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The ships in the pic are not that tiny. I just looked up "US 310 ship" (the rightmost one) and it was a 100-meter lander that could definitely carry at least a
by lou1306 2y ago
The ships in the pic are not that tiny. I just looked up "US 310 ship" (the rightmost one) and it was a 100-meter lander that could definitely carry at least a dozen heavy tanks, or ~30 trucks [1]. You would need a lot of planes for that.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-310 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-310
- onedognight 2y agoAround 1000 of these double decker tank landing crafts were built during the second half of WWII to cross the Atlantic for the invasions. This one was sponsored by woman, Mrs. Pearl Magdalene Frick. [0] Fascinating. I don’t see mention of her elsewhere on the web. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-316 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_LST-316