They were 83ft (25m) in length, had a beam of 16ft (4.9m), and a height of 64in (1,600mm). These used two Hall-Scott/Hudson Invader Marine Engine or a Kermath Sea Ranger 6 Marine engine. All U.S. Navy Gunboats of World War II. You can help improve our commands section Coast Guard Cutters. [36][37], Small coastal transports or APc-1 class ships were small troopships. [39], Hall Scott Defender powered most 63-foot Rescue Boats. On 5 December, she disembarked cargo and marines at Hilo, T.H., and then proceeded to the west coast, arriving at San Diego on 13 December. The first of U-51's four patrols began on 17 January 1940 when she left Kiel and crossed the North Sea. William Denman, President of the Emergency Fleet Corporation supported the building of wooden ships for the war and General Goethals disapproved. Examples: USSAccentor (AMc-36),[35] [53][54], Crashboat Channel in Hawaii (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}212709N 1574701W / 21.45250N 157.78361W / 21.45250; -157.78361 (Crashboat channel)[55]) is named for the crash boats of World War II that rescued pilots who met misadventure in the vicinity of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. [1] Standard crash boats were built in four lengths for World War II. These boats had a top speed of 25-knots, a single gasoline engine, and had a crew of 2 or 3 and space for 10. MTB 396 to MTB 411 were built by Jacob, Robert in City Island, New York. Having left Kiel on 6 June 1940, she sank the Saranc on the 26th about 270 nautical miles (500km; 310mi) west southwest of Lands End. MTB 287 to MTB 294 were built by Herreshoff Manufacturing. machine guns, or US manufactured Lewis .30 cal. From the North Sea to the Mexican coast to the Cape of Good Hope, everywhere they put. Sheridan moved from Oakland to San Francisco on 31 August 1943; and, on 7 September, got underway for shakedown. The ship departed Guam on 28 July, touched at Eniwetok on 1 August, and arrived at Pearl Harbor on the 10th. Boats had no armament or were armed with twin 50 caliber machine guns and a 20-mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun. This city was to be her home for the rest of her brief career. The name of E-boats was a British designation using the letter E for Enemy,. [68][69][70], During the war, there were tugboats with fire-fighting gear, dedicated fireboats and some minesweepers that had firefight capability added to the boat. It also operated well in rocky coastlines. The slow ships were easy pickings for formidable "Wolf Packs" of German U-boats. The Army Transport Service (ATS), originating with the Quartermaster Corps in 1898 and continuing into Transportation Corps as a division, operated the Army's large ships, most of which were transports, but ATS also manned the Army's large cable ships. cruisers vessel. Crew of four: coxswain, two seamen (sternsheetsman and bowman-gunner) and mechanic-stoker) with one officer per group of three boats. The boats were designed to be light and fast to be able to get to the downed aircrew as fast as possible. Of those available, we have 4 new and 3 used. ASR-85s were built by 14 shipyards: Wilmington Boat Works in Wilmington, California, Peterson Builders and Simms Bros. in Dorchester, Boston, Herreshoff Manufacturing in Bristol, Rhode Island, Burger Boat in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Dooley's Basin & Dry Dock in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cambridge Shipbuilding in Cambridge, Maryland; Daytona Beach Boat Works in Daytona Beach, Florida; Eddy Shipbuilding in Bay City, Michigan; Henry B. Nevins, Incorporated in City Island, Bronx; Peterson, Julius in Nyack, New York; Robinson Marine in Benton Harbor, Michigan; Truscott Boat & Dock Co. in St. Joseph, Michigan and Fellows & Stewart in San Pedro, California. To unload a front steel ramp would drop on the beach. Had a crew of 1 officer, 3 men, 6 gun crew. They had a crew of 6 and carried 180 gallons of fuel. Over 21,000 ships. A sailboat built by Jeanneau, the 51 is a The 42-foot (13m) boat used design 221, with twin gasoline-powered engines and two screws. German submarine U-51 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine that operated during World War II. For the war, some were armed with small 25-pound depth charges and Marlin machine guns. Powered by Diesel-electric engines with one shaft, 1,500hp (1,119kW). U-51 went on to sink the Q-ship HMSEdgehill on the 29th. The crew of 12 were all cross-trained to operate any part of the boat. Terms & Conditions; Privacy Policy The fourth U-boat in the film The Navy Comes Through has the number U-51. [85][86][87][88], The US Army needed boats to supervise beach landing and other near-shore activities. There was a later improved design with a pointed bow for better speed. By the end of World War II, submarine chasers had sunk around 67 German U-boats. [47], With the building of many new ships, Auxiliary floating drydocks and barges for the war, there was a demand for more tugboats. They weighed in at some eighty-four tons with their war-loads and were powered by four engines of nine hundred twenty horse-power each. Minesweepers were 80 to 136-foot boats. This article incorporates text from one or more United States military publications now in the public domain. The craft was Armed with one .303 cal. This was the same engine in the PT-boats, but PT boats had three engines. [100], Landing Craft Assault was used mostly by the Royal Navy. Example:Hoga(YT-146) fire-fighting tug at Pearl Harbor in 1941. The largest of the crash boats, the 104-foot crash boats, are also called "Class I" boats or 104s. British craft armed with one .303 Lewis gun. US Navy boats were armed with one 3"/50 caliber gun, one Bofors 40 mm gun, three Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, two rocket launchers, four K-guns and Mousetraps and two depth charge racks. Forced to surface by Allied warships, the crew of U-505 abandoned ship. In the end, both men turned in their resignation over the heated debate. Her ballast was given extra buoyancy which meant three 'eels' (U-boat slang for torpedoes), were needed to dispose of the vessel, which still took over an hour to sink. HDML had two engines. [47][48], The 85-foot crash boat used two Packard V12 Marine Engine engines, Packard V12 4M-2500. [109], Was used to provide landing support by firing rockets before the beach assault. She was a member of one wolfpack. These boats were built in small boatyards on the West coast and East coast, Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. Equipment included two units of M3 pneumatic bridge equipage or two units of M1938 10-ton ponton bridge equipment. The LCVP was lightly armed with two .30 cal. The craft was carried to the beach on the deck of large ships like the APA, AKA, LST LSD or LCT, The craft can move one 1-ton truck, or 36 troops, or 10,000lb. Powered by two 65hp gas Ford V-8 with a top speed of 10 knots (19km/h; 12mph light and 6 knots (11km/h; 6.9mph) loaded. The other standard size was a 36-foot Cabin Picket Boat. Hull QS boats were also used as communication boats. The LCI(S) transported six officers and 96 troops below deck. Specifications for E-Boat S26. There, she embarked troops, and, after a landing rehearsal on 25 January, put them ashore on the 29th at La Paz, Philippine Islands, which turned out to be under the control of friendly guerrillas. [63][64][65] Over 250 tons of refrigerated cargo could be carried in ten wood and four steel refrigerated wells. The main anti-ship weapon was four 21-inch Mark 8 torpedoes, each with a 466-pound (211kg) TNT warhead. Top speed of 20-25 knots with a range of 175 miles. Coastwise and inter-island cargo ships, sometimes known as coastal freighters. Landing Craft Support crafts came in three types of wooden hulls: small, medium and large. Brought back to the United States, U-505 . She joined the 7th U-boat Flotilla on 6 August 1938. These are wooden 110-foot (34 m) and 98 tons boats used in anti-submarine warfare. WWI U-boat Types Type U 51 . Had a top speed of 11 knots. The craft was crewed by one officer per 3 craft and 3 men. Moving quickly, American sailors boarded the disabled submarine and successfully prevented it from sinking. The capture of the German submarine U-505 took place off the coast of Africa on June 4, 1944 during World War II (1939-1945). dealers to find a boat near you today. The boats were built for the US Navy, the, United States Army Air Forces, United States Coast Guard, and US Army. [22][23][24][25][26] P-550 is the only restored to original 104s crash boat. Crash boats, at the time known as "aircraft rescue boats" or "air-sea rescue boats", were wooden speedboats built to rescue the crew of downed United States and other Allies aircraft during World War II. You can also browse boat They had a displacement of 13,500 pounds light and 21,600 pounds loaded. Sheridan then proceeded to San Diego on 1 July for refresher training in amphibious operations, returning to San Francisco on the 12th. Due to their small size, the US Navy often carried them on larger ships to work in remote ports. Sheridan received six battle stars for her World War II service. Identified by the British for some ill described purpose as an E-boat ('Enemy boat'), the German Schnellboot, or S-Boot, differed significantly from the Royal Navy counterparts. The original series had Kermath Sea Raider engines. is $125,000, the most expensive is $798,972, and the MTL is for Motor Towing Launch. Powerplant: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,200 hp (890 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 196 mph (315 km/h, 170 kn) Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn) Range: 2,520 mi (4,060 km, 2,190 nmi) Service ceiling: 15,800 ft (4,800 m) PBY waist gunner mounting port side gun blister. Sheridan embarked Army troops there on 4 July and sailed on the 9th. After a week of amphibious training at Maui from 1 to 7 September, Sheridan departed Pearl Harbor on the 15th, and, after stops at Eniwetok and Manus, arrived on 20 October in the transport area off Leyte where she put her troops ashore in the first waves. Most were the wooden hull Accentor minesweeper modified to carry 60 troops and their gear to a combat zones. Her human cargo was discharged at Tobermory, Isle of Mull. U-51 was sunk by a torpedo from the British submarine HMSCachalot in the Bay of Biscay on 28 August 1940. Sailing three days later, she delivered her passengers at Samar, P.I., on 6 August after stops at Eniwetok, Ulithi, and Leyte. The article used an unrelated image of a rusting, decommissioned Russian submarine from the Cold War era to illustrate the claim, not a picture of a genuine World War II-era German U-boat. Two spark plugs per cylinder, with 260hp. [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][clarification needed], US Air Force 85-foot crash rescue boat in Korea. Ernst-Gnther Heinicke.[1]. 63-foot ASR 313 built in 1943 with Reserve Officers' Training Corps in 1984, Stephens Bros. Boat Builders in Stockton, California, with 63-foot in 1944, Model 293 transferring to the USSR as a patrol vessel in 1942. machine guns. [64][66][67], Picket boats were used as harbor patrol boats. Higgins Industries built fireboats called J Boats for the US Army. The craft had a draft of 1 foot 6 inches forward and foot 7 inches aft. Sailing on the next day, Sheridan arrived at Okinawa on the 7th; and, after riding out a typhoon at sea, between 16 and 18 September, she embarked troops and sailed on 26 September for Taku, China. The brigade resupplies these troops during the early stages of establishing a beachhead. The next series, known as the 200 series, was powered by the Hall-Scott Defender. [2] She had a total length of 66.50m (218ft 2in), a pressure hull length of 48.80m (160ft 1in), a beam of 6.20m (20ft 4in), a height of 9.50m (31ft 2in), and a draught of 4.74m (15ft 7in). They were built from pine planks and plywood with some light armor plates. One of these many engagements was a duel between the American destroyer escort (DE) USS Buckley (DE-51) and U-66. To protect the hull the boats had ice sheathing. ASR 85 boats used 140 gallons per hour of 87-91 octane gasoline. There were 36 survivors, of which 20 were picked up by the Belgian trawler Rubens and landed at Fleetwood on the English west coast. SS Farallon and other Type V tugs were used to help built Normandy ports, including Mulberry harbour, on D-Day, June 6, 1944 and made nine round trips to Normandy to deliver Phoenix breakwaters. The 63-foot crash boats are known as AVR-63 or Class III boats (AVR meaning Auxiliary, Vessel, Rescue). ASR-85s are known for having both speed and range, being able to recover downed crews several hundred miles offshore. As of 2014 this list is not complete. Animated 3D model of E-boat. [1][2], The Army Mine Planter Service was responsible for the minefields of the Coast Artillery Corps' coast defenses. Amphibious warfare vessels include all ships with organic capability for amphibious warfare and which have characteristics enabling long duration operations on the high seas. U-51 was fitted with five 53.3cm (21in) torpedo tubes (four fitted at the bow and one at the stern), fourteen torpedoes, one 8.8cm (3.46in) SK C/35 naval gun, 220 rounds, and one 2cm (0.79in) anti-aircraft gun The boat had a complement of between forty-four and sixty. The US Coast Guard was active in support of amphibious activity in other the Normandy landings and Pacific war amphibious landing. The submarine was powered by two MAN M 6 V 40/46 four-stroke, six-cylinder supercharged diesel engines producing a total of 2,800 to 3,200 metric horsepower (2,060 to 2,350kW; 2,760 to 3,160shp) for use while surfaced, two BBC GG UB 720/8 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 750 metric horsepower (550kW; 740shp) for use while submerged. Due to the shortage of steel, a fleet of Concrete Barges were also built. The 36 and 38 foot were based on the Sea Bright Skiff fishing boat design. The boats have a length of 104 ft (32 m), powered by three 625 hp (466 kW) Kermath V12 engines, and included 3 screws. Powered by two Hall-Scott gasoline engines with 1,120hp. Tender ships would refuel and restock boats not stationed at harbors. They had a crew of 7 or 8 and were armed with two .50 calibre M2 Browning machine guns. "Christmas Seal" entering Twillingate Harbour", Fighting Tuberculosis in Newfoundland and Labrador, "Matchbox 60 vital to success of Operation Neptune", U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crashboat channel, Honolulu County, Hawaii, U.S. Army Air-Sea-Rescue Boats (P) Built During WWII, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crash_boats_of_World_War_II&oldid=1122847608. For anti-aircraft defense they had two twin .50-inch (12.7mm) M2 Browning heavy machine guns. Crew of 3 men and 1 officer per 3 craft. The company is attached to a division in river-crossing operations to provide bridges and rafts. After remaining there from 27 October to 5 November, she arrived at Noemfoor Island on the 7th to load Army Air Force personnel and equipment, which she delivered at Leyte on the 18th. Close to the LCM design. 124 U-boats lost in 1945 (4,048 men died and 338 men survived those losses). These were known as tug-transports, or T-boats. MVChristmas Seal, which was one of these boats during World War II, was converted into a medical ship for Canada, and was an oceanographic platform until its sinking in 1976. British Power Boat produced a design for a purpose built MGB in February 1942 and existing Admiralty orders for MA/SBs were changed to the new design. Some were had 1,500hp. Accommodations were provided for three officers and twenty men. The LCVP had a top speed of 12 knots. They can with either a gasoline engine with a 50 miles range or a diesel with 130 miles range. Following the war, many of them were converted to fishing vessels. Most V2-M-AL1 tugboats were sent to England for the war efforts under the lend-lease act. There were four standard designs used: 104-foot, 85-foot, 63-foot and 42-foot. The manufacturer of the boat could not be determined because of the lack of a hull number. IJN Motor Torpedo Boat Type241 1944.jpg 600 360; 20 KB. [26][27]These were similar to US PT boats, but using British armament, types MTB or BPT. Armed with two Browning .30 cal. with loaded. The engine uses two updraft carburetors. The boats served in many different roles during the war. The boats displacement 76 tons when fully loaded. The LCP(R) was used in beach landing on North Africa, Guadalcanal, Salerno, and Tarawa. The craft had a length of 39 feet, a beam of 10 feet, and displaced 4 tons lite and 7 tons loaded. Under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program and War Shipping Administration contracts went out to over fifty boatyards across the country. Formosa 51 boats for sale 7 Boats Available $ - US Dollar Gallery View Advertisement Formosa 51 Marina di Ragusa, Italy 1988 $134,480 Seller Williams & Smithells UK 27 Contact +44 (0)1329 827 053 Formosa 51 Ketch Contact De Valk Croatia, Croatia 1986 $151,809 Seller De Valk Croatia 37 Contact Formosa 51 Monfalcone, Italy 1978 $119,170 Troops unloaded on four bow ramps. 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