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To: freedumb2003

no, they are NOT all WW2 old boats. there are plenty that are being made every day. Get your facts straight.


67 posted on 07/31/2018 7:43:32 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: Shadowstrike; freedumb2003

no, they are NOT all WW2 old boats.

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But this one was.

July 20, 2018 07:11 PM

The amphibious vessel that sank Thursday night at Table Rock Lake, killing 17 people aboard,
was a relic of World War II — built the same year U.S. soldiers set foot on Normandy Beach.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the name of the boat that sank was Stretch Duck 07, a
33-foot-long vessel built in 1944. DUKW boats — commonly called Ducks — were built to
quickly deliver cargo from ships at sea directly to the shore, driving onto the beach.

There are roughly 22 of the boats operating in the state, said Lt. Tasha Sadowicz,
spokeswoman for the Coast Guard’s regional office in St. Louis. The majority of the
other Stretch Ducks were also built in 1944 or 1945, according to Coast Guard records.

Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article215268300.html#storylink=cpy


68 posted on 07/31/2018 8:11:27 PM PDT by deport
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To: Shadowstrike

>>no, they are NOT all WW2 old boats. there are plenty that are being made every day. Get your facts straight.<<

I have been on many and they all were WWII craft. As was pointed out this one was.


69 posted on 08/01/2018 4:22:52 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Trump is such a liar. He said we'd be tired from all this winning" (/dfwgator 7/27/18))
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