The Battered Amphibian - Darmouth Amphibious Base
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An LCI (Landing Craft Infantry), broached in attempting to rescue a sister ship from the rocks during a pratice operations, had her wounds dressed at the Waddleton shipway in the sequestered estuary of the "Dart." U.S. Navy ship fitters welded in new plates. Maintenance and repair of invasion craft constantly in use was an indispensable part of invasion preparations.
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- World War II 1939-1945
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