Collapsible assault boats made by Travelodge Corporation
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Collapsible assault boats made by Travelodge Corporation
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Collapsible assault boats which fold flat for transportation on shipboard are being built by the Travelodge Corporation, of Lynchburg, VA., peacetime makers of prefabricated buildings
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COLLAPSIBLE ASSAULT BOATS which fold
flat for transportation on shipboard are be-
ing built by the Travelodge Corporation, of
Lynchburg, Va. peacetime makers of pre-
fabricated buildings. Continuous hinges
along front, sides, and back enable these
parts to lie flat on the bottom, so that about
six of the collapsed boats can be carried in
the space that would be required for one or-
dinary boat of similar capacity. Sides and
bottom are single pieces of marine plywood |
nailed and glued to studs; the bottom forms
an air pocket which gives added buoyancy |
for heavy loads. At the scene of a landing,
some three minutes are required to trans-
form one of the flat packages into a boat
ready to be driven ashore by one or two out- |
board motors. No bolting is necessary. The
makers point out that an invasion transport
could carry enough of these collapsible
boats to send all its troops ashore in one |
trip, thus avoiding shuttling.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1944-05
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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88
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Lorenzo Chinellato
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 5, 1944
